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Stefanie: Presenting at London Fashion Week was amazing for me of course; I got a lot
of good responses from people who were very impressed by us.
Jo: Stefanie created this amazing bodice which attracted so much attention and press. Vogue
has had it, Pixie Lott has borrowed it, she’s actually had offers and orders for it. So
it’s exciting for her.
[Stefanie and her teacher discuss technical aspects of her design]
Stefanie: I think the MA fashion course it really allows me to experiment a lot with
my designs and let me mature more in my style of fashion.
Jo: Stefanie was one of a wide group of students that we have on the MA Fashion and her work
has been particularly exciting.
Stefanie was discovered in Holland, our course director goes and handpicks every student
that she particularly wants and luckily for us Stefanie accepted.
Stefanie: One of the modules that we were doing was for a company called Incrops and
we had to try to make a sustainable collection.
Jo: The brief to the students was ‘how can we make this luxurious, how can we make it
appealing to the consumer?’
Stefanie: For me the challenge was to try to create something sexy. I thought well maybe
it would be amazing to mimic actual snakeskin from such a plain material as wood so I started
playing with the wood and the shapes and the sizing of the scales.
Jo: And she realised that all the pieces had a sort of intricate shape but all different
sizes so by hand she lathe cut all of the pieces and put them together to make these
amazing shapes.
Stefanie: So at the moment I’m working on my end collection, I’ve laser cut wood into
bead shapes so I’m wiring that on fishing wire and play around on my body to see what
kind of shapes I can create and now try and incorporate it with that fabric.
Jo: Stefanie has had exposure to an array of companies right up to Chanel.
Stefanie: Most people want to start their own collection or work for a good fashion
house and they help us fund these connections and opportunities to get into that business.
Jo: The world in a sense is her oyster and the MA at Kingston in fashion is giving her
the opportunity to be able to explore and experiment in all those areas.
Stefanie: I’m almost done with my course and I’m really looking forward to stepping
into this world to see what’s out there for me.