{"id":30650,"date":"2014-06-02T14:16:13","date_gmt":"2014-06-02T14:16:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wonderlandmagazine.com\/?p=30650"},"modified":"2016-09-22T14:26:45","modified_gmt":"2016-09-22T14:26:45","slug":"7-wonders-mdx-ba14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wonderlandmagazine.com\/2014\/06\/02\/7-wonders-mdx-ba14\/","title":{"rendered":"7 Wonders: MDX BA14"},"content":{"rendered":"
We chart our top seven fantastically imaginative collections from Middlesex BA14<\/p>\n
This weekend saw twenty-two shortlisted candidates from Middlesex University debut their graduate collections to the fashion world. Renowned for nurturing the future of British fashion talent, Director of Programmes, Meg Osborne spoke about the course:\u00a0\u201c<\/b>Our BA Fashion Programmes create young, exciting, talented designers, who are industry ready. Our designers excel in both skills and imagination.\u00a0We represent the best of London\u2019s emerging talent. \u00a0Our renowned industry panel has recognised our innovative womenswear, the strength of our menswear, and the perfect balance of textiles and design.\u00a0We actively promote diversity of expression. We have no gag reflex.”<\/p>\n
Whilst the show was organised by a team of Fashion Communication and Stylist students, the twenty-two collections presented illustrated complex structure, innovative fabric constructions, conventional and unconventional silhouettes and developed print techniques; and whilst all were powerful in their own right, seven in particular caught our eye…<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n Designer:<\/strong> Helen Marudas<\/p>\n Reaction:<\/strong> Streetwear meets East.<\/p>\n Where to wear:\u00a0<\/strong>Skateboarding in Dubai.<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Designer:<\/strong>\u00a0Amelia Bebbington<\/p>\n Reaction:<\/strong>\u00a0Plastic-fantastic fisherman meets Pikachu.<\/p>\n Where to wear:\u00a0<\/strong>To a Pokemon convention out at sea.<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Designer:<\/strong>\u00a0Hana Vestin<\/p>\n Reaction:<\/strong>\u00a0The Statue of Liberty reimagined in red.<\/p>\n Where to wear:\u00a0<\/strong>In a Lana Del Ray video.<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Designer:<\/strong>\u00a0Alex Foster<\/p>\n Reaction:<\/strong>\u00a0Inuit warrior storming through a blizzard.<\/p>\n Where to wear:\u00a0<\/strong>For dinner at the Ice Queen’s palace.<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Designer:<\/strong>\u00a0Marie Maisonneuve<\/p>\n Reaction:<\/strong>\u00a0Scarecrow meets hiker en route to the enchanted garden.<\/p>\n Where to wear: <\/strong>Hiking to Narnia.<\/p>\n