Heather Nield
THE LAST BALL //
STORYTELLING, DETAIL-ORIENTATED AND, MOULAGED SILHOUETTE.
A COLLECTION THAT CELEBRATES THE DECLARATION OF A LONG-LASTING FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN QUEEN
VICTORIA AND THE FRENCH EMPEROR NAPOLEON III. PAINTINGS SHOW VERSAILLES BEAUTIFUL BAROQUE
ARCHITECTURE OF THE PAST THAT SPIRALS AROUND THE HALLWAYS OF THE PALACE. THROUGH INTERNALS AND MANIPULATION OF GARMENTS I RE-CREATED THE DETAILING WITHIN THE PALACE ON THE EXTERNALS OF
GARMENTS. ALL DERIVED FROM A CURTAIN SILHOUETTE RICH IN LAYERING AND VOLUME, THAT THROUGH PLEATS AND GATHERS CONVEX AND CONCAVE AROUND THE BODY. HERRINGBONES, HEAVY COTTON AND, LACES
HARMONIOUSLY JOIN, STITCH TO SEAM. ADDING METALWARE DETAILS AND FRAYED EDGES TO GRUNGE AND CONTEMPORISE GARMENTS OF THE 19TH CENTURY. SITTING ALONGSIDE INFLUENTIAL AND INNOVATIVE
DESIGNERS SUCH AS ANN DEMEULEMEESTER, WHOSE WORK IS SOPHISTICATED IN FINISH AND STEMS FROM
HISTORY AND ALEXANDER MCQUEEN WHOM MIXES TAILORED AND CONCEPTUAL CUTS WITHIN EACH OUTCOME.
FOUNDED HEAVILY UPON THE PAST AND HISTORY, YET MADE FOR THE MODERN AND FORWARD-THINKING WORLD. TRANSLATING THE REIGN OF A STRONG FEMALE FIGURE INTO MY DESIGNS TO EMPOWER WOMEN, WHICH IS A VALUE I HOLD CLOSE. AS ALSO SHOWN IN THE LIVE PROJECTS FOR MANGO AND ERDEM WHICH
EXPLORE MY JOURNEY INTO BECOMING THE WOMAN I AM TODAY AND THE STRONG COMMUNITY I HAVE AROUND ME.