Sleep Suit by Forrest Jessee

The Sleep Suit is certainly fitting for any toiling design students in need of the so-called power naps. Inspired by Buckminster Fuller’s practice of Dymaxion Sleeping, which involves four segments of half-hour naps every six hours, Jessee redefined the sleeping ritual while challenging the roles of private and public space by designing the portable Sleep Suit. Structural pleats made of EVA foam which absorbs shock in sports equipment is used to “dress” or contain the body much like a sleeping bag.

Iris Van Herpen

Felicity Brown collection 2010

As I was browsing through Vogue, my eyes chanced upon a rather delicious print. Felicity Brown was the designer of the print in question. Since graduating from the Royal College of Art with a Masters in Textiles, she has been busy designing for Loewe, Mulberry and Alberta Ferretti. 

This collection has been inspired by the ladies in Toulouse-Lautrec's paintings. Flirty ladies in swirling dresses that ruffle with every hip sway. Brown spends time in Dubai and Abu Dhabi where she has a studio. She takes influence from the desert colours and stark lights and these in turn inform her rough, dipdyed technique.

Kirsty Ward

Central Saint Martins’ Kirsty Ward graduated in 2008 with distinction and went straight on to design for Alberta Ferretti in Italy. Ward launched her label with a S/S11 debut at Vauxhall Fashion Scout during LFW. Ward’s trademark use of metal jewellery combines to create structured silhouettes and classical pieces.