A graduate of Kingston, LCF and Limerick College of Art & Design, Stephanie Grace Foy launched her own clothing line last year, when her MA collection being selected to be shown at September’s London Fashion Week.
Whilst her first collection showed bags of promise, it’s her new one, for Autumn-Winter 2011, that’s really made us sit up and pay attention. Foy builds upon some of the concepts and motifs from the first collection (artfully deconstructed shapes; a sleek, modern finish; the use of perspex), but works them to a higher standard this time round.
The loose drapery juxtaposed with shiny, synthetic materials simultaneously evokes both the goddesses of classical sculpture and a sort of ultra-modern action movie heroine (or even dominatrix!). It can be hard to find a comfortable balance between elegance and uncompromising modernity, but here Foy shows us how…
All images taken from Stephanie Grace Foy’s website.
Rosa Abbott is an arts, fashion and culture obsessive originating from Yorkshire, England, and currently living in Dublin, Ireland. On top of being a student at the illustrious Trinity College, she is a freelance journalist, writing for a number of Irish publications, and also edits the visual arts section of entertainment magazine Totally Dublin.
When she’s not up to her eyeballs in writing, Rosa works as an assistant to stylist Aisling Farinella and volunteers at various art galleries. Her musings on life, style and art can also be found over at her blog, Too Gallant.
