This week's My Photography post is connected with my work. I took these images in 2001, when I was still studying fashion. We had a big EU-funded design project in our school called "Snowcastle". I entered with this women's winter collection.
The cape is one of the central pieces of the collection (though unfortunately from these images you can't see it properly): it is one-shoulder, assymmetrical cape with a silver jewellery closing. All the jewellery was made by students of the jewellery design course corresponding to my original ideas and sketches.
The outfits were inspired by the finnish ugriculture and the nature. In the collection I wanted to portray the strength and the fragility of an ancient Nordic woman. There is eight outfits total, here is only a portion of the collection. This collection was the biggest single designer collection done within the design project (consisting of over 20 pieces) and it won second prize in Italian fashion design competition and was ranked in the top ten at young designer's competition in St.Petersburgh, Russia. This is also the collection I have to thank for a lot that has happened in my life - this was the ticket to Milan and all the other wonderful things that followed that experience.
In all the dresses either a portion or the whole dress was made of handmade felted material, which I produced myself. Over 20 meters of fabric - it was a hard task but very rewarding after I saw my creations come to life.
I took these photographs myself during my photography course and I am really happy with them. I think they capture the spirit of my collection very well. I hope you enjoy them!
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