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Julia Labis

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My name is Julia and I am 2022 Central Saint Martins graduate - I studied BA Fashion Design with Knitwear. During my course I developed a range of knitting and crochet skills, learned how to effectively manage a team, as well as be a part of it, and produce interesting work within short time frame.I most enjoy working hands-on on textile and garment development. In my free time I do rock climbing, spend time outdoors and like to learn about history and art.
My name is Julia and I am 2022 Central Saint Martins graduate - I studied BA Fashion Design with Kni...
LVMH Scholar 2022

The aim of my final collection is to explore the connection between time and sustainability.

It is mainly influenced by the theories of liquid modernity by Zygmunt Bauman and my studies in BA Archaeology at University of Warsaw. While studying Archeology I have truly understood the importance of environmental change in our development as species. During that time, inspired by the lectures on Bronze Age, I began researching alternative ways of cultural time perception. As it turns out in my research, our current cultural linear view of time is deeply unsustainable and is a social construct fuelled by capitalistic ideals which led us to the current climate emergency.

I believe that circularity of time could be culturally understood as a repetition of the same action that each time occurs with a slight variation - as if we, societies, were an ever-changing wheel that travels through time rather than a conglomerate of egocentric individuals focused on pursuing the future, bound by laws and regulations.

Final work

  • Black model walking down a catwalk wearing an orange jacket with leather weave panels and a mini skirt with climbing carabiners.
  • Black model wearing same orange jacket but shot in a close up on details of leather weave and crochet.
  • Photo of a black model wearing orange jacket with edited hand drawn accessories stands on a black and orange background.
  • Model walking down a runway wearing a black, grey and white jumper with a rock-like collar and grey leggings paired with a crochet balaclava.
  • Close up of the same model walking down a runway showing details of crochet and knit panels and the felted expanding foam collar.
  • Photo shows a model standing against an orange and black background wearing grey, black and white jumper and leggings paired with a crochet balaclava.
  • Model walking down a runway wearing a black dress with big twirly shape attached it paired with a bag, shoes and collar that look like a rock.
  • Model walking down a runway wearing a black dress with big twirly shape attached it paired with a bag, shoes and collar that look like a rock.
  • Model standing against black and orange background wearing a black dress with orange twirls (some of which hand drawn) and rock-like accessories.
Drawing shows an illustrated lineup of three models on a white background.

FINAL LINEUP

Illustrated final lineup using a mix of digital and manual illustration techniques.

Research and process

Photo shows 5 samples of bioplastic - two crochet samples covered in bioplastic, one knitted sample and two laser cut frames filled with bioplastic.

MATERIAL EXPERIMENTS

Material experiments have been a huge part of the development process and are what I hope to focus on more in the future. Page above shows bioplastic samples that I developed for look 2.

  • Photo shoes a close up of a black woven leather panel pinned to a weaving board.
  • Sketchbook page showing development of knitting patterns based off of soil layers shot from above that resemble solar symbols.
  • Photo shows panels of leggings laying on a table next to each other ready to assemble, forming a pattern piece for leggings.

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SOLAR AGE

LVMH Scholar 2022 The aim of my final collection is to explore the connection between time and sustainability. It is mainly influenced by the theories of liquid modernity by Zygmunt Bauman and my studies in BA Archaeology at Universi...

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