Dawn Bey

Grey Sheep

dawnbeystudio

Location

singapore / singapore

University

Savannah College of Art & Design

Graduation year

2016

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Dawn Bey is a contemporary womenswear designer from Singapore with a love for bold colour, popping prints and volume.

In 2013, Dawn moved to Hong Kong to pursue her passion in fashion with SCAD Hong Kong after completing a degree in Business Administration at National University of Singapore. Her collections are often designed for a daring independent woman who is often on the go and is not afraid to embrace her style and stand out. She has a style which is a melting pot of street style with classic garments and the elegant evening wear. Her looks are products of her experiences in her many travels, reading, art-seeing and dancing.

Dawn’s designs are often full of colour be it bright popping colours or iridescent fabrics. Often, she creates her own prints to mix with her clean, voluminous silhouettes to bring the garments to life. She has an array of experience from designing for commercial fashion manufactuers to conceptual brands like handkerchief. Her work has been showcased at international trade shows, Fashion Forward Festival and SCAD Fashion Showcases.

In 2016, Dawn graduated SCAD Hong Kong as the valedictorian and her senior collection ‘Acid Bloom’ was chosen by a jury panel of industry experts to be shown at SCAD’s Fashion Show 2016. The same collection was also shown in London Graduate Fashion Week 2016. After graduation, Dawn hopes to not stop making clothes and prints because her love for her craft is what keeps her going.

Latest Collection

Elizabeth Yellow Holographic PU Coat and Rebekah skater dress

Acid Bloom Spring Summer 2018/19

‘Acid Bloom’ is inspired by a woman as an urban orchid. Orchids are symbols of both strength and fragility. They can survive in harsh conditions without water for long periods of time and still bring forth a fragile, beautiful orchid flower. In Chinese culture, the orchid is considered to be one of the four venerable flowers, as bestowed by Confucius.

In today's urban world, a woman wanting her own independence has to juggle expectations pertaining to her domestic responsibilities and her personal desires and aspirations to have her own life. She has to be strong and brave in chasing them while managing her fragile and emotional nature.

Under intense pressure in an urban setting, this woman blooms to produce vibrant streaks of energy seen through painterly brushstrokes. The duality of strength and fragility comes through in soft floral prints on silk organza, contrasted with sculptural holographic fabric, which is laser cut with orchid petal details, depicting the urban landscape of today. Fabrics in this collection were designed by Dawn, digitally printed and then printed over again by hand with a squeegee and silkscreen paint. No fabrics are the same and each piece of garment is unique.