SARAH PALIN

Grey Sheep

Location

manchester / United Kingdom

University

university of central lancashire

Graduation year

2012

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A recent fashion design graduate, Sarah loves to stamp her own brand of originality and innovative thinking on the ever-changing landscape of fashion. Her debut collection ‘Decadent Art, Rotten Beauty’, showcased at Graduate Fashion Week 2012, was met with resounding critical acclaim and featured in many publications such as Vogue Online, WGSN and Catwalking.com. The experience, confidence and taste for success gained from her collection has truly whetted the appetite for more. Now, the next few months promise much as Sarah begins her professional foray into the industry; eager for new opportunities, new collaborators and a new life that fulfills her desire to be immersed in the world she has craved since her life began.

Womenswear is a main focus for Sarah and the idea of creating femininity with a twist is her ethos when it comes to designs. Always a lover of illustration, the notion of combining hand-drawings and print is something this designer is looking to elaborate and refine upon over her future work.

Latest Collection

Decadent Art, Rotten Beauty s\s 13

The collection's title is 'Decadent Art, Rotten Beauty' and was originally taken from a newspaper heading. The phrase immediately inspired and through applying my own interpretation to the words, I was able to form my visual concept. The notion of finding beauty in what is perceived to be 'rotten' was a feeling I wanted to get across with my designs. Beauty can be found in the unlikeliest of places and behind a seemingly rotten surface can lurk a masterpiece, just waiting to be discovered.
I made the entire collection out of Tyvek which is a type of paper. In doing this I was able to create concealed layers in my garments which where torn away to reveal hidden prints.