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Editorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Letter

Reflector

Jazmin Lee

5 Minutes With Sereeta Venkanah

Jo Hurley

Lynda Fitzwater

Fuschia Treasures

5 Minutes With Brillant Nyansago

Zandra

Nada Dahab

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DIY: Dress It Yourself

5 Minutes With Kirsty Sahota

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5 Minutes With Cabrini Roy

Linear Play

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Colour Scope

5 Minutes With Sophie Rutter

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5 Minutes With Lavinia Cadar

A Gentlemanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Game

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5 Minutes With Emily Sammons

5 Minutes With Naomi Ingleby

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Jack Warren

Directory

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Anna Nguyen Beth McGlinchey Christiana Hadjikyriacou Olivia Winstanley Sabrina Saranna Kheeatee Matabadul

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editor’s letter Hello all, Welcome to June 2016. Our first issue is far from where it all starts. You’re probably all expecting me to say it was an enlightening journey. That, it was not. The adjective to best describe it? Well, look up ‘hard’ in the Thesaurus and select all of the above. I’ll let you in on a secret. We started out as a student magazine with pull-out drinking games and Mystic Meg editorials, called Taco. Not only did we refrain from naming ourselves after a Mexican dish, we also do not identify as a student magazine. June is a hub of talent and intelligence. That is what we strive for. To inspire, to create and to showcase the talents that come from the walls of the University for the Creative Arts (UCA). Because there are a heck of a lot of gifted people who have been, gone and are here right now. In the pages that follow, we only show a small fraction of our community. Each year brings new talent, new prospects and a whole new June. Welcome to June Magazine. Anna Nguyen

Mark Ferreira BA (Hons) Graphic Design

jazmin lee

Interview Beth McGlinchey Photographs Kheeatee Matabadul Re-touching Kheeatee Matabadul

Located in the heart of the Laines, beside the sea and surrounded by the chillaxation that inevitably comes with being in Brighton, Jazmin Lee welcomes us into her pop-up shop Plus | Equals. Mugs are hung up across one section of the wall – leftover from one previous popup owner, but it we think its rather endearing. The rest of the shop however, is filled with a real Jazmin spirit. Hand-written messages adorn the Plus | Equals exterior, promoting body confidence and happiness. And so, after our rummage around her one-of-a-kind pieces we get cosy and talk to Jazmin about her journey so far. Beth: Could you tell us a bit about your University experience and whether you enjoyed it or not? Jazmin: Ooh, erm, it was... Be honest. I’ll be honest. It was interesting. It was a lot more different than I thought it would be. It gave me everything I need to actually go forward with my career. It was a great experience, I got a really good portfolio from it and technical skills learning to use Photoshop and inDesign. It pushed me as well, as a creative just to kind 8

of, think a bit more outside of my own box. Would you have been ready to go out in the world without having done the course? Yeah, I think, for me my pattern was school, of course I’m going to go straight to College, I’m then going to go uni. It was just a natural step for me, and I think it was the better step, I probably wouldn’t have known where to start. The first thing that they said to me was “we can’t teach you style” so, it was just working with what you already have, so it gave me the confidence to know that I could do it. Do you think that people have misconceptions about Fashion courses? Absolutely. This is exactly what I did my dissertation on. I don’t think it’s just Fashion courses, I think it’s the Fashion industry to be honest. For my dissertation I just watched ‘Ab Fab’ and ‘Devil Wears Prada’ a million times, because it was on portrayal of stereotypes in the Fashion industry and generally people don’t count us for much, but if you look at people like Alexandra Schulman, Vivienne Westwood, Alexander McQueen, they were geniuses of

their art and they still are. Look at Vivienne Westwood, she puts everything political into her creativity. It’s just not seen as such a valid career at the moment. It’s emerging, now there are about twenty different Fashion Promotion courses compared to around five that were available last year. Absolutely. Five years ago Fashion Promotion, when I did it, was the only one that I could find at the time. That makes me sound old. You can edit that bit out [laughs], like I said, they don’t see it as valid, but at the end of it all you’ve still got to write a dissertation, you’ve still got to do all of your Cultural Studies, contextual work, your Personal Development Plans, it’s exactly the same work levels, but you’re doing more practical work. It’s a lot of work outside as well. Yeah, a lot of work. I mean, tell me what person doing international studies is going to work a twenty two hour day at a fashion show, working their arse off? Do you think that you’ve been able to apply the things that you learnt during your degree to what you do now? Absolutely. Definitely. Going back to technical skills, just little things, being able to draw up a well designed branded press release and if you’ve got a somewhat alright photographer who’s not great at post-production, you’ve still got the option to do that yourself, but just being able to do that is going to open more doors for you than just saying “I’m a stylist”, “I’m a writer” or whatever, you’ve kind of got everything covered. Can you give us a rundown of all the things you’re doing now? Oh god. So, I’m Casting Director for Brighton Fashion Week, now fully paid. You can get that bit in [laughs]. I was assistant stylist this year as well so working with a style agency called Novel Beings, who are awesome. I’m setting up this brand now, Plus | Equals. It’s fourteen to twenty six womenswear at the moment, up-cycled reclaimed vintage, which will be going online I hope in a couple of months, and freelance styling, so I got someone in today who has asked me to work for Such Magazine in Rome. Bits are coming in now since I quit my retail job, I haven’t had a day off in three months! How did you get into doing Plus | Equals? For me it was a way out of my crappy retail job. I just thought, if you want a job doing, you just do it yourself. I’ve been up to nearly a size twenty four, I’m now down to a fourteen/sixteen, I know what ends the market it’s at and there isn’t anything colourful, there isn’t anything funky, there isn’t anything that’s expressive for girls like me, younger, older, to sort of become their own person, so I just took the plunge really. I got this space for free for a week as well. It’s gone really well. Could you describe your work, for Plus | Equals or what 10

you do at Brighton Fashion Week, in five words? Vivacious, experimental, colourful, stressful and rewarding. Really rewarding. Not everyone who comes in and buys stuff in here is a size fourteen to twenty six but they still love it, they still write their body mantras on the window, it’s spreading a bit more positivity. What thing you’ve done to date are you most proud of? I think getting this up and running. I’m not going to lie, over the past year it’s just been uphill struggle with life. I’ve done this on about five hundred pounds and it was really, really hard, so to get this ready, to get a proper business idea that I think is viable, I think that’s the best thing that I could have done. Why was it important to you to set this up then? I care a lot about our next generation of girls and women and I think that there are too many people right now that feel discounted. They don’t feel valid and they don’t feel equal to where we are. I’ve got a serious issue with the term ‘plus size’ I will always say “plus size” because I don’t think that it should be ‘plus,’ it’s just size. This sector of the industry isn’t an inclusive thing. ‘Plus size’ girls saying that they’re the only real women and skinny girls are left out and then vice versa and it just shouldn’t be that. It should just be women. We dress well. That’s it. Simple as. That’s all I wanted to push forward as well as being able to do my own creative stuff. I don’t want to work in a crappy retail job anymore. Do you think it makes you view casting at Brighton Fashion Week differently? No it doesn’t because I think this year I had about twelve or thirteen designers ask for size ten girls. We didn’t have anyone below a size eight which sounds small but you go to London Fashion Week it’s four to six and it’s unrealistic. We don’t allow a certain amount of black girls in or a certain about of Asian girls in, it’s just, if you’re pretty and you’re confident come ahead! Although, I would like to see ‘plus size’ on the catwalk at Brighton Fashion Week but it’s moving forward in a different direction. Is that something that you would push in years to come? More of a ‘plus size’ image on the catwalk? Yeah, we’ve got Louise O’Mahoney who caters for, well if you’re a size thirty she’ll make you a dress, but it’s never a case of putting that collection on the catwalk. We’ve had sort of more ‘real models’, we’ve had older models, we’ve had girls who are fourteen. So, it’s a big varied audience, it just needs to have a bit more chucked into it really. Who or what inspires you? Anything and everything. I’m a big fan of art, I love music. Nearly everything I do is based around my love of music, my love of gay icons. I was really empowered by just the strength of women, this collection was such a homage to my Mum’s style, she was so off the wall and that’s where I got it all from. So I just kind of went with it and a lot of pop culture as well.

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Who would be your dream collaboration? Kanye hands down. I know it’s really weird for me to say that but he is a creative genius. Anything and everything he does, I know he’s a dick sometimes but I love what he’s done with Adidas, I love what he’s doing in the music industry right now taking Paul McCartney, I hate Paul McCartney, but Paul McCartney, with Rihanna you know I love what he’s mixing into it all.

in America, because I’m obsessed with New York. Also, successfully styling and getting paid for it. That’s the dream. To get paid for my work.

Where would you like to be in five years time? I’d like the brand to be known as a cult brand around the world. I want to be the person that globally buys, so I want to have amazing stuff from Amsterdam, to Asia, to wherever and I’d like to have a lot of my stuff recognised

What is your most treasured possession? My Tatty Devine eyelash sunglasses hands down. I saw them on Azaelia Banks and I waited two years and I got them. I was broke, still am!

Do you have an unusual hobby? I love pub quizzes. I love going to pub quizzes. I killed it at the ‘Breaking Bad’ one - not going to lie. I came third, that’s not bad!

What’s your earliest memory? I think it’s laying top-to-tail on the sofa with my Mum watching ‘Ab Fab’ and then ‘Jonathan Creek’. 90s life eh? My life is just based on Eddie. What advice would you give your younger self? Don’t give a shit what people think or say. Just get over it and get forward and go do it. You look back at being a teenager and you spend so long, so much of your time just sitting there like, “Should I wear this today?”, “Will people think I look funny?”, “What about this lipstick?” Let it go. Just move forward.

What is the last lie you told? Telling my Granddad that I’m going for a drink with my friend tonight but I’m actually going on a Tinder date. With mosquito bites on my face! He likes Kanye so it’s all good. Your favourite trait in another person? Honesty. If you’d have asked me that question three years ago I would not have given you that answer, but I would actually rather someone tell me that I look shit in something than tell me that I look great in it, you know? A bit of transparency.

Your most used emoji? The two hands up emoji, yes. Or it’s the frown. Just mm. [mimes frown emoji]. Do you have a favourite word? Yes, oh my god what is it? Oh my god I’ve forgotten what it is, so it’s clearly not that good. Argh, we’ll go for titillate. Best thing you’ve bought for under five pounds? I got a really cute Russell and Bromley dress in a charity shop for like four pounds fifty, or a Jean Paul Gaultier jean jacket. Where are you shopping? Go to the charity shops in Hassocks, everyone’s rich and they just donate it all. Hassocks. Haywards Heath. Brand new Hermes, everything. Who would you invite to your dream dinner party? Let’s see, I would definitely invite Beyoncé I just love her. I’d invite Jeremy Corbyn, I love him and I really want to hear from him. This is a varied party. It is. I would also invite my Granddad because he’s a laugh. He’d get on well with them. Beyoncé, Jeremy Corbyn and my Granddad. Yeah. I think the convo would be flowing. I’ve already collaborated with Kanye, you know, we’ve done that one. So yeah.

“I would rather someone tell me that I look shit in something than tell me I look great in it... a bit of transparency”

He’s not invited. Yeah.

‘Bad Grandad’ Photography Jean Luc Brouard Styling Jazmin Lee, BA (Hons) Fashion Promotion Model Rod Lee

jo hurley Interview Olivia Winstanley Photographs Christiana Hadjikyriacou Re-touching Kheeatee Matabadul

On a Tuesday morning, Jo Hurley is sitting at her desk in front of her laptop. We have invaded her homely office, but that hasn’t stopped Jo from having a spring clean before our arrival. The room oozes inspiration, with quotes decorating the walls (though, one might question how a Karl Lagerfeld ‘I Hate Fat’ poster is inspirational, but it’s all art isn’t it) and student-written thank you cards. Jo tells us specifically to photograph this section of her wall - it emphasises just how much she cares about her students and her appreciation towards them. Our conversation with Jo helps us see how she got to where she is today. Olivia: What do you do at UCA? Jo: I’m course leader on Fashion Promotion and Imaging. What did you study at university? I studied Fashion Design for two years at Birmingham City, what is now Birmingham City, it was UCE at the time. I did two years of Fashion Design and then in the last year of my degree I specialised in Retail Management, so it was Fashion Promotion in the last year really. What made you come and teach at UCA? My first job. I kept in touch with my course leader at Birmingham and I went to work with him and followed him to go and teach at Salford University which I loved doing. I just realised as I was working how much I enjoyed the teaching more than what I was doing in my day job and so it just started from doing a bit of sessional work at Salford, at Birmingham and then I saw this position nearly nine years ago now and I just knew it was what I wanted to do. What is your favourite thing about your job? Favourite thing about my job? [laughs] How rewarding it is with regards to knowing about what students are doing, knowing about what graduates are doing and realising that we’re teaching you to be professional, to be young professionals. I think that’s the biggest reward of the job and seeing you all graduate that’s my favourite part. What else have you done apart from teach here? My first job was at WGSN as a Trend Analyst and then I went to work for the Future Laboratory as a Trend Researcher and I did that for thee years. I worked on Viewpoint magazine at the same time and I was dealing with lots of different clients, such as, Thomas Pink, BBC, Olay, that was a mad time in my life but I managed to do it. So that was the first two jobs in Trend Prediction 20

and then I moved back home to Birmingham and was teaching more. I also got a job for Wayne Hemingway, so I was archiving his collection of pieces at a museum called ‘The Land of Lost Content’ in Shropshire and I loved that job as well and then I started getting into vintage. Didn’t you have a little ASOS shop? I did have an ASOS boutique, which I gave up two years ago now when I got really busy, when I started taking on the course leader role. What would be your perfect day out? My perfect day out? It would be having a really nice breakfast. Eggs Benedict. So it starts with the breakfast. This is really soppy, but probably having a nice walk with my husband, going to do something with him, he’s very neglected at the moment because of how much I do. Going to the cinema in the afternoon, that’s always like a little escape, that’s indulgence, going to the cinema, going out for a nice dinner. There’s a lot of food related references there. That leads me onto my next question. What is your favourite film? My favourite film? I don’t think I’ve got one. I absolutely love ‘Fifth Element.’ But I also, this is a really sad nostalgic film I used to watch when I was young, called ‘Labyrinth.’ So those two I would say are up there, it just varies with the mood. When are you at your happiest? [Laughs] Is it going to be something soppy? I’m at my happiest when I’m not thinking about work. In the gym, in my spin lesson. When I’ve got an hour and I don’t think about anything. that is my happiest. When my brain’s just thinking about what I’m going to do next on the bike or if I’m doing a dance lesson or something like that. If you weren’t here right now where would you be or what would you be doing? In bed reading. I’ve got so many books that I love. I love reading outside of here, so I’d probably be in the gym or finding somewhere quiet to read. What did you want to be when you were grown up? Ah, ok always a Fashion Designer. In the Eighties, when I grew up, there was a game called ‘Fashion Wheel’ and I was obsessed with it when I was a little girl and you

would sketch and it was like a drawing machine. So, I had that and that was the first thing that got me into Fashion Design and then at school everybody knew that was what wanted to do. Even the Careers Advisers told me that “you’ll never do it” so that was the first thing that I wanted to do, but along the way I did want to be a Policewoman at one point. I used to have a little daydream about that. Or an Estate Agent because I think that I could sell a house, property. I also dreamt about being a chef. I went for a trial at a hotel once and I realised I couldn’t, it was too stressful for me, but I still love to cook.

Madonna. Should we have another person? I think we’ll have to put a fashion reference in there. Coco Chanel. Or Karl Lagerfeld. That would be quite fun.

What is a habit you most admire in yourself and others? Hard work ethic. You know we don’t give marks for hard work in students but I think that is what I really appreciate in you guys.

If you had three wishes what would you wish for? Oh, okay, for all of my students to be happy and to do fantastic things in the industry. So that would be my first wish. That’s a really hard question. Second wish, I’d really like a clone. Someone who could be here sitting at this desk and I could be doing the things that I want to do. And the third one, just to be positive and happy in life. [Whispers] but loads of money as well.

Do you have a secret hobby? I’ve been thinking about this. Zumba. Spin. I suppose that’s not really unusual. I really wanted to be a dancer going back to that other question as well, and I flirted with that for a while. I did go and have a trial for that and that… [laughs] so secret hobby, yeah, I know it’s a bit sad but Zumba. I know that’s not very fashionable at the moment but that would be the secret thing that I do. Who would be your dream collaboration? Ooh, for you guys?

What is your most treasured possession? Okay, I have a brooch from my Nan that I put in my wedding bouquet, so that would probably be my most treasured possession and I have a lovely cardigan that my Granddad used to wear a lot. So those two would be my treasured possessions. Sentimental. But I would also have to say my wedding ring as well [whispers] in case my husband reads this!

“We’re teaching you to be professional, I think that’s the biggest reward of the job and seeing you all graduate.”

If you could do any work with anyone? For both? For me, I would love to collaborate with someone like Zandra Rhodes on her archive, I’d look for those amazing outfits or David Bowie on his amazing outfits. And for you? I think, maybe POP or LOVE, a really cool magazine. That’s what I work towards. Who would be your perfect dinner party guests? I’ve got to say my husband. Although I would cook, because I’m a better cook. I have to say him. David Bowie, there’s a pattern emerging. Rick Mayall, though sadly he is now no longer with us. Big fan of Rick Mayall. So Rick Mayall, David Bowie, Me,

If there was a fourth wish… Just to be on holiday for a year. Can I have four? Yeah? Well that links in with the clone because the clone could be sitting here and I could be on the beach for a year. Skirt or jeans? Skirt, never jeans. I don’t wear jeans.

Do have any things on your bucket list? I would really love to go to Iceland to Reykjavik, to see the northern lights. Hopefully I’m going to do that in December. So I’m looking forward to that. What else? I always associate them with travel. Erm, to buy a house, that would be really nice. Hopefully next year. Where did you grow up? I grew up in Birmingham and my parents are still there. And last one, tea or coffHerbal tea. I’ve always got a green tea or a peppermint tea on the go, don’t drink any of the other stuff, caffeine fuelled stuff.

‘Boys Will Be Boys’ Photography Sam Gyang Styling Jazmin Lee, BA (Hons) Fashion Promotion Models George Ward & Tristan Taylor Make-up Bebe Joe Hair Gabby Brayne

fuschia treasures Photography Kheeatee Matabadul Art Direction Beth McGlinchey Nails Anna Nguyen Hand Painting Beth McGlinchey & Olivia Winstanley Models Anna Nguyen, Sabrina Saranna & Megan Brown Assisted by Olivia Winstanley Re-touching Kheeatee Matabadul

zandra Article Anna Nguyen Making the trip into East London, we come armed with an umbrella, our notebooks and a healthy dose of anxiousness. It’s not our first time venturing into Shoreditch; it is however, the first time we will be meeting Zandra Rhodes in an intimate discussion at the first W Project Symposium event at Protein. We arrived at the same time as Zandra and having just bumped into Sammi of Beauty Crush, this was all just a bit too much for a Monday night. Greeted with a broad spectrum of beverages, we take our gin and tonics for the show, claim our frow seats and prepare to be inspired. The first speaker – Tara Darby, an incredible photographer who started her career working for Terence Donovan, is nearing the end of her talk. She finishes with something a friend once said to her, “When bankers get together, they talk about art. When artists get together, they talk about money” Zandra is the first to laugh at this. I suppose it’s true. I never thought about that. Re-zoning back into the room, Zandra expresses to Tara “Terence was amazing at taking peoples’ photographs wasn’t he?” an opinion the whole room seems to share, with nods and murmurs of agreement. With that, the next speaker is invited to take the stage. Sharmadean Reid is the founder of WAH Nails, well, that’s what everyone knows her for. That’s what I knew her for prior to this event. What we came to realise during her talk is that she is an intelligent entrepreneur, a self-made talent and has done a whole lot more than WAH, which she seems to be so blasé about. “Oh, I also wrote a book” she casually throws in before swiftly moving on to talk about her next venture. Before Zandra takes front and centre seat, she praises Sharmadean and identifies with her in the sense that her career also did not travel in a straight line upwards. She too has experienced ups and downs and for this reason, the first chapter we are introduced to by Zandra is aptly named – ‘Turning Points.’ She’s wrapped in a tribal-esque cape over one of her own designs – a knit blue dress with black and yellow graphic print, accessorised with statement pieces, beaded bangles and oversize rings. Her hair, well, you know the rest. It’s pink and it’s great. Turning Points is the start of the story Zandra tells us. It’s almost strange now, to hear that nobody was taking any notice of her work in the early nineties. Perhaps this turned out to be a positive aspect to her career as it prompted her interest in creating the Fashion and Textiles Museum (FTM). It was a celebratory project 32

that paid homage to British designers. Now worth four million pounds more than it was when it was first built. Zandra thanks the Shard. Though it is now operated by Newham College, the essence of Zandra still very much flows through the heart of the museum. Being able to see Zandra’s apartment (very conveniently situated above the FTM) was an interesting insight into her creative space. It is, fittingly, a beautiful array of rainbow colours and we wouldn’t expect anything less for the dame. What becomes evident during Zandra’s talk is that she gives credit where it is due. From celebrating the designers, to naming each person she has worked with, Zandra acknowledges the “invisible” weavers who don’t get the recognition they deserve. What she has always said is that “Textile designers are the Cinderellas of the business” and with this, we sympathise with them. Following on from the hardships of textile designers, we get a glimpse of Zandra’s difficulty in selling her textile prints. This prompts a leap into producing her own fashion designs - which we learn, is the only way textile designers are able to sell their work. As we look into this part of her life, Zandra keeps her enthusiastic tone whilst she describes the frustration when people would sift through her folders and end up walking away showing no interest. Moving on to more promising waters, America sparked the take-off of Zandra Rhodes. She recalls not knowing anyone in America and modestly claims she doesn’t know how she did it. With that, she swiftly calls ‘next’ and the presentation controller moves on to the following slide. The audience are completely engrossed in the journey of her career, designing in India in 1981, Egypt in 1983, China and Manhattan; it’s hard not to be. Looking at the seventy-five year old, surprisingly small woman sitting before us, it’s extraordinary to think about how much she has done throughout her career and still is doing. It makes one wonder just how she keeps up with her creations. Well, “I keep one piece of everything, but they need cataloguing - severely” she admits. A small chuckle sounds throughout the room. We then progress onto the Opera. Designing for the San Diego production of Magic Flute in 2000, she indicates her love for dressing the opera. “I love making rather large ladies feel like princesses,” again re-confirming our expectations that she is the kind-hearted soul we believed her to be. From her work in the Opera, Zandra is rediscovered as a designer. One of her most remembered works - Freddie Mercury in a white pleated gown in 1972. This is a piece she’s got a lot of “mileage” out of. Understandably so,

it’s what many seem to remember him in. Jumping from all corners of the celebrity scope, Zandra has worked with and designed for them all. A photograph of the Olsen twins wearing her designs fills the screen, “These amazing twins pop up everywhere and I don’t know where they came from,” everyone bursts into laughter and I’m still not quite sure whether we just experienced her sense of humour or confusion. I like it either way. As we transition into more personal matters, Zandra tells us what she stands for. “I think if you design the collection you should represent the collection” words to live by for a textile designer. Additional life tips from Zandra: “The older you get, the less disguises you can do. I have to wear makeup under my eyes because they’re just so baggy.” At this point I make a mental note to send her the “the bags under my eyes are Chanel” meme. I think she would appreciate that. I think. And so, as the last speaker of the evening, Zandra concludes by opening up for questions. The first, very appropriately asked question from Fred Butler, was about her relationship with colour. Yes, we all know colour is a big aspect to Zandra’s life but how did this all

come about? This pink bonnet of hers, these extravagant designs? It all started with green Vidal Sassoon wigs. Don’t worry, we laughed too. Unfortunately, wigs were not particularly head-friendly for her at the time, so that’s when she moved on to dyeing. And why pink? Simply because “Pink is easy to maintain” and she rather that than grey. Fair point. Another Zandra Rhodes life tip to throw into the mix: “Don’t compromise because of what people might think.” True. I feel as creatives and humans generally, we need to be told this several times throughout our lives or reassurance. So what keeps her motivated after all these years? “I can’t think of anything else to do.” There’s that humour again. Here’s where we come in, my burning question to Zandra - “What has been your biggest achievement?” she umms. “Sometimes when you get familiar with it you cant see what you’re achieving. I’d like to think I’ve made people aware of Textile design and what it can do.” There is a resounding applause throughout and we jump at the chance to take a photograph with Zandra before we instantly regret not capturing this moment. The photograph lives on.

“I’d like to think I’ve made people aware of Textile design and what it can do.”

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cabrini roy Degree: BA (Hons) Fashion Design, 2018 Currently: Undergraduate What are you working on at the moment? A white shirt project based on an art movement and work wear. I chose to look at nurses in the 1920s mixed with brutalism. Describe your work or what you do in 5 words. Original, fun , diverse, authentic and petite. How did you get into DIY clothes-making? I wanted to create pieces that are one-of-a-kind, and the feeling of originality is really important to me. When people ask me where my clothes are from I like the satisfaction when I explain to them that I made it myself. What piece of work or thing you’ve done are you most proud of? My final major collection for my B-Tech in Fashion and Clothing. The three garments I created were heavily embellished and it widened my knowledge on pattern cutting due to the attention to detail. Who or what inspires you? A lot of people inspire me, bloggers (The Grey Layers, The Haute Pursuit, Love-Aesthetics, and also my favourite DIY blogger A Pair And Spare Diy), YouTubers (at the moment I’m really loving Tothe9’s and The Line Up) and designers (Michael Cinco, Gareth Pugh and of course Alexander McQueen). Who would be your dream collaboration? Probably Michael Cinco, I’m really into couture and I just love his creations. He is also a Filipino designer! What is your most unusual hobby? This is going to sound weird, but sometimes I sew in my underwear - only when I make my own clothes because I cant be bothered to take all of my clothes off and then try it on! What is your most treasured possession? The gold bracelet my mum gave me for my birthday, she bought it from her first hard working pay, this reminds me to always work hard. Also probably my rice cooker, I’m the worst Asian I can’t cook rice! What is your earliest memory? Playing on my family’s beach back in the Philippines, in the morning when the tide would go down I would jump between the rocks and look for starfishes (looking back at it, it was actually really dangerous).

If you could be re-incarnated who or what would you come back as? Beyoncé, because who wouldn’t. What’s your favourite social media site? Instagram. What advice would you give your younger self? Always keep positive and believe God has got a plan and life will work out better than you can ever imagine. Which decade would you most like to live in if you could choose? The 1540s because I watch a TV show called ‘Reign’. I love the costumes and the styling in the programme, and it always makes me wish I could be part of that era. What is your biggest fear? Ghosts and spiders. Ew. What was the last lie you told? That I was fifteen to get a child ticket on the bus. What is your favourite trait in other people? Humour and kindness. What is your most used emoji? The laughing face. What is your favourite thing to read? My favourite book, ‘Me Before You’ What is your favourite word? At the moment - ‘legit’. What is the best thing you’ve bought for under £5? A large roll of denim I got from my local fabric shop, which I turned into a pair of dungarees for my baby sister. Who would you invite to your dream dinner party? Probably a mix of famous designers, photographers and stylists - of course Anna Wintour has be there. 49

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LAVINIA CADAR Degree: BA (Hons) Fashion, 2014 Currently: Designer and Business owner @ Lavinia Cadar What are you working on at the moment? After the SS16 collection show at Oxford Fashion Week, I am eager to start the AW16-17 collection. Right now, my focus is mainly on exploring an interesting theme. Describe your work or what you do in five words. Silhouette development, thematic research, design. What piece of work or thing you’ve done are you most proud of? I’m proud of my graduate collection, because of the appreciation I’ve received and the learning curve that spiked during the process. It’s also been showcased at Graduate Fashion Week, Oxford and London Fashion Week events and the Houses of Parliament. Who or what inspires you? I can be inspired by anything. It has to generate a personal interest and afterwards I will continue researching it. It’s about feeling more towards certain ideas or stories that end up becoming my main themes. Abstract art also inspires me because its nature is to leave room for the imagination. Who would be your dream collaboration? My favourite designers - Vivienne Westwood, Yohji Yamamoto, Prada to name a few. Also, having a collaboration in another creative field would be exciting, like interior design or architecture. What is your most unusual hobby? Reading about flowers, herbs, trees and their properties. I find it quite amazing, but I guess it’s just me! What is your most treasured possession? Generally speaking, one’s well being is a very important possession to have. What is your earliest memory? When I was playing with my Mother’s pearls and she was telling me not to pull them apart. I think I was three at the time, I remember it because of its visual nature. If you could be re-incarnated who or what would you come back as? I would come back as Lavinia Cadar, but hopefully with some improvement in a few aspects of my life and even in myself.

What’s your favourite social media site? That would be Instagram because I’m a visual person, so I’m often following fashion, art and architecture. What advice would you give to your younger self? I’d tell myself to worry less and take things easier, be more forgiving, but also continue to follow your dreams. Which decade would you most like to live in if you could choose? Fashion wise, I would choose the 50s because of the elegance and glamour, but concerning the spirit of the decade, the 60s or the 70s seem to be quite fun. What is your biggest fear? Public speaking. What was the last lie you told? I honestly can’t remember ;-) What is your favourite trait in other people? I appreciate people who are confident, without becoming too arrogant. That’s quite a fine line to stand on, but I do appreciate it. What is your most used emoji? The smiley face. What is your favourite thing to read? I love reading the personal writings of great personalities, regardless of their field of activity; it’s like being a close friend with a famous person, be it a scientist, a religious leader or the ruler of an empire. Now I’m reading Marcus Aurelius’s Meditations. What is your favourite word? OK. What’s the best thing you’ve bought for under 5? A new fashion magazine with amazing editorials. Who would you invite to your dream dinner party? Coco Chanel, Karl Lagerfeld and Cara Delevigne. 67

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emily sammons Degree: Ba (Hons) Fashion Design, 2014 Currently: Creative Director @ IKEBANA Clothing What are you working on at the moment? Right now, I’m working on my first collection for my brand, IKEBANA which is available on www. ikebanaclothing.com. Lots of prepping, photo shoots and getting stock ready. Describe your work or what you do in 5 words. Create minimalist, contemporary, effortless womenswear. What piece of work or thing you’ve done are you most proud of? Final collection at Graduate Fashion Week - in particular my backpack, because you won’t believe how hard it is to mould a two metre acrylic tube in a small conventional oven. Who or what inspires you? This is really hard because so many things and people inspire me, but I really love looking at minimalist art and also how artists work/what inspires them. I recently watched a video of Gerhard Richter in his studio, you watch how he creates his paintings with huge squeegee. I love it because its such large scale precision, he really thinks about what to do next. I love Agnes Martin, Mark Rothko, Josef Albers… anything that is quite geometric or abstract. Architecture as well, I’m always watching videos on Nowness and am obsessed with the In Residence videos. I also tend to look at individual women for muses - Ana Kras, Phoebe Philo, Sade. Who would be your dream collaboration? Celine/Phoebe Philo. What is your most unusual hobby? I don’t really have time at the moment to be honest, I do love yoga when I get the chance but I guess that’s not so unusual. What is your most treasured possession? A lovely, inherited, blue St. Christopher pendant. What is your earliest memory? Being chased by Aladdin at Disney World at the age of 3. If you could be re-incarnated who or what would you come back as? Joanna Lumley. A) to be part of Ab Fab and B) for the voice. 70

What is your favourite social media site? Instagram - I’m a very visual person. What advice would you give your younger self? Say yes to everything and don’t worry - it’s always seems impossible until it’s done. Which decade would you most like to live in if you could choose? The sixties - decade of liberation. And great music obviously. What is your biggest fear? E.T What was the last lie you told? I don’t know, I never lie! What is your favourite trait in other people? Humour. What is your most used emoji? The face that’s crying with laughter. Or the little sassy flamenco lady. What is your favourite thing to read? I really like Cereal mag, it covers several topics and has really lovely imagery. What is your favourite word? Independence. What’s the best thing you’ve bought for under £5? A little lantern I bought in a souk in Marrakech. Who would you invite to your dream dinner party? Joanna Lumley, Jennifer Saunders and Andre Leon Talley.

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Where does your inspiration come from? “My inspiration comes from lack of sleep and too much tweeting at 4 o’clock in the morning, then waking up and going on a caffeine boost for the next 24 hours.” 74

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Where would be your dream location to have your work showcased? “I don’t believe this work would be shown in a gallery, I want it to be appreciated on a humorous level and nothing more. To me this work is made to entertain, not to inspire.”

Which is your favourite piece and why? “I like ‘rt this if ur a queen’ because it has direct links to Twitter. It uses terminology from the website and has relevance to the subject of the image.”

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sereeta venkanah Degree: Ba (Hons) Fashion Design, 2014 Currently: Creative Networking, Graphics, PR & Finance What are you working on at the moment? I don’t like to define my trade, instead I do what I feel. I work in finance and recently have been doing graphic design projects for them. I also intern at Village Press, a Fashion PR company. Finally, I run a creative networking event called ‘WHY NOT’ (@whynotnetwork) in East London with my close friend, which we launched last year. Our vision stemmed from being creative graduates, needing guidance and exposure after University. Describe your work or what you do in 5 words. Logical, adaptable, conceptual, controversial and unrelenting. What piece of work or thing you’ve done are you most proud of? My 3D leather coat from my graduate menswear collection entitled ‘Metatrons Cube’. It was a very long but rewarding process! Who or what inspires you? I am most inspired by the people that I surround myself with. All my friends are creatives and constantly motivate me and share experiences, which inspire me. Who would be your dream collaboration? Yohji Yamamoto. What is your most unusual hobby? Well, I wouldn’t call it unusual, but not many people know that I enjoy trying to produce music. What is your most treasured possession? My diary.

What advice would you give your younger self? Be a sponge. Soak up everything around you, all the knowledge, wisdom and experience and make the most of every moment. Which decade would you most like to live in if you could choose? The late 80s to early 90s, the era of the club kids. Although I was born in the 90s, I was too young to enjoy everything that was happening. I would love to experience not just the parties and music, but the creative expression, especially through fashion. What is your biggest fear? Not doing what I love. Simple. What was the last lie you told? Telling my younger sister that I didn’t steal her mascara, when I did. What is your favourite trait in other people? Gratitude. Not of me, (well maybe me too) but mainly for the little things in life. What is your most used emoji? The hair flick Emoji. What is your favourite thing to read? A book by Dr Wayne Dyer entitled ‘Wishes Fulfilled – Mastering the Art of Manifesting’.

What is your earliest memory? My childhood pet tabby cat called Phoebe.

What is your favourite word? ’OMG’, which I’m embarrassed to admit because I start every sentence with it.

If you could be re-incarnated who or what would you come back as? I would be the ocean.

What’s the best thing you’ve bought for under £5? My first year pattern tutor’s red, cropped, patent, leather jacket. May I add it is amazing!

What’s your favourite social media site? Definitely Soundcloud. I’m always on there finding new music and artists. It’s an amazing way to discover talent.

Who would you invite to your dream dinner party? I would invite Steve Jobs, Kanye West and Van Gogh. 87

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I once walked past Lynda in the corridor at uni. She was putting on red lipstick whilst walking towards her next class. I remember being in awe of someone who possessed such skill to carry out said task without a mirror. Since that day I’ve come to realise that not only is she a woman of great lipstick application skills but also incredibly intelligent and genuine. Although such traits are admired, I was absolutely convinced she had a whole lot more to her story. What did we want to find out? We’re not quite sure. However, Lynda invites us into parts of her life when we sit down with her. Sabrina: What course did you study at UCA? Lynda: I studied Fashion Promotion and Illustration here at Epsom. I had guaranteed entry onto that because I did the Foundation course at Farnham. How did you find it? I found out about the Surrey Institute of Art and Design, what is was then called, because either someone from here [Epsom] or someone from Farnham came to do a talk where I did my A-levels. I remember distinctively being in a lecture theatre seeing these amazing images of a photo shoot being created and I thought ‘oh I really want to do that, that looks really interesting’, so Surrey Institute was the only place I was interested in. What inspired you to go into the area that you work in? I’d always really enjoyed Art at school. I would have specialised in things to do with Fashion earlier if my school had the opportunity to do that, but as just a sort of bog-standard comprehensive there was no opportunity to do anything interesting. As soon as I did the Foundation course it absolutely convinced me that that’s what I’m interested in. What have you done since being at UCA? I did an MA in History and Theory of Fashion; I contributed to a book about what it’s like to be a twentysomething, which was an interesting experience. I also contributed to an encyclopaedia on fashion and clothing that was published worldwide by a company called ‘Scribers.’ Then I started teaching. Seems like you’ve done a lot. It’s not that much compared to other people who do such a variety of work. I’ve run a Morgan store when the manager was on maternity, which was quite a horrifying experience. I’ve worked in Karen Millen for nearly ten years. It was wonderful, the hilarious situations that happen when you’re serving members of the public and dress them and do up zips and boots get stuck on their 90

legs. The most fun job was probably when I worked in PR for about two years. I worked at a company called Flax PR they were doing PR for Jenny Packham and British Home Store (BHS). I suppose I have quite a variety of things, it’s helped me to see some different perspectives on all sorts of things. What did you want to be when you were growing up? I always wanted to be something to do with Art. I wanted to be a Fashion Designer, that was mainly because of TV shows I used to watch like ‘The House of Elliot’. I wanted to go back and live in the 1920s; that really inspired me. Sometimes I thought I wanted to be a poet but my poetry was absolutely horrific, so that was never going to work; but always something artistic. What is your most treasured item? It would probably be this dress that I think my Nan’s mum, maybe her aunty wore, that’s from the 1930s. It’s not particularly well-made but it’s so nice to have something that is incredibly old and so meaningful, that I can still wear. It’s an amazing dress, it’s quite Morticiaish. That would be my most treasured possession. Is it quite sentimental to you? Yeah it is because I think of my female relatives who have worn it and now I’m wearing it and I think ‘who am I going to pass it down to?’ because I don’t have children and not planning to. So who’s going to get it? And how are they going to take care of it? How has your culture impacted the subjects that you teach? Well, I say my culture is very mixed and weird and nonstandard because my mum is Hungarian, she moved to this country exactly thirty nine years ago on Halloween. My dad is Australian, so neither of my parents knew the ‘English’ way of doing things when I was growing up. I suppose it impacts on my teaching and impacts on the way I approach my subject by always making me look for alternative interpretations, what the unusual or abnormal, non-conformist interpretation would be of any material. I try to use that to mean that a wider variety of students’ experiences and opinions can get included in what I’m saying and showing, so yeah it has a very big impact. What advice would you give yourself when you were studying at UCA? Teamwork. I found it very hard to work with other people. If my communication skills and my patience had been better then I think I could have made the best of those

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projects. I think the most important thing you can learn is teamwork and setting aside your own personal taste and aims and thinking you can achieve something much bigger and much more valuable if you work as a team and include everybody’s strengths. At the time you can never really realise and everything seems so intense but it’s only when you look back and realise actually the most important thing we were meant to learn was how to work as a team. It’s a really important aspect of working in this industry. You are always going to have to compromise, so being flexible, working with other people, valuing their contributions is the biggest thing you can learn. But it is tough and annoying sometimes. Were you more of the leader of the group? I would try to get people to go with my idea but I couldn’t always convince them. I think the way I tried to convince them was often a bit intense and overpowering. It could be because I don’t have siblings so I didn’t have that experience of arguing and fighting with your siblings all the time. Do you have an unusual hobby? I really love watching those programs about obsessive compulsive cleaners, I’m just fascinated by that. Do you think about the psychological reasons behind it and find it fascinating? I look at things in what I call a ‘structural way’. So, rather than focusing on the individual, I look at the fact that this has been made into a TV show and what that represents. It’s like a type of consideration of psychology but it’s more to do with social psychology. I’m looking at how it represents social structures and how the structure of society ends up putting people in this position. Sometimes through no fault of their own, where they’re isolated, they’re vulnerable and they seek satisfaction in objects rather than people. It’s quite sad to watch those programs sometimes.

with Photoshop for the first time so I became interested in replicating that idea of using layers but in a physical sense. It’s quite cryptic, I like my work to be quite mysterious and have a sort of code where the tutor wouldn’t know what it meant straight away and they had to read about it. Where is your favourite place in the world? It’s a bit sad to say home but my home is really nice, I live in the Barbican and I feel very lucky to be there but there are places I would enjoy myself more than home. Home can be your favourite place in the world. Can be, doesn’t sound very glamorous though...I’ll say home or Aqua on Regent Street. What is your most embarrassing memory? It’s not just one thing because it can happen a lot, but trying to teach a group of students and they’re on their phones, they’re chatting, they’re yawning - that’s quite embarrassing standing in front of a group of people who are ignoring you. I would love to say that happened a long time ago but that could happen next week and that will happen next year, and if I’m still doing this career in twenty years that will probably happen in twenty years, it’s a recurring thing; you can’t get away from it, that’s pretty embarrassing and annoying. What do you look for most when you are looking at a piece of work – perfections or imperfections? Both of those are really frowned upon in terms of teaching so I want to say I don’t look for those. I look for learning, I look for the students’ learning, I suppose that is expressed through perfection but the perfection should only be measured by the assessment criteria. So I suppose I’ll look for things that come close to or things that express perfection in the students’ learning and if I find a few of them I’ll happily ignore a lot of imperfections.

What is your biggest strength and weakness? Probably my biggest weakness is procrastinating. Biggest strength - trying to be fair, always trying to think diversely, and always trying to think in terms of equality and inclusivity. I try to do that I don’t know if I achieve it but I credit myself for at least trying.

What about in a museum or gallery? Imperfections are much more interesting to find, like broken statues or paintings that are unfinished. I would normally be quite bored in a museum or a gallery, so I’ll be looking for things to interest me, I don’t often go to them, I should go to them much more.

Can you give a brief explanation of the work that you brought in today? My parents had this book that I was fascinated with when I was little which was called ‘Things To Make and Do’, the whole thing was about hobbies, it was things that you could make using woodworking, embroidery, knitting, and one of them in there was how to make your own clothes. I never actually tried them I just became really fascinated by the patterns. So in this project it was meant to be something personal, I thought it would be nice to create patterns in patterns. I was really interested at the time in appliqué and layering. I was experimenting

What would you like to achieve in ten years time? Get students engaged with theories, if I can do that I’ll be happy, there’s nothing else I need out of life. That would be a big achievement. If you weren’t doing what you were doing today, what would you be doing? On a Thursday? I would have gone to H&M to get the Balmain collection. Every time H&M does this it’s in November, it’s on a Thursday and I’m teaching. I’ve never been able to go; I even just want to go just for the experience of it, to see what it’s like. 93

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Degree: Fashion Promotion and Imaging, 2014 Currently: Communications and Digital Director @ PETRIe What are you working on at the moment? At the moment? I’m really just trying on getting my work out there. Whether it’s in the form of a publication or an exhibition. The recent issue of PETRIe 67 ‘Privacy and Exposure’ features a 16-page portfolio of my documentary series; ‘Off-Duty’ and ‘Duty-Free’. Describe your work or what you do in 5 words. Artist, Researcher, Collector, Stalker, Story Teller (In that order). What piece of work or thing you’ve done are you most proud of? A Photo-essay titled ‘On Duty’, exposing authority figures and security guards at London’s luxury retail stores and galleries. The project tackles current global issues, including race and mass surveillance. Who or what inspires you? Olu Michael Odukoya. What is your most unusual hobby? Every now and again, I enjoy styling stories for friends and photographers. I can appreciate the work that goes into a fashion image. What is your most treasured possession? A back-issue copy of Interview magazine, December 1980 with Diana Vreeland on the cover. What is your earliest memory? I have this vivid memory of me and my Grandfather Kiyori, picking fabric options for a custom-made pair of blue shorts. What’s your favourite social media site? None at all. I’m feeling very anti-social media right now. What advice would you give your younger self? I feel very inexperienced to answer this… Which decade would you most like to live in if you could choose? I’m a man for the Twenty-First Century. 96

What is your biggest fear? Death. What was the last lie you told? Oh gosh. I tell little lies all the time, I have no record of the last one I told, it’s that bad! What is your favourite trait in other people? A great sense of humour. What is your most used emoji? The side-eye look. What is your favourite thing to read? My precious collection of art and fashion magazines. Who would you invite to your dream dinner party? Dr Joy DeGruy, Taryn Simon and Edward Enninful.

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Before going to interview Nada Dahab we requested to photograph her workspace. Her workspace, as we now know, is her bedroom. So back to our starting point, Nada suggests a more swanky Shoreditch Canvas Life office. It wasn’t the most conventional of offices - I don’t personally know anyone else with a fully functional gym surrounding their office exterior, but you have to admit - very cool. Nada walks us through the well decorated room and we sit adjacent to a bowl of perfectly shiny apples. Looking around the office, the décor tells the story of Canvas Life - their projects with J. Shoes and Lipcote to name a few. Nada starts to tell us the story of her life, and we listen whilst mentally noting to photograph the very much Instagram-able interior. Beth: Okay, so what did you study at UCA? Nada: I did the BA (Hons) in Fashion Promotion and Imaging. What was the most valuable thing that you learned? How to be a multi-practitioner. I think something that this course does is get you to experience so many different

aspects of working in fashion, which is a great tool when you leave uni because fashion is such a dynamic industry and there’s so many different jobs that you could do, so if you pick up skills and they’re transferrable, you tap into different jobs and projects and don’t feel like you’re stuck somewhere. What have you been up to since? As soon as I graduated, I got a job with Christian Dior and I worked in menswear for about three years and that ended on a massive highlight for me which was supervising the exhibition in Harrods. Then I went on to work for [Ermenegildo] Zegna, an Italian menswear brand and I learned a lot about fabric technology and made-tomeasure; things that you have to work in a boutique to pick up. Creatively, I was freelancing with Volt Magazine and doing designer look books for young graduates. How did you start working for Volt? Volt actually is a bit of a three-sixty. Teresa Havvas was my tutor at uni, I met her through a film club at uni and I did a presentation for my year that she liked and invited 99

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me to start assisting her at Puma where she was special projects manager. She knew that I was dying to go and intern for Volt and introduced me to Rui - the editor. She sent me over for a day to help them out and we just got on really well.Then I finished my experience with Teresa and I ended up interning at Volt for a year, then after I started to assist Cynthia Lawrence-John - the fashion editor of Volt. I assisted on some music videos, Adidas and Nike events. Teresa has now set up Canvas, which is where we are now, and it is a brilliant initiative. So what does your job role at Volt entail and what is your biggest responsibility? So my job title at Volt is ‘Contributing Features’ which is actually pretty great. If I go out and create work with another creative I pitch that to Volt and they would either like it and put it online or say “no this is not quite right, maybe edit this or try that”, and we go from there. I’ve mainly done editorials for them, I’ve also done journalism, interviews and film which is what I’m interested in doing mainly. That’s kind of like my secret passion even though I style, my passion is image-making essentially. What do you do at Canvas? I freelance with them, so I’m called in when they’ve got special projects happening. One of the most recent and first projects that I did with them, was styling a look book for ‘J. Shoes.’ It just entails creating a style of looks to go with shoes for their Autumn/Winter look books. Why did you want to go back to UCA to be a sessional tutor? That came about in a really bizarre way. Jo asked me to come in and speak to some of the students because I was working for Volt at the time and the marketing project was about Volt. I have to say it’s one of the most rewarding and enjoyable experiences I’ve had working. I actually think I’ve learned a lot more from the students because I think you guys are so up-to-date with everything that’s happening because you have to be, and it’s kind of made me think I need to up my game and learn more! What advice would you give to students that you wish you could have given to yourself when you were studying? I’d probably say two things, first is don’t stress because you go into a massive panic. This is the best time of your life, enjoy it! Obviously work hard, see as many exhibitions as you can, read the paper, be up-todate with what’s happening, meet people from other cultures; don’t just think that because you’re in fashion that London Fashion Week and Vogue are your life because they’re absolutely not. These are just very small parts of what fashion is, because what fashion is, is culture, history and science and architecture, and all these things that inspire it. The greatest fashion designers are inspired by things that are around us and that we see happening in the world, so self-expose

yourselves as much as you can to what’s around you and be really honest with what you want out of the degree as well, which I think sounds a little bit old but if you think of what you want to get out of it and the way you want to progress with what you are doing it will really help you. So almost to look outside of fashion? Definitely! I think a lot of people that go in fashion have this idea that they have to dress, look and speak a certain way. But actually, if I look at Cynthia, she has incredible style, how she dresses is part of her identity, it’s not for anybody else, and she’s not at all phased by anything that’s happening in terms of luxury fashion or brands, I mean she’s completely aware of it, but the point is what inspires her as a stylist or any creative for that matter isn’t necessarily what’s right under your nose, it’s stuff that’s happening. Reading books as well is a great source of inspiration it triggers your own visuals to start something in your head. Of course, your own imagination. Exactly. What’s your favourite thing about working in London? It’s the best city in the world! I think the people. It’s so diverse and everyone is so informed and cultured and self-aware and I think that makes you up your game a bit. Even when I look at my friends who aren’t in the fashion industry. I have a really good friend of mine who runs a music school who has taught me how to deal with and talk about money even when I’m in discussion with clients, and how to deal with that side of things which I don’t think we think about a lot working in fashion. I guess it’s really important to be creative and do interesting work but to also know how to market yourself, make it into a business and actually be able to survive. Be savvy? Yeah actually be able to live. London is pretty expensive so you sort of have to hustle in the right way. You have to make ends meet and sometimes working in fashion, you also need to be quite realistic. I had a retail job for a really long time before I started to do anything, I was working five days a week and two days a week I was freelance, so that was seven days a week I was working but that’s London, you have to work hard and push hard. What’s your least favourite thing about working in London? It sometimes becomes very difficult when you’re in such a continuous momentum of working to detach from that and to be inspired by something new. I feel like I’m constantly running, I don’t have time to stop and think. Having said that, I always carry this journal with me and if I get ideas, I jot them down when I have a minute or when I have a day off I just sort of sit and try and develop them or elaborate. You have to re-train yourself to not get too caught up, get some rest and eat well.

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has really helped them, especially when it’s not just academically, more morally. That makes me feel like living is worth-while because it’s actually a community thing if you’ve helped the people around you, the way I know people around me have helped me quite a lot and have supported me when I have had little meltdowns or lost my way in life. It’s really important I think, to look after one another and I really believe that in order to be happy if you make the people around you happy, you’ll be happy, it’s inevitable, it always comes back to you, always. What’s your ultimate goal, what do you want to achieve? To learn as much as I can, I’m currently filling in an application to do my Masters at [Central] St. Martins, which is a massive deal for me because, though I was born here, I was raised in Egypt, so to come from Egypt to Newcastle to London, it’s a long journey. It’s going to be a huge challenge and I still don’t know if it’s going to happen or not but I know it will really buff up my brain a little bit more and get me to see things in a new way. I just want to learn as much as I can and I don’t really

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care about money, as long as I can eat and live. I’m quite happy to just sort of learn, travel and meet new people and become a more informed person. That’s my ultimate goal in life. What do you want to do an MA in? So the title is ‘MA Applied Imagination for Creative Industries’. People are like, “that’s not a thing, is it?” and I’m like, “yeah it actually is”. It sounds really interesting, what is it? It basically gets you to question everything, so for example, the iPhone. There is always a new version of it, so it’s the idea of ‘why is there always a new version of something?’ or ‘why does a pen exist?’ How can you develop that further? You’re essentially questioning everything around you. For me, the thing that I have always been interested in is anatomy and how the human body is used in fashion, having stuff hung on it or how you walk down the catwalk. I want to question things and I think this course will allow me to do that. My friend asked me, “will you get a job with that?” but I don’t really care, I just want to do it because I think it sounds amazing! It’s all knowledge isn’t it? Exactly, and I think that in itself is, even if I don’t get a job with it, it’s a progressed need. You can apply it in advertising, fashion and whatever the hell I choose to do after. I think I’m not the kind of person to stick in fashion or one thing, I’m more than happy to go into more industries and that’s kind of going to break me away a little bit into new things. Probably makes you question a bit more. Yeah, and I think that a lot of don’t people do that, but it also gets you in dialogue with industry. You have to pitch the question that you’re asking, and they tell you if it’s viable or not so it’s also very business-related, you’re constantly making sure that whatever it is you’re questioning or investigating actually has purpose, not this philosophical nonsense and up-in-the-clouds [laughs]. I’ve got some quick-fire questions: comfy night in or a fun night out? Fun night out. Cats or dogs? Cats, I’ve got one. Heels or flats? Heels, always!

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kirsty sahota University: UCA, Epsom Degree: BA (Hons) Fashion, 2014 Currently: Junior Materials Specialist @ Vertu What are you working on at the moment? I work for a company called Vertu, a luxury mobile phone company. I am a Junior Materials Specialist there. Describe your work or what you do in five words? Fun. It sounds stupid but it’s fun, innovative, exploration, trend and luxury. What piece of work or thing that you’ve done are you most proud of? For me, it’s the final collection that we did in the end of third year. It’s a big achievement, you put an immense amount of pressure on yourself to achieve. Who or what inspires you? I get a lot of inspiration from architecture, which is apparent in my collection. More recently, in textures that I see. If I see something and I like it and want to touch it then for me, that’s inspiring. Also, travelling and culture. I think culture just inspires you. Meeting people and living the way they live it’s hard not to let it inform what you do. Who would be your dream collaboration? Issey Miyake. I think the collections are just incredible, it’s the craftsmanship. I think I’d like to learn not necessarily collaborate. I think that’s a bit intense. What is your most unusual hobby? I’m a Ballroom and Latin dancer. I’ve competed for England various times, since I was three. Travelled around the country at times. It’s not weird but it’s unusual. What is your most treasured possession? I have a vintage Singer sewing machine that I got in a charity shop. Someone had donated it, but they didn’t know the worth of it. I saw it in the window as I was walking home from uni and I had to have it. It’s from 1848 and I love it. I think if anything I’d lose that would be the most heartbreaking.

What’s your favourite social media website? Instagram. If you’re creative - it’s visual, it’s got to be right? What advice would you give your younger self? Slow down and appreciate what you’re doing. Things happen too fast and it can be over before you know it. What decade would you most like to live in if you could choose? 1960s. I love the fashion. What is your biggest fear? Spiders. They terrify me. Spiders and snakes even though I work with snakeskin. I regularly touch it and do stuff with it but the physical animal, eurgh. What was the last lie you told? That something cost less than it did. I do that quite a lot. What’s your favourite trait in other people? Being genuine. I think a lot of people would say honesty. What is your most used emoji? The little dancer woman. Now, on Whatsapp you can do her in different ethnicities so probably all of them. What is your favourite thing to read? That’s a tough one. I think I’d have to say novels. I really enjoy reading novels. What’s your favourite word? Does it have to be an English word? I think the word ‘divertido’ which is ‘fun’ in Spanish.

What is your earliest memory? Just dancing. My first dance competition. It was wearing a bright yellow dress. I remember enjoying it.

What’s the best thing you’ve bought for under five pounds? I bought some nail polish from Rimmel. It’s amazing, stays on longer than a week.

If you could be reincarnated who or what would you come back as? An elephant. I love them, they’re amazing creatures.

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Sophie rutter Degree: BA (Hons) Fashion Promotion and Imaging, 2012 Currently: Showroom and PR Co-Ordinator @ Next Press Office What are you working on at the moment? We have just had our Spring 2016 press launch, so after this we work on getting the most key product shot for our look book, and then we start to put the spreads together. We also have journalists still working on Christmas gift guides so we’re still sending out samples and image requests for these. Describe your work or what you do in five words. Showroom, brand promotion, press, beauty PR, coordinate. What piece of work or thing you’ve done are you most proud of? I am always proud after a press launch as this can be a really busy and demanding period, where hard work and motivation is very important in order to complete tasks on time and get the launch ready for the day. Everyone gets involved and works together to make the day successful. Who or what inspires you? I am often inspired by bloggers, models and brands that I follow on Instagram and see in magazines, as well as really well styled shoots. Who would be your dream collaboration? Me personally, Mary Quant! What is your most unusual hobby? I like cleaning (I don’t think anyone likes cleaning so I think this could be considered unusual!) What is your most treasured possession? I love my fur coat, it was a cheap vintage find on Ebay and I literally couldn’t live without it. What is your earliest memory? I used to dress up in my Mum’s clothes when I was a little girl, put on her red lipstick and heels and pretend I was a grown up. If you could be re-incarnated who or what would you come back as? Probably a millionaire! Or a cat because they have such a nice, relaxed life. 126

What’s your favourite social media site? Instagram. What advice would you give your younger self? Everything happens for a reason. Which decade would you most like to live in if you could choose? The 60s, they looked like lots of fun! The music and fashion was a very inspirational era. What is your biggest fear? Heights! And Spiders! What was the last lie you told? That I didn’t borrow my sisters clothes, when I had. What is your favourite trait in other people? Friendliness, kindness, imagination. What is your most used emoji? Probably the laughing out loud one (with the tears). What is your favourite thing to read? I like to read chick flick books, but also celeb gossip on Daily Mail. What is your favourite word? Amazing! What’s the best thing you’ve bought for under £5? A phone case off Ebay that has lasted forever and stopped my phone breaking (as I drop it so often!) Who would you invite to your dream dinner party? Alan Carr, Beyoncé and Annie Mac.

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naomi ingleby Degree: Ba (Hons) Fashion, 2014 Currently: Creative Menswear Pattern Cutter What are you working on at the moment? I’m working as an Assistant Menswear Designer at Timberland Apparel by day and a freelance pattern cutter by night, taking on more freelance clients in the lead up to London Collections Mens so this will soon be full time. Describe your work or what you do in 5 words. Draw, alter, trace, cut, sew. What piece of work or thing you’ve done are you most proud of? I was awarded CFDA+ 2014 for outstanding achievement in menswear. Who or what inspires you? Working for designers that are really passionate about creating something new and unusual. Who would be your dream collaboration? Something revolutionary for fashion with NASA and Stone Island. What is your most unusual hobby? Pottery, although that’s not very unusual. What is your most treasured possession? My industrial sewing machine. What is your earliest memory? Foot print painting the living room floor. If you could be re-incarnated who or what would you come back as? A member of the Versace family, I’d stop them doing all that crazy menswear and keep the tailoring on form.

What is your biggest fear? Pointy things. What was the last lie you told? Telling a stranger I didn’t want to sit down on the rush hour train. What is your favourite trait in other people? Positivity. What is your most used emoji? The one that’s a little smile with rosy cheeks and curvy eyes. What is your favourite thing to read? Any Haruki Murakami novel. What is your favourite word? Please and thank you. What’s the best thing you’ve bought for under £5? Pasta. Who would you invite to your dream dinner party? Yotam Ottolenghi to cook, Nigella Lawson to make the jokes, Louis Theroux to bring the level of conversational intellect up.

What’s your favourite social media site? Instagram, for following brands and keeping up on fashion around the globe. What advice would you give your younger self? Stop wasting time watching Gossip Girl. Which decade would you most like to live in if you could choose? Year 5000, to see whether humans have managed to save the world from the damage they’ve done so far.

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