Fashion Scout are thrilled to
announce Sadie Clayton will be joining our Pop-Up Exhibition this
February as part of the Fashion Scout live event. The designer, who
appeared on the influential Not Just A Label this week,
will be showcased alongside the brightest UK/international
graduates and emerging designers. Taking place on the 23rd of
February, this will be the place to see the next big
names in global fashion. We caught up with Sadie to discover her
inspirations, creative process and future aspirations ahead of the
upcoming exhibition:
What are
your goals for 2015?
To
continue to create copper inventions whether it be wild or
wonderfully tailored. Continually, make people smile and feel
excited.
My
ultimate goal in life is to see Grace Jones in one of my pieces - she
is forever my muse, so that's my goal for 2015 onwards :).
Could you
tell us about this collection’s inspirations?
Lately,
as crazy as it may sound, crystals and tumblestones. I am in awe with
my crystal collection which my step father kindly sent me. I have
been researching into them, activating them and carrying them. They
are used to heal and protect. I aren’t going to talk too much about
them as people begin to think I am going crazy (laughs), I have
started using them and I am going to see where it'll take me!
Watching my aw15 presentation will reveal all the inspiration which
all stemmed from one little conversation. I’m recently obsessed
with glitter and cactus’s too.
Do you
have a specific research process when you start a new collection?
Yes I
always have a colour palette first way before the season has even
arrived – I then riffle my way through fabric shops, being inspired
by textures is what leads me to my design process. My concept appears
and I begin sketching, I always tend to go wild with my silhouettes
then start reigning it all back in!
How do
you balance creativity with commerce?
I seem to
build two collections in one, always focusing on my key signatures -
copper and structure. I am all about creativity, I have been since
day one when studying, but the more you become emerged in the
industry the more you realise you have to begin understanding how to
create RTW to maintain a cash flow! So sad but so true! I can't live
off making my copper metal sculptures - unfortunately!
Do you
feel there’s a significant interest in young designers at the
moment?
Yes for
sure, there always is, there are always exciting new brands
appearing. It's so difficult for us to fight against the beasts but
that's the exciting part - the challenge!
How do
you feel you have evolved as a designer since last years A/W
collection?
I feel I
have come on leaps and bounds simply because of my amazing
supporters, I am so grateful I guess when you get one order you begin
to realise the excitement and see what people really do want to wear
of yours and then you move down into a whole new path.
I feel I
have refined my sense of design and I am beginning to understand what
my customer wants to wear, yet I'm still juggling both the ready to
wear and the show pieces. I will never stop creating my copper
inventions as that is part of me but the more I evolve the more I
incorporate ready to wear.
How would
you describe your design aesthetic in three words?
Power,
Diverse, Copper
Where do
you want to be in five years time?
I'd love
to be where I feel I am now BUT with more exciting opportunities
around me with more stockists and actually a real studio, working
from my spare room at home isn't exactly ideal!
For
Sadie's Not Just A Label, click here.
By Lewis
R Waters / Leeomigh Dolan
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