SOUND WEAR

The second finding of the night at the MDX Graduate Show was Hanna Nielsen's collection 'Sound Wear'. The headwear was inspired by research into a Norwegian oil company that used an unusual personality test  on all their employees. The test puts people in groups of four colours depending if their a 'leader' type, shy, fun or dislikes change. The company then made their employees wear stickers on their helmets to improve team building and working relationships.

Believing that everyone is actually a mix of each colour, Hanna has played around with this concept making these Sound Wear hats colourful and able to create sound too. The employee can now express themselves and begin to communicate in a new way.

I absolutely love this idea and Hanna's hats! The wood used to make the hats looks beautiful contrasted with the bright colours and it's so satisfying playing around with the different sounds. 

You can find more of Hanna's work on her website.

FOLD IT

Last night I headed down to The Truman Brewery on Brick Lane to see Middlesex University's degree show. Unfortunately I missed the actual catwalk event but luckily was still in time for the exhibitions.

Kirstie Maclaren's work first struck me as I walked into the BA Jewellery room, inspired by Japanese fashion and the architecture of London's South Bank Center, the soft elegant pieces are easily adjusted and reshaped with magnets hidden inside. I love that Kirstie decided to do something completely different with her final project, the pieces sort of remind me of A.F. Vandevorst's beautiful leather vest structures too.

Check out more of Kirstie's work here.

BEGINNING

Thank you to Middlesex University for inviting me to their first year fashion show. I do find it a little bit mad that they even have a fashion show in their first year BA, but it totally prepares you by the time you've done it three years in a row. Some of my favourite details are pictured above, each outfit was by a different designer.