“brand ethos”...lockdown lookbook celebrating women and their bodies in all shapes and sizes...
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“BRAND ETHOS”
“DESIGN TEAM”
RIGHT: ELEANOR & ANDREW IBI //E.MACBEAN
“OLANNA ONE PIECE”
TOP ABOVE: OLANNA IN RUSSET RED RIBABOVE: DESIGN REFERENCES AND DEVELOPMENT SKETCHES FOR OLANNARIGHT: DOLLY WEARS OLANNA IN INK/CARBON PART OF THE LOCKDOWN LOOKBOOK CELEBRATING WOMEN AND THEIR BODIESIN ALL SHAPES AND SIZES
“OLANNA ONE PIECE”
LEFT: LONDON FASHION WEEK PRESENTATION 2020 - GERALDINE WEARS OLANNA IN KUSAMA WITH BLACK EYEWEAR SHADES AND NORWEGIAN RAIN COATABOVE: INITIAL CONCEPT ILLUSTRATIONS AND TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENTS
ABOVE: LITERARY RESEARCH - THE START POINT TO CURRENTCOLLECTION. FEMALE CHARACTERS FROM FEMALE AUTHORED BOOKS ARE ANALYSED AND DEVELOPED INTO IDEAS FOR DESIGN.
“LITERARY REFERENCES”
“SUPER PUNK BEACH SWEAT (COVER)”
ABOVE: VENUS AND THE FEMINISTS SUPER PUNK BEACH SWEATRIGHT TOP: V.I.W ANGELA DAVIS FEMINIST ‘SUPER PUNK BEACH SWEAT’RIGHT BELOW: V.I.W RUTH BADER GINSBURG FEMINIST ‘SUPER PUNK BEACH SWEAT’
ABOVE: HAND STAMPED ‘SUPER PUNK BEACH SWEAT’ LABEL (SIZE PROPTO)RIGHT: BACKLESS ‘SUPER PUNK BEACH SWEAT’ OPTION.
ABOVE: LITERARY RESEARCH. INITIAL RESEARCH REFERENCEBOARDS AND MOOD DEVELOPMENT FOR PEYTON. THIS PROCESS IS APPLIED TO EACH STYLE
“PEYTON ONE PIECE”
“PEYTON ONE PIECE”
LEFT: SOPHIE WEARS PEYTON IN PARELLI PINK FOR ‘LOCKDOWN LOOKBOOK’ABOVE: PEYTON DETAILS AND HIGH QUALITY FINNISHES
“PEYTON ONE PIECE (VELVET)”
LEFT AND ABOVE: MARTINA WEARS PEYTON (VELVET) FOR ‘LOCKDOWN LOOKBOOK’
TOP ABOVE: LENU LILA TWO PIECE IN PARELLI PINK/INK COMBINATION.ABOVE: LENU-LILA ORIGINAL SKETCH AND DESIGN REFERENCES
“LENU-LILA CONCEPT TWO PIECE”
RIGHT: VIC WEARS LENU-LILA DURING LONDON FASHION WEEKPRESENTATION WITH HANDPAINTED LEATHER JACKET.
ABOVE: HAYLEY WEARS LENU-LILA “OPTIONAL’ SHORT IN KUSAMA RED WITH PARELLI PINK CONTRAST WAISTBAND TRIM WITH SLEEVELESS E.MACBEAN HANDPAINTED BIKER FOR THE LOCKDOWN LOOKBOOK PROJECTRIGHT: TECHNICAL SKETCH FOR LENU-LILA OPTIONAL SHORT
“LENU-LILA CONCEPT TWO PIECE”
LENU-LILA CONVERTIBLE FOLD DOWN CONTRAST SHORT
NO INTERNAL CONSTRUCTION
RED BANDEAU x RED SHORT/PINK TRIMBLACK BANDEAU x BLACK SHORT/NAVY TRIMBROWN BANDEAU x BROWN SHORT/NAVY TRIMPINK BANDEAU x PINK SHORT/NAVY TRIM
ABOVE: JANINE WEARS LENU-LILA IN KUSAMA RED FOR THE LOCKDOWN LOOKBOOK PROJECT SHOT THROUGH ZOOM
“LENU-LILA CONCEPT TWO PIECE”
“COMMUNITY COLLABORATION: CLARE PAYNE HAND STITCHED LEATHER”
LEFT TO RIGHT: SISTER NANCY ‘SUPER LUX’ UTILITY BAG, MAYA ‘SUPER LUX’ FLIPPERS (OBJET D’ART), MERET ‘SUPER LUX’ SWIMMING CAP
“COMMUNITY COLLABORATION: CLARE PAYNE HAND STITCHED LEATHER”
ABOVE: SISTER NANCY ‘SUPER LUX’ UTILITY BAG
“LILITH CONCEPT ONE PIECE”
ABOVE & RIGHT: TEGAN WEARS LILITH HYBRID BANDEAU IN CARBON FOR THE LOCKDOWN LOOKBOOK PROJECT
“LILITH CONCEPT ONE PIECE”
ABOVE: TECHNICAL DRAWING AND RESEARCH IMAGERY FOR DESIGN AND MOOD DEVELOPMENT
“LILITH CONCEPT ONE PIECE”
ABOVE: RESEARCH IMAGERY - ANAIS NIN SELF-PUBLISHINGRIGHT: GIGI WEARS LILITH HYBRID BANDEAU ONE PIECE IN PARELLI PINK FOR LOCKDOWN LOOKBOOK, SHOT THROIGH ZOOM
“COMMUNITY COLLABORATION: TWISTED VINTAGE FOUND JEWELLERY”
ABOVE & LEFT: VINTAGE SUSTAINABLE JEWELLERY INSPIRED BY GRACE JONES. ALL COMPONENTS ARE SOURCED AND AND PAINSTAKINGLY REPUR-POSED BY HAND.
ABOVE & ABOVE RIGHT: CONCEPT ILLUSTRATION AND RESEARCH IMAGERY FOR DESIGN AND MOOD DEVELOPMENT
“JANE (EYRE) ONE PIECE”
E.MACBEANManchester
STYLE: JANE / JANE EYRE / CHARLOTTE BRONTE RESISTANCE / STRENGTH / INTEGRITY / ENIGMATIC
COLOUR OPTIONS:
‘Conventionality is not morality. Self-righteousness is not religion. To attack the first is not to assail the last. To pluck the mask from the face of the Pharisee, is not to lift an impious hand to the Crown of Thorns.’
MOOD: DARK / PASSIONATE / MYSTERIOUS / PURITANICAL REFERENCES: PAULA REGA / GEORGE LAMBERT / FRITZ EICHENBERG / RICHARD WILSON
E.MACBEANManchester
STYLE: JANE / JANE EYRE / CHARLOTTE BRONTE RESISTANCE / STRENGTH / INTEGRITY / ENIGMATIC
COLOUR OPTIONS:
‘Conventionality is not morality. Self-righteousness is not religion. To attack the first is not to assail the last. To pluck the mask from the face of the Pharisee, is not to lift an impious hand to the Crown of Thorns.’
MOOD: DARK / PASSIONATE / MYSTERIOUS / PURITANICAL REFERENCES: PAULA REGA / GEORGE LAMBERT / FRITZ EICHENBERG / RICHARD WILSON
“JANE (EYRE) ONE PIECE”
ABOVE: NICOLE WEARS JANE IN ‘REDS” DURING LONDON FASHION WEEK WITH J SMITH ESQUIRE GOLD LEATHER CAP AND ILLESTEVA GLASSESRIGHT TOP: JANE ONE PIECE RIGHT: RIHVER WEARS JANE ONE PIECE IN ‘REDS’ FOR LOCKDOWN LOOKBOOK
ABOVE: JANE STRAP DETAILS ‘REDS’ COLOURWAY (RIB) GOLD SIGNATURE FITTINGSRIGHT: NATASHER WEARS JANE ONE PIECE IN ‘MOORS’ FOR LOCKDOWN LOOKBOOK
“JANE (EYRE) ONE PIECE”
“COMMUNITY COLLABORATION: LE TINGS FEMINIST RICE (BEACH) SACK
ABOVE & LEFT: REPURPOSED RICE SACKS WITH TRANSPARENT PRESERVA-TION COVER - HAND ILLUSTRATED BY ANDREW IBI.
“DEBBY ONE PIECE”
ABOVE: DEBBY ONE PIECE BONDAGE STRAP - DETAILS GOLD SIGNATURE FITTINGSRIGHT: DEBBY CONCEPT ILLUSTRATION
“DEBBY ONE PIECE”
ABOVE: RESEARCH AND DESIGN DEVELOPMENT IMAGERY RIGHT: BRIDGET WEARS DEBBY IN CARBON BLACK DURING LONDON FASHION WEEK
ABOVE: MARTINA WEARS DEBBY ONE PIECE IN KUSAMA RED FOR LOCKDOWN LOOKBOOK
“DEBBY ONE PIECE”
“COMMUNITY COLLABORATION: LUCY BARLOW COLLAPSIBLE ‘STRAW’ HAT
ABOVE: DIGITAL STRAW PRINT COLLAPSIBLE BEACH HAT IN NYLON RIP-STOP.
“ZENIA ONE PIECE”
ABOVE: RESEARCH AND DESIGN DEVELOPMENT IMAGERY FOR ZENIA
“ZENIA ONE PIECE”
ABOVE: ZENIA 360 STUDIO SHOTS
ABOVE: SADIE WEARS ZENIA ONE PIECE IN CARBON BLACK VELVET DURING LONDON FASHION WEEK WITH ILLESTEVA SHADES AND MOHSIN TAILORED SUIT RIGHT: AMINATA WEARS ZENIA ONE PIECE IN RUSSET RIB FOR LOCKDOWN LOOKBOOK PROJECT
“ZENIA ONE PIECE”
STYLE: SULA / SULA / TONI MORRISONRESISTANT / INDEPENDENT / UNCONVENTIONAL / STRONG / RESOURCEFUL
COLOUR OPTIONS:
MOOD: COOL / FEISTY / REBELLIOUS / ALTERNATIVE / BRAVE / COMFORTABLE REFERENCES: NINA SIMONE / ANGELA DAVIS / AUGUSTA SAVAGE / JAMES VANDERSEE / JOSEPHINE BAKER / WILLIAM H. JOHNSON / FAITH RINGGOLD / ADRIAN PIPER / EMORY DOUGLAS
ABOVE: RESEARCH AND VISUAL IMAGERY FOR DESIGN DEVELOPMENTRIGHT: CHANTY WEARS SULA ONE PIECE IN CARBON BLACK/INK DURING LONDON FASHION WEEK WITH BLACK EYEWEAR SHADES, UPTOWN YARDIE CROWN WITH E.MACBEAN HANDPAINT-ED LEATHER BIKER
“SULA ONE PIECE”
ABOVE & RIGHT: KELLY WEARS SULA ONE PIECE IN CARBON BLACK/INK FOR LOCKDOWN LOOKBOOK PROJECT
“SULA ONE PIECE”
ABOVE: AGATA WEARS SULA ONE PIECE IN INK/PARELLI PINK FOR LOCKDOWN LOOKBOOK PROJECT
“SULA ONE PIECE”
ABOVE: AGATA WEARS SULA ONE PIECE IN INK/PARELLI PINK FOR LOCKDOWN LOOKBOOK PROJECT
“SULA ONE PIECE”
“COMMUNITY COLLABORATION: ALEXANDRA GROOVER ZERO WASTE COVER
ABOVE & LEFT: ZERO WASTE ORGANIC COTTON FEMINIST BEACH COVER - HAND ILLUSTRATED BY ANDREW IBI.
ABOVE: VIC WEARS CLARISSA ONE PIECE IN INK FOR LOCKDOWN LOOKBOOK PROJECT
“CLARISSA (DALLOWAY) ONE PIECE”
“CLARISSA (DALLOWAY) ONE PIECE”
ABOVE: RESEARCH AND DESIGN DEVELOPMENT IMAGERY FOR CLARISSA
“CLARISSA (DALLOWAY) ONE PIECE”
LEFT: MARTINA WEARS CLARISSA IN INK & BURNT LAVENDER FOR LONDON FASHION WEEK WITH ILLESTEVA SHADES AND BY WALID ROBEABOVE: RESEARCH AND VISUAL IMAGERY FOR DESIGN DEVEL-OPMENT (MRS DALLOWAY VIRGINIA WOOLF / LE CORBUSIER)
“CLARISSA (DALLOWAY) COVER”
ABOVE: KELLY WEARS CLARISSA EXCERPT SLOGAN SUPER PUNK BEACH SWEAT FOR LOCKDOWN LOOKBOOK PROJECTLOWER FAR RIGHT: CLARISSA VISUAL RESEARCH
ABOVE: ASTRID WEARS CLARISSA ONE PIECE IN INK & BURNT LAVENDER FOR LOCKDOWN LOOKBOOK PROJECTRIGHT: CLARISSA VISUAL RESEARCH (ILLUSTRATION)
“CLARISSA (DALLOWAY) ONE PIECE”
ABOVE (RIGHT): NATASHER WEARS CLARISSA ONE PIECE IN INK & BURNT LAVENDER FOR LOCKDOWN LOOKBOOK PROJECTLEFT: CLARISSA VISUAL RESEARCH
“CLARISSA (DALLOWAY) ONE PIECE”
CLARISSA BELTED STRUCTURED HALTER NECK 1 PIECE
INTERNAL BRA CONSTRUCTION (REMOVABLE PADS)
ABOVE: TECHNICAL DRAWING CLARISSA ONE PIECE.RIGHT: CLARISSA VISUAL RESEARCH
“ELINOR-MARIANNE (DASHWOOD)ONE PIECE”
ABOVE: ZAMIRA WEARS ELINOR-MARIANNE ONE PIECE IN INK DURING LONDON FASHION WEEK WITH BLACK EYEWEAR SHADES, WESTERN AFFAIR HAT AND IVA MINKOVA SHOESRIGHT: RESEARCH AND DESIGN DEVELOPMENT IMAGERY FOR ELINOR-MARIANNE
ABOVE: ZAMIRA WEARS ELINOR-MARIANNE ONE PIECE IN INK DURING LONDON FASHION WEEK WITH BLACK EYEWEAR SHADES, WESTERN AFFAIR HATCENTRE: RENEE WEARS ELINOR-MARIANNE IN INK FOR LOCKDOWN LOOKBOOK PROJECTRIGHT: RESEARCH AND DESIGN DEVELOPMENT IMAGERY FOR ELINOR-MARIANNE
“ELINOR-MARIANNE (DASHWOOD)ONE PIECE”
“ELINOR-MARIANNE (DASHWOOD)ONE PIECE”
ABOVE & RIGHT: RENEE WEARS ELINOR-MARIANNE IN INK FOR LOCKDOWN LOOKBOOK PROJECT
“GLORIA DRAWSTRING VOILE PONCHO”
ABOVE: MRS IBI WEARS MULTI FUNCTIONAL COTTON VOILE BEACH COVER FUSING ELE-MENTS OF TRADITIONAL KAFTANS WITH MILITARY PONCHOS. WHAT WOULD PATTI WEAR?
ABOVE: MRS IBI WEARS MULTI FUNCTIONAL COTTON VOILE BEACH COVER FUSING ELE-MENTS OF TRADITIONAL KAFTANS WITH MILITARY PONCHOS. WHAT WOULD PATTI WEAR?
“GLORIA DRAWSTRING ‘BLACK’ POPLIN PONCHO”
ABOVE: MRS IBI WEARS MULTI FUNCTIONAL ‘BLACK’ COTTON POPLIN BEACH COVER FUSING ELEMENTS OF TRADITIONAL KAFTANS WITH MILITARY PONCHOS. WHAT WOULD PATTI WEAR?
“PATTI MILITARY BEACH COVER INPIN(k)STRIPE”
ABOVE: COTTON STRIPE, ANDROGYNOUS MILITARY BEACH SHIRT/COVER BASED ON VINTAGE MILITARY SHIRT WITH EXPLODED PROPORTIONS.
“REDONDO EVENING KAFTAN”
ABOVE: MRS IBI WEARS 100% COTTON POPLIN KAFTAN WITH FORMAL EVENING PLEAT FRONT BIB AND BACK TIE.
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models:agata, aminata, asiya, dolly, hayley, janine, kelly,matilda, natasher, renee, rihver, sam, sophie, tegan & vic.thank you: for volunteering your time, wit, enthusiasm and letting us into your homes during lockdown