NEW WAVES | CSM — Celine Kwan on creating her living room utopia
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Celine Kwan is the Central Saint Martins graduate combining furniture and fashion to create her own living room utopia with “garments that look beautiful while being worn and can also be admired [when] taken off.”
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In my final collection, I have created a living room utopia; a celebration of the beauty and joy that can be discovered in our immediate surroundings at home. My collection draws influence from famous product design of the 1960s and ‘70s. I have been inspired by the work of Joe Colombo, VERNER PANTON and Eero Saarinen in particular, since they did not sacrifice function for aesthetic value. I have carried this principle into my designs by creating garments that look beautiful while being worn and can also be admired after they are taken off.
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In my research, I developed a strong focus on ‘70s futurism and the ‘space race’ style. Films such as Woody Allen's Sleeper and Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey provide a rich source of aesthetic inspiration and depict a future where the cutting-edge materials of the ‘70s, such as thermoplastics and PVC, are used in abundance. My goal is to produce transformative clothing that is functional in unexpected and humorous ways, whether it is being worn to an elegant dinner party or proudly showcased in a living room. Garments that dramatically transform, inflate and change shape to create a sense of drama will challenge the norms of functionality in clothing and will allow me to capture the beautiful shapes of furniture that I admire so much.
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