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Illustration of Steve Strange dining at Langan’s restaurant in the early 1980s by Gemma O’Brien. The below is an unpublished interview and article that I did with Steve Strange in 2003, 20 years ago. At the time I was a student at CSM’s Fashion Communication and Promotion degree course on the Charing Cross Road, and I had met Steve 2001 whilst working in the press office of a well known British…

To commemorate 50 years of The Battle of Versailles, a fashion event orchestrated by Eleanor Lambert and Versailles curator curator Gerald Van der Kemp, the event saw five French and five American designers show their work to raise money for the palace’s restoration. The designers included Givenchy, Yves Saint Laurent, Dior, Ungaro and Pierre Cardin on the French side and Anne Klein, Stephen…

FIDA Awards 2023 Shortlist

Delighted to discover that I have been included in the FIDA Awards 2023 Shortlist for fashion illustration with the following illustration in the Portrait category: JEAN PAUL GAULTIER – Illustration of Erin O’Connor in ‘Fragile’ fragrance advert Thanks to FIDA for recognising my work. Full details here.

FIDA Awards 2023 Longlist

Delighted to discover that I have been included in the FIDA Awards 2023 Longlist for fashion illustration. I submitted the following two illustrations in the Portrait category: JEAN PAUL GAULTIER – Illustration of Erin O’Connor in ‘Fragile’ fragrance advert VIKTOR & ROLF S/S ’21 ‘Haute Fantaisie’ painting Thanks to FIDA for recognising my work. Full list of illustrators here.

Commissioned embroidery for a repurposed tailored jacket.

Commissioned embroidery for a repurposed tailored jacket. The elements on the jacket hold specific meaning to the owner of this jacket which I embroidered along with the element Latin names as you might see in a museum display case or science book. There’s a stegosaurus (based on the model at the Natural History Museum, London) honey fungus mushrooms, various kinds of bacteria, beaded paramecium,…

EMPROIDERED SATIN BUTTERFLY JACKET

Gold and red silk shot dresses – Slaybell Ball (Dec 2018)

Photo: Lea Attentive

Dress made in gold shot silk. Headpiece by @yumaburgess.

Red silk shot dress cut on the bias. Holly and ivy headpiece.

Red PVC trousers for Heaven Garcon at the Gareth Pugh LFW afterparty Vogue Ball (September 2018)

Red PVC trousers for my Comme des Garcon house sister, Heaven Garcon, at fashion designer Gareth Pugh’s LFW afterparty Vogue Ball.

Photo credit: David Morrison

Photo credit: David Morrison

Photo credit: David Morrison

Photo credit: David Morrison

Photo credit: David Morrison

Candy World Ball hosted by Kiddy Smile at L’Aerosol, Paris (September, 2018)

Best Dressed GP entry fro Kiddy Smile’s Candy World Ball in association with Viceland France.

I made the suit (jacket and skirt) using a pink sequin material.

  Photo credit: Xavier Heraud

Photo credit: Xavier Heraud

Photo credit: Xavier Heraud https://videopress.com/embed/EdqQ9kgL?hd=0&autoPlay=0&permalink=0&loop=0 https://videopress.com/embed/BV8EqISR?hd=0&autoPlay=0&permalink=0&loop=0

Two piece outfit for dancer Duran – Shway Waacking

Styling and Creative Direction: Duran Abdullah Hair and Photography: Naomi Ferne Outfit production: Gemma O’Brien

UNITED STATES OF AFRICA BALL, Designer’s Delight (Paris, Oct 2018)

Wax outfit for Designer’s Delight category. Joint house win with Yamuna Forzani, feat. Tavarell Martens.

Independent projects (trousers, tops)

Photo by Duane Nasis Photo by Diamond Dee Photo by Duane Nasis

George Revlon Headpiece

DUANE NASIS performance SILVIA RIVERA (November 2017)