Isobel Evans

"She walks down the street slowly letting her languorous legs extend fully with every step, the heel of her boots clapping on the concrete making a rhythm in the night. She has no destination, but is searching for something, following a hint of adventure. She walks with a confidence found in false maturity, mimicked from the round hipped seductresses she sees on screen. Her dress slightly too big hangs below her waist, giving a subtle reveal in her costume. The wind twists her dress around her legs, ruffles dancing in some kind of flamenco. A car passes and she turns her head with a rehearsed curiosity, her red lips slightly parted, acting beneath the street lamps. Her mother once said she was looking for trouble."
The woman is very important within my design process. Imagining a character who will embody and bring the clothing to life. I was inspired by photography of Russian teenagers by Lise Sarfati, gangly pale girls and boys wearing faded sportswear jackets, and photographs of Romany gypsies with wild sun bleached hair, mischievous eyes and their skirts hoisted above their knees.