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Rachael Barrett

MA work

Inspired by the haunting photography found in Corinne Day’s Diary and Julia Margaret Cameron’s A Victorian Family Portrait, the collection explores the female form and the trapped space between body and dress.

By using silicone rubber to form garments that both rigidly follow and dramatically stray from the wearer’s silhouette, alongside oversized, ethereal pieces in chiffon, lace and sheer jersey, the resulting layers of transparency expose this ‘negative space'.

Info

  • MA Degree

    School

    School of Design

    Programme

    MA Fashion Womenswear, 2009

  • Inspired by the haunting photography found in Corinne Day’s Diary and Julia Margaret Cameron’s A Victorian Family Portrait, the collection explores the female form and the trapped space between body and dress.

    By using silicone rubber to form garments that both rigidly follow and dramatically stray from the wearer’s silhouette, alongside oversized, ethereal pieces in chiffon, lace and sheer jersey, the resulting layers of transparency expose this ‘negative space'.

  • Degrees

  • BA (Hons) Design and Applied Arts: Fashion Womenswear (First class), Edinburgh College of Art, 2007
  • Experience

  • Design Internship, Philips Design, Eindhoven and London, 2008; Studio Assistant, Madeleine Press, London, 2006
  • Awards

  • Betty Davies Style Award, 2007