my final design studio assignment at uni for the year involved a journal research / design section as well as the practical side.
for the journal, we had to research at least 3 designers (or creatives - eg. architects) and their design process - as a way to form our own designs.
for my first person, i chose Riccardo for Givenchy. he is possibly one of my absolute favourites. whenever i see his work, i feel as though i have been subconsciously attempting to design the exact same things the whole time leading up to each collection. i feel as though i am on such a similar level to him (in my dreams, at least).
his balance and opposite / equal reaction is what i relate to most. there is ALWAYS the perfect mix of masculine vs feminine, light vs dark, chaos vs control.. which is how i always find myself shopping for clothing and also designing.
i did about 30 pages of reseach on him - a lot of them purely text. here are a few of my favourites:
+some of my favourite excerpts (not pictured):
- 'there's something of the night in myself. a childhood memory of possessions. veiled women, pale Madonnas, that has never left me.'
- 'they were saying, 'why an Italian who acts Gothic?' never mind the fact that Italy is one of the main exhibitors of Gothic art in the world. but it was like, 'no, Italians should only do sexy!''
- 'i work a lot on the back. i love the back of clothes for men. i love even t-shirts printed behind. i think, 'why do you want to show only the front?''
- his Catholic upbringing permeates all of his fashion designs, appearing in everything from the swirling heads of barking rottweilers which from a distance, look like Baroque church embellishments, to gilded embroidery on dresses that were inspired by the patter of a cape adorning a Virgin Mary statue or the robes of a pope.
- 'two years ago, i put plastic zips onto super expensive couture dresses. i thought all of the clients would ask to change the zips to invisible zips - which is classic. but it has actually now become such a sign for Givenchy. that for me; for us, is the future.'
- 'dark for me is not always black, it's not always dark colours, it's not about Goth and black cloth.'
for my first person, i chose Riccardo for Givenchy. he is possibly one of my absolute favourites. whenever i see his work, i feel as though i have been subconsciously attempting to design the exact same things the whole time leading up to each collection. i feel as though i am on such a similar level to him (in my dreams, at least).
his balance and opposite / equal reaction is what i relate to most. there is ALWAYS the perfect mix of masculine vs feminine, light vs dark, chaos vs control.. which is how i always find myself shopping for clothing and also designing.
i did about 30 pages of reseach on him - a lot of them purely text. here are a few of my favourites:
+some of my favourite excerpts (not pictured):
- 'there's something of the night in myself. a childhood memory of possessions. veiled women, pale Madonnas, that has never left me.'
- 'they were saying, 'why an Italian who acts Gothic?' never mind the fact that Italy is one of the main exhibitors of Gothic art in the world. but it was like, 'no, Italians should only do sexy!''
- 'i work a lot on the back. i love the back of clothes for men. i love even t-shirts printed behind. i think, 'why do you want to show only the front?''
- his Catholic upbringing permeates all of his fashion designs, appearing in everything from the swirling heads of barking rottweilers which from a distance, look like Baroque church embellishments, to gilded embroidery on dresses that were inspired by the patter of a cape adorning a Virgin Mary statue or the robes of a pope.
- 'two years ago, i put plastic zips onto super expensive couture dresses. i thought all of the clients would ask to change the zips to invisible zips - which is classic. but it has actually now become such a sign for Givenchy. that for me; for us, is the future.'
- 'dark for me is not always black, it's not always dark colours, it's not about Goth and black cloth.'
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