Sophie Ward L'esprit de l'escalier

Photography by Morgan O’Donovon 

Recycled photo-luminescent textiles collect solar energy and produce light whilst it also integrated misting system, which sprays water when visitors are near to cool them down during the hot summer weather.

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My graduate collection ‘Manifestations of the unseen’ is a multi-sensory collection that explores the amalgamation of art, science and sustainability. By researching sound and how it is distorted in an altered state, I created cymatics to enlighten juxtaposing textures. Focusing on epilepsy as an altered state, I also exhibit how garments can aid seizures through padding and wrapping in a holistic, contemporary way.

Stretch to fit children’s wear designed by RCA graduate Ryan Mario Yasin has a pleat system. The collection features waterproof and windproof outwear for children aged six months to 36 months. The designer hopes that this will help reduce the waste generated by the garment industry.

COS’ 10th anniversary NO FABRIC WASTE collection will be available worldwide from March 24. This 10-piece capsule has been cut to use the full width of fabric, limiting any excess. It has square shapes which have been carefully considered using crisp fabrics 

Iris van Herpen ss17 Each of the collection's hypnotic designs were based on optical illusion patterns, which typically feature a palette of only black and white.

To mark the current exhibition at Foundation Louis Vuitton in Paris, Icons Of Modern Art: The Shchukin Collection, Chicago-born dancer Lil Buck takes London-based director Andrew Margetson on a light-footed tour through the halls of the Frank Gehry-designed building. 

“One of the most important aspects of this process is that within a very short amount of time you are able to create, visualize and change your design in just a few clicks, without touching any fabric. This design process is then faster, more convenient and definitely more eco-friendly than the traditional techniques”

photographs via Surface

This stunning photograph series of  immigrants wearing the national dress of their country of origin.The photographs were taken between 1906 and 1914 by amateur photographer Augustus Francis Sherman, the chief registry clerk at Ellis Island. Photo colourisation by specialists at Dynamichrome   The photos form part of the book The Paper Time Machine, funding for which is currently being crowdsourced.

This stunning photograph series of  immigrants wearing the national dress of their country of origin.The photographs were taken between 1906 and 1914 by amateur photographer Augustus Francis Sherman, the chief registry clerk at Ellis Island. Photo colourisation by specialists at Dynamichrome   The photos form part of the book The Paper Time Machine, funding for which is currently being crowdsourced.

This stunning photograph series of  immigrants wearing the national dress of their country of origin.The photographs were taken between 1906 and 1914 by amateur photographer Augustus Francis Sherman, the chief registry clerk at Ellis Island. Photo colourisation by specialists at Dynamichrome   The photos form part of the book The Paper Time Machine, funding for which is currently being crowdsourced.

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The first shoe ever made using Parley Ocean Plastic. The gillnet used to create the adidas x Parley shoe was intercepted by Sea Shepherd during Operation Icefish, a record-breaking mission to protect sea life from illegal fishing in the Southern Pacific.

“We had to come up with something that would allow women to find out about these conditions sooner than every year,”

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