i've already done two posts previously on my design assessment for the 2nd semester of last year, and never really got around to finding the time to finish (or start) posting the third. the third designer/s that i focussed on was Gail Reid (now Harwood, i believe?) of Gail Sorronda notoriety.
it's a bit of a blogger bore that i love her and her work to bits, but Gail definitely holds a special place in my heart. for starters, of course, because she also studied the same degree at QUT that i am currently battling my way through.
much like Riccardo at Givenchy, i feel as though my dream design aesthetic would have a lot of similar elements to her own, and a lot of this is because of her focus on opposite and equal reaction. that is something that i always find in my own work; particularly the projects that i enjoy the most or am the most proud of. i love the balance of darkness and frivolity. i love masculinity and femininity perfectly in opposition. this is also true about garments that i own (and also shoes, homewares - you name it) and love the most. i don't have a reason for it but i'm happy not to fight the matter
she also has a fondness toward conspiracy theories. i don't necessarily believe all conspiracies, but i absolutely love to read and watch films about alternative theories. i have discovered some of my favourites through Gail, such as the Charlie Chaplin time traveller (have a little snoop on youtube if you're intrigued).
although i had found most of this information previously through my own OTT investigation and constant scouring of any new interviews, some of my favourite parts of the research that i found were:
- 'i'm always asked why i don't use colours in my collections. it's not that i'm afraid of colour, it's that i want to focus on the contrast between black and white. it works as a metaphor for the opposite and equal reaction. the shadow against light, night and day. it's natural to hvae contrasts. just as you have to suffer a little to appreciate the good things. it's about accepting the dark and the light - not trying to mish them together, but just letting them co-exist.'
- 'there is a misconception that there is limited opportunities in the industry. if you're willing to work hard, be proactive and persistent and do it for the right reasons, you will create your own opportunities.'
- 'the Murmur headpiece was inspired by Egyptian headdress and the fruit of the evergreen tree (the pine cone), symbolising eternal life. like the great Pyramid built in the centre of our physical planet, the pineal gland is located in the geometric centre of the brain and is considered the most powerful source of ethereal retinal tissue and is our window to inner vision and spirituality. Ancient Egyptian, Babylonian, Buddhist and Hindu cultures (amongst many more) make reference to the symbolic pine cone.'
- 'social media is great but for a niche label like ours, you don't want to be over-bearing with promotion. sometimes i think, what would Margiela do?'
- 'i love fluidity, but i liked the idea of that bulbous shape just being captured and from the ieas of wax slowly dripping to water droplets on a glass window. i started to explore the idea of suspension.. even the idea of human suspension, like when people physically hook themselves.'
- 'anyone who trades liberty for security deserves neither liberty nor security.'
- describing her ideal world: 'it would definitely be bi-polar! everyone would be on their own time! time would become an artificial construct and as everyone might already know, i'm always fighting the compulsion to meet my own time. so ideally, in a Utopian sense, there would be no concept of time. primarily, it would be like something called a resouce-based society where i would vanguish all monetary systems and instead you would exchange your talents so everyone would be working towards an actualisation of realising one's self. no paper-shufflers - just creative potential.'
- 'this morning we were woken by what sounded like a drone of mosquitoes wings. but alas, it was the New World Order cris-crossing the Paris sky with lines of white chemicals.'
- 'fashion shouldn't just be another opiate for the masses. research beyond the mass media.'
- (SS11): inspired by distant voices, drones and the all-seeing eye.
- 'my signature is definitely the opposite and equal reaction and that's why i create these parameters of only working monochromatically in a collection. ..you find that in all forms. it's the natural orer; the male and the female counterpart, the black and the white..'
it's a bit of a blogger bore that i love her and her work to bits, but Gail definitely holds a special place in my heart. for starters, of course, because she also studied the same degree at QUT that i am currently battling my way through.
much like Riccardo at Givenchy, i feel as though my dream design aesthetic would have a lot of similar elements to her own, and a lot of this is because of her focus on opposite and equal reaction. that is something that i always find in my own work; particularly the projects that i enjoy the most or am the most proud of. i love the balance of darkness and frivolity. i love masculinity and femininity perfectly in opposition. this is also true about garments that i own (and also shoes, homewares - you name it) and love the most. i don't have a reason for it but i'm happy not to fight the matter
she also has a fondness toward conspiracy theories. i don't necessarily believe all conspiracies, but i absolutely love to read and watch films about alternative theories. i have discovered some of my favourites through Gail, such as the Charlie Chaplin time traveller (have a little snoop on youtube if you're intrigued).
although i had found most of this information previously through my own OTT investigation and constant scouring of any new interviews, some of my favourite parts of the research that i found were:
- 'i'm always asked why i don't use colours in my collections. it's not that i'm afraid of colour, it's that i want to focus on the contrast between black and white. it works as a metaphor for the opposite and equal reaction. the shadow against light, night and day. it's natural to hvae contrasts. just as you have to suffer a little to appreciate the good things. it's about accepting the dark and the light - not trying to mish them together, but just letting them co-exist.'
- 'there is a misconception that there is limited opportunities in the industry. if you're willing to work hard, be proactive and persistent and do it for the right reasons, you will create your own opportunities.'
- 'the Murmur headpiece was inspired by Egyptian headdress and the fruit of the evergreen tree (the pine cone), symbolising eternal life. like the great Pyramid built in the centre of our physical planet, the pineal gland is located in the geometric centre of the brain and is considered the most powerful source of ethereal retinal tissue and is our window to inner vision and spirituality. Ancient Egyptian, Babylonian, Buddhist and Hindu cultures (amongst many more) make reference to the symbolic pine cone.'
- 'social media is great but for a niche label like ours, you don't want to be over-bearing with promotion. sometimes i think, what would Margiela do?'
- 'i love fluidity, but i liked the idea of that bulbous shape just being captured and from the ieas of wax slowly dripping to water droplets on a glass window. i started to explore the idea of suspension.. even the idea of human suspension, like when people physically hook themselves.'
- 'anyone who trades liberty for security deserves neither liberty nor security.'
- describing her ideal world: 'it would definitely be bi-polar! everyone would be on their own time! time would become an artificial construct and as everyone might already know, i'm always fighting the compulsion to meet my own time. so ideally, in a Utopian sense, there would be no concept of time. primarily, it would be like something called a resouce-based society where i would vanguish all monetary systems and instead you would exchange your talents so everyone would be working towards an actualisation of realising one's self. no paper-shufflers - just creative potential.'
- 'this morning we were woken by what sounded like a drone of mosquitoes wings. but alas, it was the New World Order cris-crossing the Paris sky with lines of white chemicals.'
- 'fashion shouldn't just be another opiate for the masses. research beyond the mass media.'
- (SS11): inspired by distant voices, drones and the all-seeing eye.
- 'my signature is definitely the opposite and equal reaction and that's why i create these parameters of only working monochromatically in a collection. ..you find that in all forms. it's the natural orer; the male and the female counterpart, the black and the white..'
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