New Talent Award – The Forumist https://theforumist.com Urban Lifestyle Magazine Wed, 31 Aug 2022 16:16:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.5 https://i0.wp.com/theforumist.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/cropped-theforumist-fav.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 New Talent Award – The Forumist https://theforumist.com 32 32 122757213 MAYA SUNDHOLM https://theforumist.com/maya-sundholm/ Sun, 26 Aug 2018 09:17:04 +0000 https://theforumist.com/?p=28211 The Ugly have in recent years in fashion caused the concept Fugly. Maya Sundholm is intrigued by the contrasts between the beautiful versus the ugly and her attraction to kitsch, a playground where she has created a collection where imperfections and wear are enhanced.

(BA Fashion – Beckmans College of Design)

All images by Laris Rasidovic

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]]> 28211 MIKO MAYA OLMEDO GABE https://theforumist.com/miko-maya-olmedo-gabe/ Sun, 26 Aug 2018 09:12:29 +0000 https://theforumist.com/?p=28208 The longevity of garments versus the new is investigated in the collection by Miko Maya Olmedo Gabe. Classic styles have enhanced drapings that would appear on the clothes when worn, creating subtle beauty of wear.

(BA Fashion – Swedish School of Textiles)

All images by Daniela Ferro

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]]> 28208 ELMINA EKMAN https://theforumist.com/elmina-ekman/ Sun, 26 Aug 2018 09:11:51 +0000 https://theforumist.com/?p=28206 Rag paper is a sustainable way to reuse low-valued cotton waste into a new product. Elmina Ekman mimics that technique in her collection to create an experimental surface expression and the result is beautifully mindful of our resources and creates a sheer yet edgy look.

(BA Fashion – Swedish School of Textiles)

All images by Hannes Mörk

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]]> 28206 LINN STOOSS https://theforumist.com/linn-stooss/ Sun, 26 Aug 2018 09:10:45 +0000 https://theforumist.com/?p=28204 Unisex fashion is often mostly male-coded garments. Linn Stooss proposes instead to use a neutron, such as a non-human object, to be able to gain perspective. Choosing a chair she explores how that object alters our preconceived notions of unisex.

(BA Fashion – Swedish School of Textiles)

All images by Daniela Ferro

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]]> 28204 ALICE GRUVANDER https://theforumist.com/alice-gruvander/ Sun, 26 Aug 2018 09:09:56 +0000 https://theforumist.com/?p=28202 The absurdity to conform to national norms is confronted by Alice Gruvander as she mirrors perspectives from her own identity and journey as a transracial adoptee. The collection is as much a political statement as it is beautifully experimental.

(BA Fashion – Swedish School of Textiles)

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]]> 28202 ELIN ARVIDSSON https://theforumist.com/elin-arvidsson/ Sun, 26 Aug 2018 09:06:39 +0000 https://theforumist.com/?p=28200 Garment types are understood by details such as decided cuts and seams. In the collection by Elin Arvidsson, those details play the lead and by rearranging those lines she has created new frames for what fashion is.

(MA Fashion – Swedish School of Textiles) 

All images by Daniela Ferro

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]]> 28200 LINNÉA DAHL https://theforumist.com/linnea-dahl/ Sun, 26 Aug 2018 09:05:51 +0000 https://theforumist.com/?p=28198 Through abstracting flowers, Linnéa Dahl investigates how knitting can mimic the floral universe and add texture to knitwear. All garments in the collection are knitted in a full fashion and with minimal to no waste.

(BA Fashion – Swedish School of Textiles)

Lookbook images by Daniela Ferro
Product image (bag) by Linnéa Dahl

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]]> 28198 SAMUEL WESTERBERG https://theforumist.com/samuel-westerberg/ Sun, 26 Aug 2018 09:04:52 +0000 https://theforumist.com/?p=28196 Borrowing your partner’s clothes is a classic style play for straight relations. In a collection by Samuel Westerberg, male same-sex relations inspire fashion to become both more intimate and tender as well as the phenomenon is reimagined.

(BA Fashion – Beckmans College of Design)

All images by Laris Rasidovic

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]]> 28196 DESIRÉE BJURINDER FRITZON https://theforumist.com/desiree-bjurinder-fritzon/ Sun, 26 Aug 2018 09:03:40 +0000 https://theforumist.com/?p=28194 Modular garments play with function as an exercise to find new perspectives on previously preferred design aesthetics. Bold and edgy meet the understated in deadstock material, denim, leather, and wool and the outcome is brilliant power dressing.

(BA Fashion – Beckmans College of Design)

All images by Laris Rasidovic

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]]> 28194 ALICE SVENSSON BROSTEDT https://theforumist.com/alice-svensson-brostedt/ Sun, 26 Aug 2018 08:58:12 +0000 https://theforumist.com/?p=28189 Nostalgia and childhood memories are explored in the collection by Alice Svensson Brostedt, bringing handwoven home textiles into a contemporary fashion context. Several of the garment resembles armor and their fabrics are woven by the designer herself, in a melancholic colour palette.

(BA Fashion – Beckmans College of Design)

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