BODY CLOTHING
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BODY CLOTHING Skin and all its different manifestations, colours, textures and imperfections is the first and best fitting body suit we all wear. Tailored by genetics, it comes in a variety of shades and can be kissed or burnt by the sun, enhanced by the artistry of ink and ultimately ravaged by the passage of time. We wear our skin with passion, the delight we experience from it being smooth and shiny during our youth. Whilst the skin wrinkles that divide our faces reflect the character bestowed by age. We own them, we tame them and we allow them to grow. Our skin develops and matures into a surface that forms the contours of ourself. We buy slogan clothing to enhance our personalities, or to present a self to the world that indicates how we would like to be perceived. We wrap our skin in bandages, suffocating the interior allowing no true pigmentation to be revealed. Our skin is our staple fashion statement, uniquely represented with different palettes of colouring, from the palest pink to the darkest brown. By allowing our true body shapes to be revealed and embracing our natural image it is possible to be liberated. Societies attitudes have always alternated from conspicuous flaunting of the body and skin to the prudish concealment of the body under heavy restrictive clothing. Once the flash of a pretty ankle could bring a flush of pink to the observer’s skin. I predict that it will be normal to walk around wearing transparent, diaphanous clothing revealing all of the bodies beautiful form and skin colouring. A few pieces of weeds on your legs could eventually be classed as as your clothing. Eventually we could return to the innocence of Adam and Eve.
ABOVE: Model wears a bodysuit that is slowly disolving away, immitating that the body is now taking over.
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OPPOSITE: The leather is representing the texture and different shades of skin tone. Leather will be a staple in fashion, espeically for a cold day in S/S. BELLOW: Model is covering her whole body, yet she is still revealing and exposing a vast amount.
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OPPOSITE: Skin coloured tights ‘hiding’ a floral bush.
BELOW: Duvet cover imitating the softness and cosiness of our skin. The texture to the materials will do just the same.
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ABOVE: Flowers used to amplify the rawness of these images. OPPOSITE: Adam and Eve inspired photograph, sellotaping nature to the body. This is producing a playful and graceful feel towards the trend. - Cinematic Glamour.
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ABOVE: Model, Lianne Adlard wears oil and small flowers, masking her body. OPPOSITE: The flowers and petals are becoming the clothes, covering the body from head to toe.
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ABOVE: The flowers are at full bloom, just like the model in the photograph opposite. The flowers are to show the effortless towards this upcoming trend. It’s all about cool and comfort. OPPOSITE: Revealing the models body and having her nude is to make people feel out of their comfort zones and mae a bold statement, just like this trend.
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ABOVE: Distorted image showing that people have distorted minds when it comes to revealing the body. There’s no need to make so much effort - this is offering glamour without any usual fuss. OPPOSITE : The bare human body allowing nature to fill the role clothes once did. A pop of colour against nude skin is a bold statement for S/S18 if you want to stand out from the crowd during the day.
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PREVIOUS PAGE: Natural shots of model, Brogan Connolly. Images expressing how we noramlly suffocate our bodies with clothing.
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BELLOW: Model, Brogan Connolly taking a gasp of air. Revealing her skin through the cling film. Giving changeable qualities - bodysuit material.
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PREVIOS PAGE: Photograph of bark is reprenting a colour board for the Body Clothing trend. The colours of the bark, match up with different skin tones. The palette is bringing accross a natural approach.
OPPOSITE: A face was drawn on the model using her body as some facial features. Inspired by Ffrench’s numerous beauty editoral shots in I-D magazine. BELLOW: Polaroid images taken to look raw and innocent. Ink was drawn on to show that the ink can be classed as clothing.
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ABOVE: 1)Candyfloss 2) Blossom White 3) Soft Peach 4) Apricot Crush these four colours are the main select colours for S/S 2018
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OPPOSITE: Model, Lianne Adlard wearing the flowers and petals.
ABOVE: Different shades of foundation to show the diverse body shades.
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OPPOSITE: Again, model Lianne is wearing the oil and flowers to let her skin shine through. Inspired by Agi & Sam S/S16 and A/W 15/16.
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LIQUID METALLIC
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LIQUID METALLIC
We are not alone in the universe. Unbeknown to us thousands of objects glide at great speed in a void. A metallic flash of light, a glint in the abyss. Time is the only power to restrain the universe. It orchestrates the rhythmic pace of the cosmic ballet, planets pirouetting amongst the stars, silent and forever faultless. Sound is a foreign entity, smothered by vastness, yet to the eyes colours known and alien glisten from surfaces graced by light. Polished metal hurtles through viscous black, reflecting the iridescent light bestowed by stars in mock imitation of life, blinding yet cold. The universe changes in subtle ways barely noticeable but dramatic, fashion is just the same. From a young age we are taught about the great mysteries of galaxies and planets. Upcoming eclipses excite and amaze us, but in fact, are our minds eclipsed? Do we transcend our minds to inhabit other universes? The answer is, nobody knows but we all still question these ideas. One thing everyone has in common, we all want to know the unknown. Galaxies, huge, like an enormous whirlpool of light in the ocean of ink, lighting up the sky like bioluminescence floating in water. They are connections, nerves in a veiny sky pulsing with energy. There are sparkles of amber, emerald and sapphire all entwined together to create a metallic fireball we call, stars. The start of something so small, growing exponentially, then they die emanating more metallic rays in a final display of power.
ABOVE: Model, Brogan Connolly wearing silver body paint, white mascara with glitter, creating a Sci Fi themed look.
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PREVIOUS PAGE: Photographs signify a futuristic, metallic look using tin foil and black and white editing.
ABOVE: Unisex metallic style outfits. Simple and Oversized. Models Emily Piterzak and Sam Cozer instructed to have no facial expressions. OPPOSITE: Metallic texture shown in daylight to show the light reflecting off the material.
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PREVIOUS PAGE: Sci Fi styled photoshoot that has been over layered with tinfoil to show the metallic shapes and lines.
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OPPOSITE: Model’s outfit was chosen to match the wall. The picture has been over layered with fairy liquid solution to show the movement of metallic.
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OPPOSITE: 1) Mercury Green 2) Neptune Blue 3) Earth Sparkle 4) Uranus Shine 5) Saturn Glaze 6) Jupitar Peach
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ABOVE: Colours and textures mixed together in this photography. Providing a strong statement for S/S18, sitting well with the metallic theme. OPPOSITE: Sci Fi inspired photo, with the metallic skin reflecting in light creating a multi-faced feature.
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PREVIOUS PAGE: Milky way inspired picture, capturing metallic’s structure while on the move. luxurious fabric has a burnished metallic opulence.
OPPOSITE: Textures, colours and clothes all representing the colours from space and the planets. Creating liquid and shimmery surfaces.
ABOVE: Dress, top and crochet all hand made by Alexis Gavan. Inspired by space-dye yarn. Lustrous shine elevating causal wear.
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OPPOSITE: Wearing a metallic dress with a metallic sheen over the photograph to create a 3D look.
ABOVE Mirrored and shimmery surfaces of woven lame and foil coated leather will be an everyday separate for evening wear in S/S18.
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OPPOSITE: Crystal inspired image was created to bring across the frosty side to metallic, when light hits the surface, it creates a bright light. BELLOW: Silver spray painted flowers used to create a colour board for blue liquid metallic.
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OPPOSITE: A close up of multi-coloured glitter, highlighting the shine of each piece to reveal a metallic finish. The 5 colours chosen are the top for evening wear.
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ABOVE: A capture of glistening stars whilst in movement falling into place with liquid metallics. OPPOSITE: Shapes presented in this photograph represent planets and stars in space.
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ABOVE: This outfit is suitable for evening wear in S/S18, the high shine finish to the outfit will create a deluxe feel to the garments. The spheres are to show the shapes and lines of the garments to represent the planets. OPPOSITE: The four main spheres are the core metallic colours for S/S18. The image is demonstrating different planets in space.
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