OUTFITS based on vampires, Irish mythology and vintage railway uniforms will be sent down the catwalk at this year’s Glasgow School of Art fashion design degree show.
Jimmy Stephen-Cran, head of the school’s fashion and textiles department, said the collections, set to go on show at the Blythswood Square Hotel on June 12, are balanced between “wearability and wow factor”.
The graduating class includes China’s Angela Hill See Chan, who took her lead from workwear from the 1930s, and Ireland’s Sgaire Wood, whose Celtic-inspired pieces explore national identity and authenticity.
Hannah Tan, 22, based her menswear line on her late grandmother and used mismatching fabrics to “highlight the changes in attitude towards clothes and style”, while 23-year-old Jamie Murdoch used draping to recreate “isolated landscapes”, referencing North African nomads.
Meanwhile, Orkney’s Franz Maggs says his work is inspired by vampire folk tales, horror films and Victorian mourning practices.
He said: “Combining these elements together using couture tailoring and structuring techniques, I aim to create dark, bold, glamorous and possibly unnerving designs.”
Stephen-Cran said: “This year’s graduating cohort has a distinctive creative vision.”
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