Emily Bye
Grey Sheep
Location
melbourne / Australia
University
Box Hill Institute of Technology
Graduation year
2006
EMILY BYE IS A FREEFORM FASHION ARTIST,
EXPERIMENTAL DESIGNER, LEATHERWORKER
& MAKER BASED IN MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA.
WITH THE BODY AS THE FOCUS & WHERE THE
SILHOUETTE REIGNS, THE PROJECT AIMS TO
CREATE AN INTUITIVE, EXPERIMENTAL FASHION
HOUSE, EXPLORING THE SPACE BETWEEN
MASCULINE & FEMININE ARCHETYPES,
& CUTTING BOUNDARIES BETWEEN
GARMENTS & ACCESSORIES.
IDEAS OF CONSTRICTION & RELEASE,
TRANSFORMATION & REINVENTION, & THE
LIFE / DEATH / LIFE NATURE OF CYCLES FORM
AN ESOTERIC APPROACH TO PROCESS.
FINISHING TECHNIQUES DEVELOPED BY THE
HOUSE, USING NATURAL TANNED LEATHERS,
ECO DYES, MODERN & TRADITIONAL METHODS
& HIGHEST QUALITY FABRICATION, EQUALS
HAND-CRAFTED STATEMENT PIECES &
HIGH IMPACT DRESSING.
WITH A LURE TOWARD TRENDS OR A DISREGARD
OF MOST, EACH COLLECTION IS PRODUCED
ENTIRELY IN-HOUSE, CROSSING DISCIPLINES &
STRIVING FOR THE NEW.
COLLABORATION IS ENCOURAGED &
EXCLUSIVITY IGNORED, THE HOUSE INVITES THE
WEARER TO BECOME PART OF THE PROCESS,
IN CELEBRATION OF SELF-INDIVIDUATION & THE
FREEDOM OF PLAY IN THE ART OF DRESSING.