Laura Smallwood ?
Womenswear Fashion Designer graduated from Kingston University, London with a BA Hons in Fashion Design (First Class). Passionate, hardworking and accomplished individual who combines enthusiasm and creativity with a positive and pro-active approach to work.
• Work appeared in Italian Vogue - Emerging Designers Issue - September Issue 2012
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THE VOYAGE-Graduate Collection
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Influenced by the photographic evidence of expeditions to The South Pole and The Antarctic at the beginning of the twentieth century and old family photographs from the same era. Inspired by a notion of being inappropriately prepared to deal with one’s surroundings; formal attire being worn for climbing and other outdoor pursuits. Shapes and textures from adventures like The Terra Nova Expedition are exaggerated; this inflated manipulation of scale being inspired by my grandfather’s amusing and impractical mountaineering attire.
NICOLE FARHI - Les Enfants - BFC Project
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Project set by The Bristish Fashion Council for Nicole Farhi, to design a capsule collection for Spring/Summer 2013.
Inspired by the youthful and playful nature of children, photographed at the start of the 20th Century in the French capital of Paris.
Bringing a sense of adventure and playfulness to chic womenswear.
STUDIO NICHOLSON - To The Lighthouse
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Self-initiated project for up and coming brand Studio Nicholson, to design a capsule collection for Spring/Summer 2013, with a focus on print.
Inspired by the story of the Lighthouse Keeper, and the subtle, calm inspiration of seaside life, the narrative focused on the young son of a lighthouse keeper, combining the feelings of excitement, freedom, play, loneliness and solitude.
BROOKS BROTHERS DESIGN INTERNSHIP - The Visitor - NEW YORK Sept-Oct 2011
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September-October 2011, paid internship in New York for Brooks Brothers.
Internship won through a compulsory competition at Kingston University.
Working within the womenswear design team, specifying in the University and Black Fleece collections.
Researched and designed a range of jackets for the University Line-Spring 2013, to be put into production and sold on the shop floor.
Boards presented to the Head Merchandiser at the end of internship, demonstrating the 5 jacket styles designed.
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