The Fashion of it All
Growing up, I was surrounded by creative inspiration. My mum has always loved photography and interior design, and never failed to encourage me to pursue my thirst for creativity. I would create outfits for my dolls from household items and would paint any surface I could get my hands on. As I got older, I would visit the local Good Sammy’s every weekend and carefully scan the racks, searching for pieces that I could possibly alter in some fabulous way, whether it was through sewing alterations, embroidery, printing, or anything and everything else. Vintage and second-hand finds nurtured my interest in fashion history, patterns formed through re-emerging trends, and the cyclical nature of fashion. Through high school, I knew that my career would be doing something in fashion and in particular textiles - I simply refused to believe any alternative to that fact. So, I carved a pathway that would get me to the career and life that my soul would be satisfied with.
Above: Me in high school holding an award for a red dress I made with cotton roses and a felted silk fibre bodice.
I currently work as a Fashion Production Co-Ordinator and Digital Textile Designer for a Fashion Wholesaler in Melbourne, Australia. I love what I do and am constantly pushing myself to do better with my work. Since the brand I work for is relatively small, I am able to be involved in all stages of the wholesaling process, from design idea conception all the way to boutique delivery and customer purchasing. I love the broadness of my role, and it has been able to open me to all kinds of possible endeavours. It has allowed me to discover and home in on what kind of future I want in fashion.
Above: Printed silk swatches with designs I digitally made.
Along with my fascination with vintage clothing, being immersed in the Fashion Industry has sparked my curiosity about what inspires other designers, and how inspiration is translated visually into their own design language. I believe that the constant need for more and the rising prevalence of “fast-fashion” has caused inspiration to journey to the realm of copy culture. I want to have an open discussion with people, whether they are active in the fashion community or not, as to what defines the difference between inspiration and copy culture. Where do we draw the line between the two? With this blog Ctrl+C, through highlighting important pieces in fashion history and forming patterns between the then and the now of fashion, I hope to facilitate that discussion.
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