Tuesday, 21 August 2012

Fashion out of Britishness

Photo © Jonathan Corden


'As we continue our expedition to the heart of British creativity, let us introduce a young graduate whose work extols the much maligned heartland of quintessential Britishness. Celebrating the eccentric world of “the cat lady”, recent Kingston University graduate Alice Maughan embraces a British tradition that causes so many to sneer: chintz, faded glamour… Maughan makes your gran’s house hip with her strangely beautiful graduate collection. As a young lady with British creativity at the very core of her work, we delved deeper into her work, her inspirations and her future plans…' 
To read the interview please click me!
I think this piece is great for one of the SummerProject tasks; the one where I have to find 9 visual examples (3 each) of Illustration, Design and Art made by people from the country I call home. I found out about Alice Maughan fashion work which embraces Britishness on Weheart.com.  
And even though the UK is my birth home, Hong Kong still holds a special place in my heart - 

Is there any reason why I can't bring that into it as well? 

Hmm, I wonder...

Source:
We Heart

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