Womenswear Fashion Designer
Fashion Design (BFA), 2024
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Languages spoken: English, French, Hungarian
Born in Hungary, Paternally American and maternally Hungarian and raised in Hungary, Sadie is bilingual, she is intermediate in french. She is graduating with a BFA in Fashion Design, she is creative and persistent. She is passionate about fashion, autonomous, a team player, rigorous and organised. Due to her multi-cultural background she has great communication and interpersonal skills. This major challenged her creative and tactical skills, taught her discipline and determination. Her passions include running, dancing, painting, cooking and reading. As a goal driven individual who dreams of one day opening her own company, Sadie would love to gain a variety of experiences within the fashion industry that would help her understand how to run a successful fashion brand.
Thesis Title: Lady Di
We should all dress for ourselves and wear what makes us happy. This idea is the main inspiration for my collection, deconstructing the constraints and rules of etiquette placed on women and challenging a “proper” way of dressing. Even in the 21st century women are still experiencing far more judgment based upon what they wear than men do. To demonstrate this I am utilizing Princess Diana as a symbol of a woman who was heavily restricted in the way she dressed, yet was also a fashion lover and icon. I studied mainly her looks from when she was still married to the then Prince Charles. I contrasted her etiquette and the strict rules she needed to follow to the lawlessness and anarchy of the punk movement of the 1980’s, which is the same time period I am observing Princess Diana in. I intend to use the silhouettes of Princess Diana with fabric and textile manipulations inspired by punks, for example, big puffy sleeves and ball gowns made out of a patchwork of jersey and vintage shirts combined with screen printing.
For Princess Diana so far I have mainly looked at outfits she wore to events she would accompany the Prince. These are mostly ball gowns and skirt suits, sharing obvious elements from the 1980s of big volumes with an emphasis on shoulders. I have done this by researching her most iconic looks, recreating some of them and thrifting garments from the 80’s to study how they are authentically made. For one of my garments I used a pattern from the period to make my design more convincing. To understand punks, I researched some iconic members of the movement such as Nina Hagen, Alice Cooper and the Sex Pistols amongst others. The punk movement was the rebellious self expression that was popular during the time I am researching.