Alexander Diesner
fashion design
Arizona State university
Graduates: 2025
Specialisms: Formal/Couture / Textiles - Knit / Sustainable Fashion/Textiles
My location: Flagstaff, United States
Alexander Diesner
First Name: Alexander
Last Name: Diesner
University / College: Arizona State university
Course / Program: fashion design
Graduates: 2025
Specialisms: Formal/Couture / Textiles - Knit / Sustainable Fashion/Textiles
My Location: Flagstaff, United States
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About
Alexander Scott was born and raised in Carson City, Nevada. Having a strong, keen interest in fashion at a young age, Alexander has had a strong connection to fashion his entire life. Channeling this initial love for fashion into a full-fledged learning experience his senior year of high school, Alexander learned how to sew and draft patterns from scratch. After graduating, Alexander and his family relocated to Tucson, where he continued exploring fashion as not only his career, but his passion. Transferring to Arizona State University, he graduated with a BA in Fashion Design with a minor in Sustainability, blending science and artistry seamlessly. During his time at ASU, he completed and showcased two collections (Last Call 2024, Decomposing Memories 2025), an internship with designer Christian Siriano, and had the opportunity to design a custom gown for the 78th Annual Tony Awards, which was then seen in Women’s Wear Daily. Through utilizing zero-waste techniques, fully-fashion knitwear, and couture embellishments, Alexander’s goal is to create unique, one-of-a-kind evening wear that has no lasting impact n the planet.View more at alexanderscottdesigns.com
Decomposing Memories is a couture womenswear collection that whispers the story of a spirit lingering beside her living loved ones—a meditation on how memory withers, fading into quiet darkness. Rooted in traditional couture techniques, corsetry, and fully fashioned knitwear, the collection traces the delicate unraveling of both body and spirit. It begins at the fragile moment of the final breath, moves through the haunting beauty of decay, and closes as the spirit, now at peace, embraces those left behind—beginning the cycle anew. Mavis, Wilt, and Beth embody the spirit’s memory through the metaphor of a rose in decline—once lush and vibrant, now surrendering to time’s quiet erosion. Mavis captures the freshly cut white rose, symbolizing the innocence of young love. Wilt reveals the bloom as it begins to bow its head, petals drying and becoming brittle. Beth holds the moment when petals fold inward, their final form shaped by fragility. Apparition drifts like a forgotten spirit—tethered between worlds, half-faded and half-remembered, a trace of what once bloomed that drifts at the edges of sight. Flesh, Decay, and Remains follow the body’s slow disintegration—flesh collapsing into shadow, skin peeling like paper-thin petals, bone emerging as the last architecture of the self. Passage and Angeline frame the collection as its bookends. Passage captures the shift from life into death—the coat a familiar, enveloping warmth, opening to reveal the soul’s release. Angeline is a gentle surrender, angelic and serene—the light at the tunnel’s end, the quiet grace of acceptance. Memorial stands apart—a forgotten gravesite softened by moss and ivy, statuesque yet tender, where nature reclaims what has been left behind. Created as part of my Sustainable World course, it embodies how fully fashioned knitwear can reduce waste through deliberate design. Made on a Brother KH230 bulky knitting machine with ribber attachment, each stitch reflects intention, patience, and a reverence for craft. The four narratives of decay—memory, body, spirit, and earth—intertwine like roots beneath the soil, completing the inevitable cycle of life and death. The rose carries the beauty of remembrance; the remains bear witness to nature’s quiet truth: that all things, no matter how cherished, will one day return to the earth.
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