niamh erin designs

Grey Sheep

niamherindesigns

Location

london / England

University

southampton solent

Graduation year

2020

Contact

I am a graduate of a Fashion BA (Hons) degree at Southampton Solent University, keen to advance my knowledge in the Fashion Industry. As a designer I appreciate the creative side of Fashion Design, with a fun and youthful handwriting. I also understand the importance of being flexible and having the ability to work to a variety of commercial briefs. I am highly proficient in Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign and I have a good knowledge of pattern cutting and garment construction.
I am organized, proactive and willing to learn and am excited to start work in a fast-paced environment.
At my University I have done live projects working with BIBA and Ma.Strum, designing and making collections for them.

Latest Collection

SURREAL TOTALITY

The collection is a dive into the PSYCHEDELIC reality of nature. Taking inspiration purely from nature, particularly fungi and mushrooms, the collection allows one to enter a perception of delusion and hallucination. This lies hand in hand with the focus of mushrooms and their hallucinogenic properties. I have been making my own fabrics with textiles techniques that mimic the growth of mushrooms. This creates a texture that is unusual in garments further emphasising the question of reality. WEAVING IS A KEY PART OF THE COLLECTION AND THE SCRAPS FROM THE PRODUCTION OF THE OTHER GARMENTS IS WOVEN INTO PATTERN PIECES MEANING A MINIMAL WASTE COLLECTION.