LAUREN PHAROAH

Grey Sheep

Location

leicester / United Kingdom

University

de montfort university

Graduation year

2011

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Specialising in women's wear, I draw inspiration from classic tailoring and styling, emotive photography and the combination of opposing textures. My collection encapsulates what I feel is the mood between feminine innocence and the females alter ego; combining soft and harsh textures, a melancholic colour palette and traditional rock influences; creating an androgynous silhouette and statement.
I have a great passion for and love to work with natural fabrics, using a variety of leathers in my work. My graduate collection included such fabrics as python skin, origin assured fox fur, pony skin, patent and distressed leathers.

I have recently graduated from De Montfort University and showcased my collection and work during London's Graduate Fashion Week.

Latest Collection

Four and Twenty Black Birds

My 'Four and Twenty Black Birds', beautifully damaged collection is inspired by the mood between feminine innocence and the females alter ego. The soft and the harsh. The light and the dark. The tender and the rocker.
The concept grew from Gothic architecture and paintings and sullen photography, which inspired for a melancholic colour palette through tones of blacks, petrol blue, shades of grey and levels of white. My collection is about a mood and a feeling and this is often how I become inspired. I was also influenced by the traditional biker jacket and over-sized this for the female form creating an androgynous style through big silhouettes. Through feeding inspiration between opposing moods I used a variety of contrasting fabrics to emphasize this. Such as distressed leather against fully glass beaded fabric and knit printed chiffon. The rich textures in my collection contributed greatly in setting the mood. Other fabrics and textures I used included, python skin, pony skin, patent and various leathers, fringed and studded leather and origin assured fox fur.