The Initial Inspiration is taken from the concept of visioning beauty of local nature. Gemma has been heavily inspired by the beauty of nature and gardens of North Yorkshire where she would often be infatuated by scenes when walking her dog or driving through the countryside. She recorded her findings with photographs and then later used them to develop her ideas in an tactile and illustrative way through drawing and experimentation with fabrics and textures.
Georgina’s graduate collection was inspired by Yayoi Kusama, a Japanese artist and writer. She would look through her arts pieces, painting and sculptures to help her to develop her own work. Finding out Yayoi suffered from obsessive-compulsive neurosis and hallucinations played a big part in how Georgina was influenced by the artist. She found both her work and her story mesmerising and fascinating.
The collection was inspired by illuminated manuscripts. Illumination was used in historic periods to aggrandise ancient documents, being visually decorative to ornament text. This form of art added ornament but did not take away from the value of the words it adorned, rather it was an extension of what the texts expressed.
Gony Han’s graduate collection was inspired by a used packaging material richness in shapes. The pieces from the waste of the packaging have its own identity with colours, texture and shapes. She made a new creative shape of the pieces by her glance.
Gracie’s suit was heavily inspired by her Indian heritage. Taking fabric, embroidery and colour inspiration from Indian wedding wear and visits to Asian fabric shops in Bradford.
Every single detail of our Signature pieces are meticulously observed by Guchita's Production Team. From visualising the designer's artistic vision, making a pattern and production sample, until it becomes a marvellous piece of cloth. The craftsmanship process is currently based in Jakarta, Indonesia.