MARY KATRANTZOU designer #2

Mary Katrantzou   

Mary Katrantzou is one of my favorite designers due to her use of bold prints and her tailoring of the garments.  Although it may not seemly fit into a subculture I feel her work strongly influences my style and the where I get inspiration for my work .  However I do feel her work could be classed into the Hipster subculture due to her prints being unique and her cliental are someone who is free spirited and confident. Mary Katrantzou started designing in 2008 and since has became a well known print designer. She takes inspiration from a range of everyday objects and abstract items such as perfume bottle, architecture, paintings.  Recently she has collaborated with Adidas to create a collection based on the classic trainer she has also collaborated with Christian Louboutin and Topshop.

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Her attention to details is shown through the way she approaches print she seamlessly  take everyday items and transforms them into abstract and contemporary fashion. Mary Katrantzou  is able to distort and zoom in on the objects and highlight areas and shapes of objects that others miss. This idea of taking something that is everyday and making it standout is what I feel hipster represents.  The bold colour used in Mary Katrantzou print is what also inspires  me as she is brave and doesn’t  care  if her colour clash.  the use of the colour clash adds details and interest to her designs.  The colour freedom is reflected in the hipster subculture as the idea of being free  and able to express yourself through the use of colour 

“Print can be as definitive as a cut or a drape and allows a woman to filter beauty found in design, in a subversive way. All my prints are constructed through digital technology. Digital print allows me to experiment with print in a way that fine art and other methods could not. It opens up a huge spectrum for possibility; I can create possibility out of impossibility, surrealism out of realism and both vice versa.” says Mary.

The tailoring Mary Katrantzou use  plays  with the illusion of print and the symmetry it can create to flatter the female silhouette giving it shape and detail. The tailoring also gives elegancy and drama to her collection whilst playing on the classic styling of female fashion. Mary Katrantzou carries her tailoring into her designs of shoes and accessories  which also carries on with the illusion and placing all the components together to create an overall exciting outfit.