Morgan boyce

MY GRADUATE COLLECTION IS CONCEPTUAL KNITWEAR FOR WOMEN AW/22 MADE UP OF NATURAL FIBRES AND COLOUR PALETTE. I CREATE EMOTIVE PIECES USING MULTIPLE LAYERING INTEGRAL TO THE GARMENT, WITH LONG LINE SILHOUETTES ACROSS MY 3 LOOKS WHICH EXPLORE THE POTENTIAL OF MASKING THE FACE.
I INITIALLY WANTED TO MAKE THIS COLLECTION BECAUSE I THINK THERE IS A GAP IN THE MARKET FOR UNEXPECTED SILHOUETTES IN KNITWEAR OUTSIDE THE NORM OF A JUMPER/CARDIGAN. I WANT TO ELEVATE THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN KNITWEAR AND OCCASION-WEAR TO EMPOWER THE WEAR AND MAKE THEM COMFORTABLE IN THEIR BODIES WITH FEMININE YET UNIQUE SHAPES.
FOLLOWING ON FROM MY CAPSULE COLLECTION ‘SUNDAY BEST’ I REALLY WANTED TO CONTINUE DEVELOPING A JUXTAPOSITION BETWEEN RELIGIOUS DRESS AND MODERN CASUAL-WEAR REFERENCES.
THE COMMUNITY OF NORTHERN IRELAND HAS ALWAYS BEEN SOMETHING I WANTED TO EXPLORE BECAUSE THE SEGREGATION AND DEEP ISSUES WITHIN THE COMMUNITY THAT AREN’T OFTEN SEEN SO CLOSE TO HOME IN MODERN DAY SOCIETY. THE IDEA OF MASKED IDENTITY IS EXTREMELY PRESENT THROUGHOUT MY RESEARCH WHICH TRANSLATED TO ME EXPLORING THE IDEA OF BALACLAVAS AND CAMOUFLAGE. I WANT TO TAKE THE POWER OUT OF THESE SYMBOLS THAT HAVE STRONG ASSOCIATIONS WITH VIOLENT UNREST AND USE MY NATURAL AND MUTED PALETTE AND TEXTURES TO GIVE THEM A NEW LOOK – NO LONGER ALIGNED WITH A SINGLE SIDE OF THE FIGHT.