20-year-old Daniella Caputi of Perth, Curtin Gratuate, up and coming designer and lets not forget a great friend of mine has the world at her feet. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (Fashion and Textiles) from Curtin University, and has recieved an award for Fashion Technology. Her collection which was shown at LMFF "1:26 inside out" wows the fashion world with her gothic inspired pieces using lazer cutting and explores the technique of line drawing which has influenced her designs strongly.
On March 26th, i interviewed Daniella, to find out more about her new collection debuting at this years StyleAID event and to "pick at her brain" in a sense to understand whats going on in a designers mind...
What would you say are your favourite ideas and techniques you’ve used so far?
Ideas that are inspired by artists and designers both exploring parallel practices in architecture and fashion - the idea of the inside out - architectonic space - and exploring this through techniques such as laser cutting, use of balsa wood - and experimenting with different weights in fabrics...
Describe to us how the process of how designing a collection comes about. What hours/time frame do you use?
The process ... there’s a lot of emphasis on shape and manipulation through patterns and drawing - then draping and experimenting with design and shape.
How did you find LMFF this year? Any pointers/likes/dislikes you can share with us?
LMFF was really exciting - the show came together really smoothly - we communicated with the stylists what we wanted in terms of music, styling etc, and then they took it from there - it was great to finally watch the show and see how the collection came together when showcased...
You’re debuting your collection at Style Aid this year, what were your inspirations for this collection?
The inspiration comes from the last collection - and is an extension and development of the ideas, but also creating new forms and shapes within garment.
Do you have any tips for admiring designers out there?
Be inspired by everything around you - keep creating and be concept driven!
What would you say are your favourite ideas and techniques you’ve used so far?
Ideas that are inspired by artists and designers both exploring parallel practices in architecture and fashion - the idea of the inside out - architectonic space - and exploring this through techniques such as laser cutting, use of balsa wood - and experimenting with different weights in fabrics...
Describe to us how the process of how designing a collection comes about. What hours/time frame do you use?
The process ... there’s a lot of emphasis on shape and manipulation through patterns and drawing - then draping and experimenting with design and shape.
How did you find LMFF this year? Any pointers/likes/dislikes you can share with us?
LMFF was really exciting - the show came together really smoothly - we communicated with the stylists what we wanted in terms of music, styling etc, and then they took it from there - it was great to finally watch the show and see how the collection came together when showcased...
You’re debuting your collection at Style Aid this year, what were your inspirations for this collection?
The inspiration comes from the last collection - and is an extension and development of the ideas, but also creating new forms and shapes within garment.
Do you have any tips for admiring designers out there?
Be inspired by everything around you - keep creating and be concept driven!
- Daniella Caputi.
Interviewed March 26th 2010
Interviewed March 26th 2010
photos sourced from http://dustindesouza.com/dc.html
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