25 09 2011

design book

HereĀ is the preview of images from the design book in which I have a double page spread.
The book is going to be launched at the private view evening of Handmade in Britain Chelsea Show 2011, 27-30 October. I will have a stall there as well as at Renegade Craft Fair at The Truman Brewery, 8-9 October.

So, this is the book cover.

This is one of my pages, photo taken by me.

And this is the other page written about me. Photos by Matthew Booth

And these two images were taken by Matthew Booth for the book.

Book credits: Handmade in Britain & Vivays Publishing

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10 07 2011

Minus Sun Launch

My label’s launch exhibition is currently on at Circus, 5th Avenue Brixton Village, SW9 8PR. It will run until 22nd July so please pop in if you are around. Thank you so much to the people who came for the private view last Thursday. It would be great if you could come again with more friends! Here are some photos from the exhibition.

Before the private view… advertising the show

Door open

One side of the shop

The controlling girl’s shirt dress hung by the window and of course a drinks table for the night (well, all I drank was orange juice because I’m a baby…)

This fabric moodboard of my Network project has been sold during the private view!
I had it there just to show my process so I was very surprised!

The other side of the shop, the Dreamy girl wearing her eyemask on the left, lingerie and hosiery hung on a washing line, and the “hopeless” pillows and “Will I be fine? Tell me.” blanket

From inside the shop

The bed with the embroidered story book and eyemask

button sample and stitch sample on the plinth
portfolio pages with the dressing up doll fabric book

the cardboard figures, the Solitary girl

the Passive girl with her handcuffs
You can see her knickers in the reflection of the mirror behind her!

ZERO project all hung on my handmade hangers

portfolio pages with the fabric sample book

a mixture of
DPBS project portfolio pages, Network project portfolio pages with fabric sample book, Focus project lingerie, and an embroidery project during my BA.

And a table filled with my jewellery products.

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30 09 2010

Tent London

MA Fashion was part of “Made in Kingston” exhibit at Tent London, 22-26 Sep.
I had a little space to show my major project.
My work caught much attention and although they were for free,
200 business cards and postcards disappeared by the end of the exhibition!
(Some people took 4 postcards… but I guess it’s because they’re great?)
The fabric books made many visitors smile and a few asked me if they’re on sale.
However, I’m not ready to sell them, they’re too precious…

the cabinet with all the garments and the digital photo frame showing the film

crocheted lace-up slippers hung on the wall

name plate, crocheted lampshade, handcuffs, and eye mask

the fabric books

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20 09 2010

Vauxhall Fashion Scout

Friday 17th September 2010
It was the big day for my MA Fashion course at Kingston University.
I have chosen to be part of the exhibition because of my poor hand, suffering from tendonitis, wasn’t sure if it can produce enough garments for a catwalk. I decided to tell myself that an exhibition is more suitable anyway considering the detailed nature of my work requiring time to observe.

I represented a girl’s bedroom in my exhibition space since “the girl” has always been my theme, the girl of my dreams, to be accurate.

The final garments are neatly folded and displayed in a glass cabinet with lighting with a crocheted lampshade.


On the bed, I have displayed all the fabric books I have made during the course. People have enjoyed looking at the books or even playing with the dress-up book. The cross-stitch on the duvet reads “Will I be fine? Tell me.”

The duvet cover and the pillow cases have crocheted trimmings and crochet covered buttons. The cross-stitch on the top pillow reads “HOPE” and the bottom one reads “LESS”. I left a set of lingerie on the bed to emphasisee the absence(or the existence) of the girl.

On the bedside table, I put the digital photo frame with a crocheted cover playing the video I’ve made.

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