A few months ago I posted on Georgia Hardinge’s sculptural and highly acclaimed Spring/Summer 2010 collection. Her aesthetic, which centres on ‘moulding design techniques to create an art piece of lasting purpose’, is note worthy. As are her pieces, which although are innovative and thought provoking, are still entirely wearable. This season the French designer is launching her Autumn/Winter 2010 collection with the short film ‘Cage’, which will be screened at her London Fashion Week exhibition at Somerset House, running 19th-21st February.
She has sent over some preview stills from the film, where her focus seems again to be on structure, shape and for. It does not disappoint. Her trademark exposed boning, cage formations and thick shapely embroidery sensually exaggerate and map the female form. The unconventional shapes and geographical arrangements, achieved by pleats, intricate folds, and multi-dimensional layering are wearable but still progressive. The bold colour palette of black with a shock of bright blue adds yet more structure and form to the collection. It is brave and her strength of mind shines through.
She has sent over some preview stills from the film, where her focus seems again to be on structure, shape and for. It does not disappoint. Her trademark exposed boning, cage formations and thick shapely embroidery sensually exaggerate and map the female form. The unconventional shapes and geographical arrangements, achieved by pleats, intricate folds, and multi-dimensional layering are wearable but still progressive. The bold colour palette of black with a shock of bright blue adds yet more structure and form to the collection. It is brave and her strength of mind shines through.
She already has a prolific CV; first she trained at Parsons Paris School of Art and Design, where she won the ‘Golden Thimble’ award for best graduate collection, she then founded her label in early 2009, aged 25. She has created a one off collection for Samsung’s international commercial and taken part in ‘All Walks Beyond the Catwalk’, July 2009. The latter a new project set up by Caryn Franklin and Erin O'Connor, challenging the expectations of fashion imagery by showcasing a variety of age, shape and sizes of model. This also included designers Mark Fast and Hannah Marshall. Her first collection was shown with ON/OFF at London Fashion Week in September 2009.
‘Cage’ is in itself a work of art which joins the fields of video and photography, with music and fashion. ‘Inspired by the strict and structured construction of Hardinge's designs, ‘Cage’ explores the relationship between creative and realistic elements of fashion’. Prepare to be amazed.
‘Cage’ is in itself a work of art which joins the fields of video and photography, with music and fashion. ‘Inspired by the strict and structured construction of Hardinge's designs, ‘Cage’ explores the relationship between creative and realistic elements of fashion’. Prepare to be amazed.
Model: Alina Zaharia @ Elite Milan
Director: Sarah Piantadosi
Director: Sarah Piantadosi
Designer: Georgia Hardinge
Producer: Romain Choay
Make-up: Thomas de Kluyver
Hair: Roku Roppingi
Editor: Roman Rappak
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