About Me
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Hi, I'm Melissa-Kate, a womenswear pattern cutting specialist who experiments with digital prints and knit&crochet. I interned as a junior designer designing for PrettyLittleThing, Misguided, Boohoo, New Look, Zalando&Asos. I also designed love island winner collections and Quiz clothings best selling dress of 2019, part of Sam Faiers collection.
My love in fashion lies in the art and the avant-garde. I've spent years discovering what I view the world as artistically, my conclusion is exploring the world through the xenophobias of the modern world, especially with the quickly evolving digital era. I explore the fearsome subjects, and mix it with futuristic elements which throws my collections into a Black Mirror type world. I see my concepts as an art form in which I try to portray stories into my fashion; Expressing how I see the future. I plan to do a masters course as I want freedom to explore more collections & advance in couture.
INSPIRATION
Final year collection Inspiration
I have suffered with migraines for as long as I can remember. When I get them my whole life stops in its tracks. Because of this I made my migraines my work. I am reclaiming all that time lost in pain, in the dark and turning it into the research and inspiration for my work. I draw similarities to TV glitching & the migraine sensations of touch, sight and confusion. I translated my signature style of using glitching and anaglyphs to inspire my Fred Perry X Melissa-Kate collection.
The story - The collection is set so you are trapped inside the TV looking out. As I experience my migraines on my living room couch, the TV shows you what I experience. Glitching to show auras. Time glitch to show confusion. Disruptions, Bright colours, heightened touch to living room textures. I merge the ideas of tv glitching, living room furniture and an Edwardian time warp to form how I view a migraine and express that to the world through fashion. Creating art through pain.
MY WORK
PORTFOLIOS
Title page
Written Concept
Conceptual Concept Board
Factual Concept Board
Migraine Research
Muse Board
Digital Prints
Knit designing
Initial collage
Glitch collage
Toile
Final Collection
Look 1
Fred Perry Concept
Fred Perry Concept Board
Colour and fabric
DETAIL
DIGITAL PORTFOLIO - FLASH WARNING
Animated futuristic fashion portfolio.
The Future is Digital.
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