Arts Thread

Above: SCAD Fashion 2022 1 E’Naiyah Frazier / 2. Ashton Wilkes / 3. Esther Hwang / 4. Scarlett Thayer / 5. Georgie Holbrook / 6. L.J. Gomez / 7. Stina Siqiong Wen. / 8. Ashley Boyle / 9. Gracen Guy / 10. Gianni Williams

Earlier this summer Savannah College of Art and Design presented SCAD FASHION 2022, the annual showcase of work by senior and graduate students from the SCAD School of Fashion departments including Fashion Design, Accessories, Fibers, Jewellery and Fashion Marketing and Management.



At the event in May, SCAD welcomed international fashion and design luminaries and special guests to Savannah for a first look at the designs from The School of Fashion's graduating class.". The show began with the conceptual film Fashion Run, directed by SCAD alumn Squire Fox, featuring an eclectic range of more than 100 student-created garments. Taking audiences behind the scenes, the film follows models as they race to The SCAD Museum of Art, and after make-up and hair make-up, parade more than 150 garments down the runway curated from the student collections. SCAD alumni from a mix of programs collaborated on the film, which also stars more than 100 SCAD student models and actors. The short film and runway show are available for viewing at scad.edu/fashion2022

Fashion Design

E’Naiyah Frazier is a SCAD MFA fashion design graduate with a focus on denim. Her collection 'IMPERFECT 001' is inspired by Kintsugi, a Japanese ceramic repairing technique. 'Using this concept has allowed me to take denim and embrace all the different things that can be done to the fabric. 'IMPERFECT 001' was sponsored by ISKO Denim. Throughout this collection fabric manipulations were implemented using dyeing techniques such as Shibori, various folding patterns, tucking, and re-inserting denim threads back into the garments.'

Ashton Wilkes's BFA collection is entitled 'Life in Monochrome'. Questioning how people view the world and depressed states, the black and white womenswear collection uses laser-cut circles (over 1,000) to create surface manipulation and includes an artist collaboration with hand-painted dress and accessories.

Esther Hwang's BFA collection 'REBIRTH' explores combining various types of textures with garments, inspired by burned things and withered flowers to show off an interesting and elegant beauty. Silhouettes constructed of poplin are very textural with exaggerated tucks, shirring and smocking.

Fibers

Scarlett Thayer's BFA work focuses on repetitive mark-making and surface materiality to collage with her observations about the inside and outside world as well as realize the deepest parts of the mind that are often indescribable. Her studio work explores the light and dark aspects of her personal reality as a way to connect with herself and her surroundings.

As a multimedia textile artist who specializes in telling stories, Georgie Holbrook’s final project is entitled 'The Mobbing Birds'. It is a short fictional story documented across three chapters and three characters - three archetypes of the art world: The Collector, The Consumer, and The Critic.

BFA graduate L.J. Gomez is a multidisciplinary textile artist specializing in research and material development. Her work is about objects, both authentic and artificial, and their evolutionary relationships. Systemic thinking and functionality sit at the core of her work, as she delves into the way materials act as a catalyst across the design fields.

Jewellery

Jewellery MFA graduate Stina Siqiong Wen's final collection inventively features unique soft concrete jewellery that ultimately provokes dynamic interactions between wearer and viewer, visually and tactually. Pieces are meant to awaken sensory interaction, the concrete manipulated delicately to evoke an unexpected softness, tactility, and transparency.



Ashley Boyle's BFA bridal jewellery collection embodies a mixture of the traditions and symbols found within Greek wedding culture, combined with feelings of luxury and romance; pieces have a soft sensuality meant to evoke love, happiness, and longevity.

Strongly influenced by nature, symbolism, and folklore, BFA graduate Gracen Guy's work has culminated in the collection 'Neo Amuletum' - 'a physical reminder of the power within you. Using the Human figure as a modern day amuletic form, the collection instils a sense of reassurance and empowerment. Through researching symbols, materials, and the usage of historic amulets, starting in Ancient Rome and expanding to amuletic forms that span across culture, pieces were created to constantly remind the wearer that they are present and that they are powerful.'

Fashion Marketing and Management

BFA graduate Gianni Williams created a Palm Springs, CA flagship store. 'I created a store for luxury streetwear brand, Palm Angels, incorporating their clean and minimal aesthetic for the concept design of the store with a focus on products with pops of color.

Learn more about SCAD Fashion 2022 from the School of Fashion website and more on SCAD, the global university for creative careers and their programs.