VIOLISE LUNN
Class of 1969, Violise Lunn was born in Copenhagen where she now works in her studio-boutique, which she opened in 1997, two years after graduating. Here, shoes and clothes of an incredible finesse emerge like swallows in flight. So fragile and light that simply touching them could destroy them.
The Danish designer does not stop at using paper. Her research focuses on studying the properties of a material which can give garments unique transparencies and reflections. So special that they become collection and exhibition items.
Evening dresses, wedding gowns, accessories, unique items, astounding materials uncovered during her many travels around the globe. Indeed, the stories and the unique “paste” of the fabrics that she has discovered were Violise Lunn's main inspiration in confecting her sophisticated compositions by hand.
(Lancia Trend visions, http://www.lanciatrendvisions.com/en/article/angels-wear-violise-lunn )
Gary Harvey Recycled Couture
Gary Harvey, who for nearly ten years was the Creative Director of Levi Strauss and Dockers Europe, began designing his dresses out of creative frustration during his freelance work on fashion campaigns. “I needed some really dramatic pieces for a shoot I was working on and the first design evolved using 42 pairs of Levi’s 501’s”. Since that time his passion for creating recycled couture has taken over, and he’s produced a stunning design using 18 Burberry macs, a fishtail corset dress using 28 camouflage Army jackets, and a body-contouring gown using discarded baseball jackets. Gary’s latest creation is the newspaper dress, made from 30 copies of the Financial Times. He comments: “The desire behind this collection is about re-contextualising iconic, everyday garments to create dramatic new silhouettes”.
(Derive, 2007, http://parth.wordpress.com/2007/05/20/gary-harvey-recycled-couture/ )
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