Melodi deniz Kopuz
Fashion Design BA Hons
Regent's University London
Specialisms: Womenswear / Fashion Product Development / Atelier - Pattern Cutting
Location: London, United Kingdom
Melodi deniz Kopuz
First Name: Melodi deniz
Last Name: Kopuz
Specialisms: Womenswear / Fashion Product Development / Atelier - Pattern Cutting
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My Location: London, United Kingdom
University / College: Regent's University London
Course / Program Title: Fashion Design BA Hons
About
Melodi Deniz Kopuz is a Turkish-Ukrainian designer based in London and a third-year Fashion Design student at Regent’s University London. Shaped by her dual heritage and the cultural intersection of her upbringing, where East meets West, her practice explores how identity, memory, and ritual can be translated through form. Working across minimal and unconventional silhouettes, she is drawn to the tension between structure and fluidity, precision and instinct. Her garments often emerge through a process-led approach, where draping, material behaviour, and construction become tools for thinking rather than simply outcomes. Influenced by everyday rituals, cultural symbolism, and material observation, Melodi approaches fashion as a way of tracing intangible experiences. Her work reflects an interest in how clothing holds presence—how form, fabric, and the body interact to carry subtle narratives beyond the visible.
"Trace" explores the marks we leave behind as quiet evidence of our presence. Rooted in the Turkish tradition of ‘fal’, coffee fortune telling, it draws on the ritual of turning the cup to reveal patterns formed by settling grounds, where each imprint is fleeting, intimate, and uniquely personal. This language of trace extends into garments, which become surfaces that hold memory, shaped by the body and individual everyday gestures. Influenced by artist Sophie Calle’s work The Sleepers, bedding fabrics introduce a sense of intimacy and familiarity in the collection, their textures and forms echoing the body’s temporary imprint. Earthy tones and off whites, drawn from coffee and natural materials, reinforce this tactile, organic quality. Meanwhile, ancient Turkic symbols inform the use of geometry, translated into oversized, enveloping forms that both conceal and protect. Draped silhouettes mimic the curvature of coffee cups, while structured shapes hold the body like memory itself, layered, symbolic, and leaving a lasting impression.
The lookbook of "Trace"
"Denim, Interlinked" explores the relationship between heritage and innovation through denim workwear. Rooted in the late 19th-century origins of denim as durable clothing for labourers, the collection examines how functional garment details can evolve while maintaining their utilitarian essence. Drawing from classic elements such as flat-felled seams, contrast topstitching, denim buttons and dungaree hardware, these features are reinterpreted within a contemporary context. They act as structural markers of durability and construction, reflecting interconnected systems within garment making. This idea of interconnection extends through material and technique. Laser cutting introduces precision, creating clean edges that resist fraying, contrasted with intentionally distressed areas. Bonding different denims produces double-sided fabrics, visible in pockets and yoke details, while reinforcing structure. Through texture, construction and silhouette, the collection merges traditional craftsmanship with modern processes, presenting garments that explore the connection between function, form and material innovation.