Recently I had the pleasure of meeting a very talented and recent
Fashion Textiles graduate from London College of Fashion, Hattie Buzzard.
Hattie specialises in knitwear design and exploring processes of felting to
sculpt and manipulating the surfaces of her knit - creating unique and unexpected
fabrics. Intrigued by human to object relationships, her work is often based on
ideas of encouraging a more lasting connection to our possessions.
I caught up with her to talk about what is next for this talented designer.
What do you do and
what do you love about your job?
I am currently working
on developing my own accessory range, comprising mostly of statement
scarves / collars and clutch bags. Each piece is unique and hand crafted on my
own knitting machine. The textures and surfaces within my work are created
through the process of felting each piece once it has been knitted. My
favourite thing about being creative is the feeling you get in that moment when
you discover something amazing in a new technique or process.
What are your
influences?
My work aims to
explore personal curiosities into human to object relationships. I am intrigued
by what qualities encourage us to connect to a possession, and consequently
deem them exempt from obsolescence. I am fascinated by the
qualities of colour - and how these can affect our emotions , feelings and
experiences of our attire as well as our environment.
How did you get
into fashion? And what has been the most challenging aspect of starting up your
own brand?
I trained in Knitwear
design at London College of Fashion and graduated this year. Studying at LCF
was a lifelong dream and enabled me to develop the skills and contacts to work
towards creating my own brand. I would say the most challenging aspect is
working outside of the college environment - not being surrounded by my peers
and like minded inspirational and creative people on a daily basis. Also I
really didn't appreciate all the specialist equipment you have immediate access
to at college all the time!
Who are your
favourite designers?
Celine. Marni. For
high street I love anything COS - they do the most dreamy knitwear and they are
so innovative with unusual yet wearable textiles.
If you could live
in an up and coming fashion city where would it be and why?
I love living in
London, it really is such an exciting and inspiring place to live - especially
for fashion. I can't think of a better place to live for fashion, innovation
and art. Anything goes in London!
How would you
describe your approach to fashion?
Fashion has always
fascinated me because of the power that it has - how much what you wear can
affect everything. I love how it can make you feel, I love the fun you can have
with it. I'm fairly laid back and I tend to go for things that are comfy and
easy to wear. Because of my height (5ft 2) I'm always on the lookout for decent
petite clothing - often hard to come by! I have an obsession with coats, you
can never have too many. And I live in flats, I can't be doing with painful
feet!
What five items
could you not live without?
My childhood teddy
bear 'Sunny Emma' - she formed part of my inspiration for my final collections.
My knitting machine -
I can't ever imagine my life without knitting!
Alpro Soya chocolate
milk - I am obsessed .
Muji notebook - I
always have one in my bag for when ideas happen or I just need to write one of
my 'to do' lists.
Frizz Ease 'Dream
Curls' spray - you don't want to see my hair without it!
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Lovely post!!! Its nice to see new faces!!x
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Fantastic outfit dear! :)
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Oh my gosh you have such beautiful hair.
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Stunning photography and I love those high waisted jeans! HOTTTT! And that knitted dress is epic! WOWOWO!!!
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Thanks for the blog visit and for leaving a lovely comment recently. I will follow you from now on through Bloglovin. Hope you will follow me as well. :)) Can't wait to see more of your fashion posts! This one is fabulous.
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