Istituto Marangoni - Graduate Fashion Week - Womenswear Natalia Troitskaya

Natalia Troitskaya - Womenswear

My final year work is a reflection of me. It is what I went through over the past 3 years. It is surreal. I like when people dress differently and even daring sometimes. Clothes for me are reflections of the personality. One of the main details in the collection I'm working on right now are the shirting sleeves as they are clean, simple and beautiful, yet can be restricting and twisted. The dress I've created for the GFW show has 20 sleeves in total. It is a circle voluminous dress with sleeves of different lengths placed all over. Each sleeve can be used and can be twisted and tightened, thus each time you wear it , you can style it your way depending on your mood. It is a very wearable piece as the sleeves are not very noticeable and they lay in-between the volume of the dress, however it has this twist and it is almost a garment that can be personalised. (I.M graduation catalogue) 

Istituto Marangoni - Graduate Fashion Week - Womenswear Nicole Pacini

Nicole Pacini - Knitwear designer

My final project is mostly focused on knitwear and different techniques of machine knitting. My collection tries to bring together knitting and draping, the natural look and feel of knit with metallic draped fabrics in order to create a contrast. Everything is held together by touches of sportswear style like in oversized collars, cuffs, hoods and ribbings.

Istituto Marangoni - Graduate Fashion Week - Womenswear Sofia Metsoviti

Sofia Metsoviti - Womenswear designer

"Queens" is my final year project and Arbus' photography was my main inspiration for it. The confidence and strength I wish to see in a woman wearing my clothes I found in the faces of Diane Arbus' freaks. I noticed that the young, the old and the strange in her pictures were dressed like queens and princesses and that is what I wanted to explore in my collection. I wanted to make garments that didn't necessarily look royal but had an unassuming glamour and a humble allure that would make the  woman wearing them feel like queens.

Istituto Marangoni - Graduate Fashion Week - Womenswear Ayoung Ji

Ayoung Ji - Womenswear Designer

I have watched old Japanese films and I could find interesting shapes of the costumes and materials in the films. Consequently, my work for the final year is "Myth of the samurai". Personally, I like experimental design with extreme colours and new materials because clothes are a part of our life. Accordingly, if I create an interesting design, people can keep a connection between aesthetic pleasure and the day-to-day. Therefore, in my final collection I will use new types of mohair with man-made colours and beautiful beading with contemporary materials. (I.M graduation catalogue)

Istituto Marangoni - Graduate Fashion Week - Womenswear Maria Moiseeva

Maria Moiseeva - Womenswear Designer

My research for the final collection was based on developing new fabrics through different manipulations. Changing structure of initial materials by knotting, felting and melting inspires me to create multi- textures garments. The whole concept of the collection is to find surfaces that would be perceived differently for everyone. However silhouettes keep easy and comfortable. sophisticated and modern. Mainly inspiring by contemporary photography and nature, my muse is ever and always my mother who is ideal of femininity, intelligence and mystery. (I.M graduation catalogue)

Istituto Marangoni- Graduate Fashion Week - Menswear Anna Kim

Anna Kim - Menswear Designer

There have been an enormous amount of discussions on whether the world would stop its existence on 21st of Dec 2012. This made me imagine what the world would be like after this mysterious date. I named my final project "The Matrix of Origin", as it is in the end, when one looks at the very beginning. In my research I travelled to Seoul. I have looked at fold lifestyle. The challenge was to make the collections contemporary, Thorough development and experimental approach helped me discover my heritage as well as my DNA. (I.M graduation catalogue)

Istituto Marangoni - Graduate Fashion Week - Womenswear Karen Shechori

Karen Shechori - Womenswear Designer

I started my research exploring various respiratory systems such as fish, birds, mammals and amphibians and used the difference between then as an inspiration for shapes, details, construction of the garment and different types of materials. I then carried on the research by looking at the anatomy of the human body, which made me think deeper about the concept of the human visualisation: the outer layer of a person comparing to the inner one, which can be falsely perceived by another. And the notion that comes from the assumption that a person can not really connect with another because the feel of existence is so unique and strange that it could not be shared. There for my goal was to express visually and realistically the one thing that all humans have in common - anatomy. I decided to show this invisible content by the use of medical illustrations as prints, use of layers in the construction of the garment as well as details mimicking different features of organisms. (I.M graduation catalogue)

Istituto Marangoni - Graduate Fashion Week - Womenswear Nicolas Wirth, Myrto Stavropoulou and Laura Stoeckl

Nicolas Wirth - Womenswear Designer

Fashion's ability to analyse the human subconcious is highly fascinating to me. My final collection looks at the internal journey and growth of a person and his/her development as a human being, It centers on the inner dialogue of a troubled individual and the turmoil happening within. In the collections I have focused on the use of emotional communication through digital printing. Visually, the paintings of Ego Schiele were one of the main inspirations, along with imagery of nature and the landscapes of Switzerland, my home country. The return to nature was another theme, mirroring the concept of growth. (I.M graduation catalogue)

Myrto Stavropolou

This year I have been working on a project with an abstract theme, called Zooming in, which expores the concepts of zooming in to objects and having the effect that they belong under a microscope distorting shapes and objects. I want to show through my work a stiff fluidity, using soft liquid prints combined with tailored structured clothes which give an abstract feel. (I.M graduation catalogue)

Laura Stoeckl - Womenswear

My final collection is about the spirit of youth and the fear of losing one's dreams along the road when growing up. This vibrant and young mood is combined to a modern, sportive look with a playful edge. In my designs I tried to represent and incorporate a youthful spirit and childhood dreams. I was mostly inspired by photography and contemporary art connected to my theme. Later on I decided to make my own imagery mixing different media, from which I created the prints I have used in my collection. Furthermore, I cam up with a new technique of sequin embellishment in which I first created a print, which I then printed on acetate and cut into sequin shapes I wanted to have. Afterwards, I recreated the print like a puzzle on y garment by layering the sequins in the right position. The intention behind these sequins is to capture and incorporate the sprit of youth and dreams to symbolically maintain then for the wearer. (I.M graduation catalogue)