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THE IDEA OF " MAGPIE" COMES FROM OLD FOLK STORIES THAT I HAVE ENJOYED WHEN I WAS YOUNGER. THROUGHOUT EASTERN, EUROPE MAGPIES ARE KNOWN FOR THEFT AND OBSESSION WITH SHINY OBJECTS ESPECIALLY JEWELLERY, WHICH THEY COLLECT TO BUILD THEIR HOMES AND KEEP FOR THEMSELVES. THIS REPRESENTS MY PERSONAL CONNECTION AND ALSO THE FABRICS USED.THIS COLLECTION REFLECTS MY OBSESSION WITH EXPLORING THE BOUNDARIES OF HAUTE COUTURE AND TRYING TO REDEFINE THEM BY USING MATERIAL WHICH YOU FIND IN ANY HOUSEHOLD KITCHEN AGAINST FABRICS THAT YOU HAVE TO SELL YOUR SOUL FOR. TONGUE IN CHEEK BETWEEN COLOURS AND TEXTURES ADD HUMOUR AND PERSONALITY TO THE COLLECTION. THE PIECES HAVE THEIR OWN LIFE AND CHARACTERISTICS WHICH ARE CREATED THROUGH HANDCRAFT OF THE TEXTILES BUT ALSO THROUGH PRINTS, PAINTINGS AND FINISHINGS.
THE STREETS AND ITS APPEAL HAVE BEEN THE MAIN SOURCE OF INSPIRATION. SEDUCTION OF THE STREET CONSISTS OF THE THEATRICAL PERFORMANCES OF DAY TO DAY, DIRECTLY REPRESENTING WHAT IS HAPPENING IN SOCIETY. INSPIRED BY REVOLUTION AND REBELLION THROUGHOUT THE SOVIET UNION AS WELL AS STREET STYLE MOVEMENTS FOCUSED ON THE LATE 70S -80S. HEAVILY BASED ON ICONS SUCH AS LEIGH BOWERY AND THE NEW ROMANTICS PERIOD, OVER-EXAGGERATION, OVER DECORATION AND FLAMBOYANCY. MORE IS MORE. SILHOUETTES ECHOING " ZOOT SUITS" POWER DRESSING AND CONTRADICTION ARE THE ELEMENTS WHICH DRIVE THE COLLECTION.