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Ellie Rousseau

MA work

  • STATE '08 campaign

    STATE '08 campaign, Ellie Rousseau 2017
    35mm Film & iPhone Graphic Screenshots
    Photographer: Ellie Rousseau

    STATE '08 campaign, Ellie Rousseau 2017
    35mm Film & iPhone Graphic Screenshots
    Photographer: Ellie Rousseau

  • STATE '08 campaign

    STATE '08 campaign, Ellie Rousseau 2017
    35mm Film & iPhone Graphic Screenshots
    Photographer: Ellie Rousseau

    STATE '08 campaign, Ellie Rousseau 2017
    35mm Film & iPhone Graphic Screenshots
    Photographer: Ellie Rousseau

  • Lookbook Outfit 7

    Lookbook Outfit 7, 2017
    Knitwear, Denim, Digital Print
    Photographer: Bethany Partington

    Lookbook Outfit 7, 2017
    Knitwear, Denim, Digital Print
    Photographer: Bethany Partington

  • Documentary Fashion (DocFash)

    Documentary Fashion (DocFash), Ellie Rousseau, Charlotte Beardow, Gray Brame 2017
    Photographer: Gray Brame

    Documentary Fashion (DocFash), Ellie Rousseau, Charlotte Beardow, Gray Brame 2017
    Photographer: Gray Brame

STATE '08

I grew up in Manchester, and for my MA collection I naturally explored my experiences of Northern youth culture. I’ve always been interested in clothing as a form of identification and the authenticity seen in subcultures and style tribes. I took inspiration from nostalgic photographs to explore stages of youth maturity, escapism through club culture and the mental repercussions of this; all through a distinctly Northern lens. Through this Menswear collection I both realistically and metaphorically document these times by constructing the clothes with a distressed, patchwork aesthetic to create a disheveled style code and depict the story using both Knitwear and Denim. 
Programme
Fashion Menswear
Collaborators
Leo Carlton Millinery Collaboration
Sponsors
Kaihara Denim (Japan), Endrime, Zegna Baruffa, Filpucci

Info

  • MA Degree

    School

    School of Design

    Programme

    MA Fashion Menswear, 2017

    Specialism

    knit

  • Degrees

  • BA Fashion, Manchester School of Art, 2014

  • Experience

  • Knitwear design assistant, Liam Hodges, London, 2016 – Present; Studio assistant intern, Devon Halfnight Leflufy, Antwerp, 2014–2015; Studio assistant intern, J.W. Anderson, London, 2013

  • Awards

  • Roger Walls Binns Scholarship

  • Publications

  • Fucking Young!, 'Buffalo', 2017; Neo2, 'Sea Within a Sea', No.150, 2017; KALTBLUT, 'Hi-Humidity', 2016; HungerTV, 'Young Blood', 2014; Urban Outfitters Sheet Zine, 2014; The Skinny, 'Ellie Rousseau: Underdog', 2014

Registered Office: Royal College of Art, Kensington Gore, London SW7 2EU