Raquel Rodriguez Graduate Booklet

“SURREALIA” Raquel Rodriguez

Model: Milly Carmichael Photographer: Raquel Rodriguez

Model: Greer Thompson Photographer: Vania Tan

Model: Milly Carmichael Photographer: Raquel Rodriguez

Model: Greer Thompson Photographer: Vania Tan

Model: Milly Carmichael Photographer: Raquel Rodriguez

Model: Milly Carmichael Photographer: Raquel Rodriguez

Model: Greer Thompson Photographer: Vania Tan

Model: Milly Carmichael Photographer: Raquel Rodriguez

RR Raquel Rodriguez is a Melbourne-based designer who creates extravagant and eye-catching garments using a combination of innovative and traditional techniques. In her most recent collections, she combines unlikely textiles and crafts to produce inflatable latex accessories that exaggerate and transform the silhouettes of her garments. The garments themselves take on silhouettes that are often oversized and voluminous. Raquel uses fashion influences from decades past combined with a penchant for anomaly, building an unlikely story around each piece. Each item is designed to create beautiful, yet daring, items of clothing.

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Coat dress

SURREALIA

Bodysuit

Red Scuba Custom bonded Rathdowne Fabrics

Pink Scuba Rathdowne Fabrics

Mini dress version 1

EPHEMERALIA

Blue Scuba Custom printed colour Custom bonded Next State

Cropped jacket

Tights

Red Scuba Rathdowne Fabrics

Mini dress version 2

FANTASIA

Pink Scuba Custom bonded Rathdowne Fabrics

Bodysuit

Red Scuba Rathdowne Fabrics

Black Scuba Rathdowne Fabrics

Cap sleeve dress

PERFORMER

Bodysuit

Black Scuba Custom bonded Darn Cheap Fabrics

Pink Scuba Rathdowne Fabrics

Model: Greer Thompson Photographer: Vania Tan

“SURREALIA” “SURREALIA” is Fantasy, Ephemerality, and Performance. Inspired by the Surrealist movement and the femme fatale archetype, the resulting collection is an imaginative, larger than life presentation that conflates traditional femininity with hallmarks of surrealism.

Latex inflatables adorn the garments, reflecting notions of exaggeration and artificiality that are present in Surrealism.

They draw attention and create a sense of theatricality. The silhouette of ‘SURREALIA’ is oversized, voluminous, and soft, made in a unique bonded thick scuba.

EPHEMERALITY FANTASY PERFORMANCE

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The colour palette for “SURREALIA” can be described as bright, vibrant, and enticing. Consisting of black, bright teal, hot pink, and striking red, the colours work together to create contrast and to captivate the audience.

The combinations red and pink, and red and teal feature prominently in the collections. Colour is one of the main signifers of “SURREALIA”.

COMPLETE WORKS BY RAQUEL RODRIGUEZ Fashion Direction Illustrations Patterns Construction Styling Creative Direction Photography Editing Casting Location Scouting Graphics and Layout

Model: Greer Thompson Photographer: Vania Tan

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Thank you to Whitehouse Insittute of Design, Melbourne Fashion Week, Stuart Walford, Rathdowne Fabrics, Next State, and Jimmy Buttons.

Thank you to models Greer Thompson and Milly Carmichael.

Photography and edits by Vania Tan and Raquel Rodriguez.

Model: Greer Thompson Photographer: Vania Tan