About Me
I’m Keanna, a Fashion/Textiles graduate from the Uni of Huddersfield.
I am a fashion and textiles graduate with a passion for genderless design, aiming to help combat the masses of clothing generated from the ‘fast fashion’ industry, this paired with my trans-seasonal designs pave the way to more sustainable and considered thinking/design.
Initially inspired by the street art that decorates the city of Manchester, my collection is a juxtaposition of structured and free flowing silhouettes, to demonstrate the collaboration of a typically male and female aesthetics that normally separate the genders coming together to celebrate genderless design.
INSPIRATION
MANCHESTER.
The Twenty-Two began with the inspiration of my hometown, Manchester. What started as a light-hearted concept surrounding the street art of Manchester, quickly developed into a tribute collection for ‘The Twenty-Two’ who lost their lives in the Manchester Arena Attack at the Ariana Grande concert on the 22nd of May 2017. This formed a major part of the branding and name of the collection too as there are 22 garments, 22 victims and it is a trans-seasonal 2022 collection.
Each bee/garment will represent one of the lives lost, as the bee really became synonymous with this event and became a sign of unity and solidarity in the aftermath of the attack. The bees will be created via machine embroidery, this textile method, (alongside print) forms my specialism and are the base line of my textile development, that was also inspired by Manchester. There is also a scannable QR code on the label which takes you to an article listing the victims by name.
MY WORK
PORTFOLIOS
CONCEPT BOARD
EMBROIDERY DEVELOPMENT
EMBROIDERY DEVELOPMENT
EMBROIDERY DEVELOPMENT
KNITWEAR DEVELOPMENT
KNITWEAR DEVELOPMENT
PRINT DEVELOPMENT
GARMENT DEVELOPMENT
GARMENT DEVELOPMENT
HANGING SAMPLES
LINE UP
RANGE PLAN
TEXTILE INTEGRATION
DETAIL
Hand crafted & detailed textile elements drive my collection – from knitwear to embroidery & print.
The messages created through the street art shaped my work, as well as informing the direction of my collection, slogans such as “there is NO PLANET B” placed sustainability at the forefront of my concept. The garments are made from a range of fabrics and trims that are either sourced sustainably or deadstock, this extends to my own textiles through knitwear where sustainable or deadstock yarns will again be utilised. This collection of 12 hanging samples demonstrates the pinnacle of the textiles development that has taken place alongside my FMP, responding to the same inspiration, the street art of Manchester.
'Trans-seasonal and trans-gender – The Twenty-Two is not restricted by the typical conforms of high fashion, therefore addressing sustainability and diversity/inclusivity.'
Graduate Fashion Week in partnership with:
