About Me
Fashion Design Graduate from Kingston School of Art
Megan is a creative inspired by the portrayal of current societal issues through fashion. Her Final Major Project specialises in Womenswear specifically focusing on conceptual design and a creative approach to pattern cutting.
In response to today's societal pressure for perfection, ‘In Pursuit of Perfection’ investigates today’s endless chasing of unreachable ideals. A societal model of perfection is reinforced on a daily basis, a by-product of social media. In turn, even subconsciously, our anxiety surrounding status increases. The collection depicts tailored and classical antiquity inspired garments, disrupted by a spiral cut pattern cutting technique to show the ‘spiralling’ anxieties surrounding today’s unreachable perfection ideals.
INSPIRATION
Exploring the Neoclassical movement and transformational reconstruction of classic tailored garments
I started my research process by Historically contextualising perfectionism in culture. I explored the Neoclassical movement in which a revival of classical Greek and Roman styles became prevalent in society. Traditional and logical ideations of perfection were valued highly. Neoclassicism can be loosely defined by it's focus on harmony, simplicity, proportion and symmetry. These ideals were depicted through Womenswear emulating living statues, retaining simplicity whilst exposing vulnerability .
Similarly to this, tailoring explores Neoclassical themes associating simplicity, proportion and symmetry in relation to the body. Through tailored and classical antiquity inspired garments, I was able to visually represent the themes of perfection throughout my collection.
MY WORK
PORTFOLIOS
DETAIL
Deconstruction/ Reconstruction
To visualise the contrasting impacts of perfectionism and anxiety surrounding social media, my collection largely focused on deconstructive and reconstructive details. Inside the tailored pieces the finishings consisted of bias binding rather than linings to emphasise the formality of structural lines in a tailored piece. It also allowed the inside to show through to the outside of the garment as a way exaggerate imperfection through deconstruction, contrasting to the formal suits. Raw edges also became a connecting thread throughout the details of my garments as a way to show a finished yet destressed look.
‘We’re living in an age of perfectionism... Whether it’s social media or pressure to be the impossibly ‘perfect’ twenty-first century iterations of ourselves’- W Storr
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