4. Marta Marques, 34, and Paulo Almeida, 35, (aka Marques’Almeida) are interviewed by Shirley Tang, 20, BFA womenswear, Parsons Faculty of Design, New York
Because the inception of Marques’Almeida a decade in the past, Marta Marques and Paulo Almeida have by no means performed by the foundations. Veterans of the London scene, the Portuguese husband-and-wife duo have created sustainable sub-label reM’Ade, remodeling waste into new style, made completely with deadstock and recycled materials.
Shirley: Your designs prominently characteristic the usage of a number of supplies and prints, which highlights upcycling and the effective line between impulse and consideration. How do you steadiness it with unique design concepts?
Marta: “If something, the upcycling of supplies is probably the most thought-about, rational alternative for us. The sustainability facet of our collections has changed into the true driver for creativity throughout the previous 12 months, that means the most important factor on our minds is how we develop into a part of an answer to this downside. For instance, when contemplating colors, we might go for pure dye — it is all very instinctive.”
S: What are the challenges in sustaining a hands-on selective technique of upcycling?
M’A: “When beginning, take into account how you can scale up a model from surplus, from deadstock, from upcycled supplies — there’s a lot of it. Large manufacturers should be ingenious to scale down the operation course of whereas making the identical stage of revenue. Being close to suppliers is sweet for creating a brand new approach of working in style.”
5. Eden Loweth (aka Artwork Faculty), 27, is interviewed by Melda Auditia, 22, BA inventive design, Bunka Vogue School, Tokyo
Previously beneath the Vogue East umbrella, Eden Loweth has been inventive director of Artwork Faculty since 2020. A melting pot of range and inclusion, Loweth’s collections are famed for tapping into queer tradition whereas utilizing a various and inclusive roster of fashions draped in voluminous smock attire, waist-cinching outerwear and corseted bustier tops.
Melda: Previously 12 months, we’ve seen manufacturers and designers exploring alternative ways to showcase their collections digitally. Do you see your label persevering with this?
Eden: “Embracing digital methods of presenting collections has been a very thrilling approach of growing the Artwork Faculty world. We’ve got created a type of hybrid the place we nonetheless create catwalk showcases, however they’re filmed and edited with no bodily viewers to create nearly feature-film fashion productions. I wish to proceed and evolve this hybridisation of actual life and digital as we develop, and when time permits, mix it with a real-life viewers.”
M: Are you able to speak about what goes into the method of celebrating individuality within the style trade along with your designs?
E: “Illustration, range and inclusion are on the very coronary heart of all the things I consider in and that is infused inside the DNA of Artwork Faculty. Over the previous four-and-a-half years, we’ve got labored to create a platform for marginalised and underrepresented communities in our work. Our castings kind the premise of every assortment with the fashions informing, educating and encapsulating the gathering’s themes and content material.”
