Alessandra Maglioli

ALESSANDRA

MAGLIOLI FASHION AND ART WORKS

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BIOGRAPHY Alessandra was born on 31 December 1991 in Naples, Italy. She graduated with honours in Design for fashion at S.U.N. in 2014 in Italy where she received her initial artistic training.

Alessandra has started to develop an interest in fashion since she was a child, and her implacable desire to learn made her to continue her study.

Alessandra worked on her collections obsessively trying to express her personality through fashion and focusing her works on experimentation.

imazighen INDIPENDENT PROJECT 2014

is a term used by moroccans to define Berber population, infact this capsule collection is insipired by Berber’s culture and costume. In particular it talks about the story of berber women through their way of dressing: women represent a real case of culture, they carry symbols, story and experience everyday. The observation of berber population during an holiday in Morocco, has given a lot of ideas to develop a fashion concept.

SYMBOLOGY Berber culture is full of special symbols, that’s why symbology becomes the nucleus of the research part of the project. Ancient alphabet is the main field of analysis: each letter has a geometrical shapes and a special meaning, and some of these symbols becomes structures for the garments. The aim is to underline the importance and the power of symbology to berbers creating clothes as culture carrier element.

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SACRA DISSOLUTION THESIS PROJECT 2013

is a fashion collection inspired by Neolithic clothing and techniques with a special attention to twinings and cordages of this period. The fashion line tries to reinterpret the prehistoric loom using a new system of weaving on body: it is made up of supporting structures (cordages) from which a lot of twinings are developed. The stylistic mood takes inspiration from the shapes and the geometry typical of Neolithic art, in particular the art of sculputure. The method used to produce garments is manual and it is inspired by prehistoric craft techniques. This project develops a body language based on shaping and three-dimension.

FABRICS sweater: cotton cordages, cotton strings, mongolian fur dress: organza.

FABRICS sweater: polyurethane, silk organza, painted mongolian fur skirt: cotton, painted mongolian fur, painted cotton cordages.

FABRICS dress: silk organza, painted cotton cordages.

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palingenesis fashion design for climate change 2013 is a design project created to help populations which live in places exposed to huge weather disaster because of the contemporary problem of climate change. The project is conceived for south east asian people who fight against huge floods every day: garments are made up of special fabrics and structures. Floating elements on the coats are important to answer to needs during floods alert, and , at the same time, they are fluorescent to be located as an sos signal. These elements are also decomposable to help people to dress quickly during the emergency.

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EMERGENCY

understand The first step to develop the project is based on the obervation of needs and dangers of popularions exposed to disasters. That’s why the study of human motions is very important to understand which part of the body has to be protected and which one has to be reinforced. The second step consist in adapting needs to an urban clothing, creating a practical, wearable and fast emergency uniform.

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SPEED

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RESISTANCE

HEAVINESS

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LEGS ARMS

AGILITY

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ART WORKS Here there are some art works collected during the years. From paintings to drawings, these works represent the deep vision of the world through Alessandra‘s point of view.

Every work is related to a specific moment of her life and express, sometimes, a dark side of Alessandra’s personality. “Make art means make something overwhelming, it is not design, it is not a project, it is just you and nothing else”.

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THE LONELY MAN

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