BEAUTY 4 ASHES
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA //021125 ISSUE// 001
N.001DECAY // REBUILD
JASMINE RILEY F2A
AUTUMN-WINTER
BEAUTY 4 ASHES IS AN EXPLORATION OF EROSION AND REPITITION, REVEALING LIGHT IN WHAT IS OFTEN CONSIDERED IMPERFECT// OVERLOOKED. USING PROCESS OF RUSTING, B4A RE-IMAGINES DETERIORATION AS A METHOD COMBIGNING RECYCLED, RUST DYED DENIM AND LAYERING FOREST GREEN, DEEP ORANGES, REFLECTING THE ORGANIC NATURE OF THE GARMENTS. REIMAGINE 1980-1990’S STREETWEAR AND TAILORED CONSTRUCTION, FEATURING SEAMS, EXAGGERATED COLLARS, REPEATED MOTIFS AND DRAPED CROTCHED REPEATED “4“ SYMBOL CREATES A VISUAL RYTHM, AN HOMAGE TO THE GOLDEN HIP-HOP AND ITS STYLE OF REMIXING AND LAYERING.
Longsleeve jersey dress, rust dyed denim, draped deconstructed boiler suit, eroded gold crochet chain overlay.
Longsleeve jersey fitted tee, dyed denim baggy jeans, cropped chocolate quilted bomber jacket.
REVEALING THE USING THE NATURAL FOR RENEWAL BY GREEN, BURNT REDS AND THE SILHOUETTES FEATURING REWORKED CROTCHED GOLD CHAIN. THE GOLDEN AGE OF
Draped longsleeve, mesh overlay dress. Recycled denim hood attachment.
80’s style denim suit jacket, green jersey button up, repurposed denim skirt, crotchet gold necklace.
Flared ash black denim jacket, worn red plaid mens shirt, assymetrical draped longsleeve shirt.
Look// 005 Ember
Look// 005 Ember
Look// 005 Ember
HERO LOOK
REWORKED DENIM CAREFULLY HAND DYED USING RUST AND NATURAL SOURCES
B4A
Look// 004 Dust
Look// 004 Dust
Look// 004 Dust
Look// 004 Dust
B4A
Look// 003 Crush Look// 003 Crush
Look// 003 Crush
Look// 003 Crush
HERO LOOK
HAND CROTCHET GOLD CHAIN WOMENS WEAR
BLEACHED FLAME BLAZER
B4A
Look// 001 Fusion
Look// 001 Fusion
Look// 001 Fusion
Look// 001 Fusion
HERO LOOK
HAND CROTCHET WOOL
B4A
EROSION// TIME
BEAUTY 4 ASHES EXPLORES THE QUIET PROCESS OF EROSION. INSPIRED BY THE WAY WEATHERING, RICHER THAN THEIR UNTOUCHED ORIGINALS, A FORM OF ELEGANCE. THROUGH THE USE RECORD OF TIME, ORGANIC MARKS, UNIQUE THE STORIES OBJECTS CARRY AS THEY EVOLVE. CELEBRATES IT, HIGHLIGHTING HOW AGE ADDS IS A REMINDER THAT THE PASSAGE OF TIME TURNS WHATS WORN INTO A NEW LIFE. ITS OF HIP-HOP, WITH REPETITION USED AS A DESIGN INTERVALS, AND NUMBERS REFERENCE THE THE ERA. THIS REPETITION FUNCTIONS AS TRANSFORMATION TO MUSIC AND RHYTHM.
The beauty of time passing
PROCESS OF AGING AND THE TRANSFORMATIVE POWER WEATHERING, RUST, AND NATURAL DECAY LEAVE PATTERNS ORIGINALS, THE COLLECTION EMBRACES IMPERFECTION AS OF RUST DYE, EACH GARMENT BECOMES A LIVING UNIQUE TEXTURES, AND EARTHY GRADIENTS SYMBOLIZING EVOLVE. RATHER THAN RESISTING TIME, THE COLLECTION ADDS DEPTH, CHARACTER, AND BEAUTY. EVERY PIECE TIME IS NOT A LOSS BUT A LAYERING, AN ALCHEMY THAT STRUCTURE IS INFLUENCED BY THE GOLDEN AGE DESIGN PRINCIPLE. REPEATED SHAPES, PATTERN THE LOOPING BEATS AND FLOWS THAT DEFINED BOTH HOMAGE AND DESIGN LANGUAGE LINKING RHYTHM.
PANTONE 19-3911 TCX Black Beauty
20-0032 TPM Blackbird Feather
PANTONE 19-1012 TCX French Roast
PANTONE 19-1228 TCX Root Beer
PANTONE 18-1248 TCX Rust
PANTONE 19-0509 TCX Rosin
Longsleeve jersey dress, rust dyed denim (draped deconstructed boiler suit), eroded gold crochet chain overlay.
Longsleeve jersey fitted tee, dyed denim baggy jeans, cropped chocolate quilted bomber jacket.
Flared ash black denim jacket, worn red plaid mens shirt, assymetrical draped longsleeve shirt.
80’s style denim suit jacket, green jersey button up, repurposed denim skirt, crotchet gold necklace.
Draped longsleeve, mesh overlay dress. Recycled denim hood attachment.
Jasmine Riley is a young fashion designer from Sydney. Growing up, surrounded by creative people in her family, she naturally developed an eye for craft. Beyond design, her interests in music, fashion and nature really built her personal practice, influencing not only aesthetics but her own creative process. Her approach as a designer balances tradition and experimentation, with the goal of creating pieces that blend soft beauty with rough textures.
DESIGNED BY - JASMINE RILEY
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
PATTERMAKER - JASMINE RILEY
CONSTRUCTION - JASMINE RILEY
GRAPHIC DESIGNER - JASMINE RILEY
ASSIST - ANITA RILEY
STYLIST - JASMINE RILEY
MODELS - BENJI RILEY, INEZ GEE
PHOTOGRAPHER - ARIEL RILEY
CONTACT
JASMINE RILEY - @JASMINE.A.R
ARI RILEY - @ARI.LR
INEZ GEE - @GEEW1ZZ
BENJI.RILEY - @BENJJJIII
ANITA RILEY - @ANITARILEY
