Refashion fashion

Marci Simkulet: ‘my inspiration came from the urban landscape of Glasgow filled with rusty objects, and from the copper wire interior of an old bomb casing’

The inspiration for the show came from a new film, Stacey’s Face, about a dysfunctional family, currently in production at Hannaywood Studios in Glasgow. Inspired by excerpts from the film script, 37 undergraduate students were challenged to create designs which would be both environmentally sustainable and resource efficient. The designs sought to meet this brief while making use of vibrant colours, pattern and textures.

Jimmy Stephen-Cran, head of GSA’s Textiles Department, said that the fashion show encourages students to come up with innovative designs: “The role of these students is to challenge the sameness of mass-produced globalised fashion and branding culture and to create something new. As well as developing each student’s creative identity, the fashion show is an invaluable tool for these 3rd year Textile students to gain the entrepreneurial, organisational and team skills necessary for a career in fashion.”

Katherine Imong: ‘my work attempts to unearth the potential for beauty in the unexpected’

Kate E.Deeming, the director of Stacey’s Face, described the collaboration between the GSA and Hannaywood as “a wonderful sythesis between film and fashion: community and professional film-making. We offered the students new ideas via our script and ethical and social mission, and were ourselves enthused by their ideas and dynamism!”