Alexander Knight
Alexander Knight is a fashion designer specialising in womenswear, draping and pattern cutting. His work is romantic and narrative driven, inspired by art and historical fashion, and synthesised into something which is informed by the past but still forward facing and modern, through the use of odd colour palettes, odd details, odd fabrications and bold prints he designed himself.
His final collection is named Marilyns and Madonnas. It is an exploration of Catholic iconography and vestments through the lens of 1970s pop art, focusing particularly on the work of Andy Warhol and Corita Kent, often known as the Pop Art Nun. It is a collection of playful contrasts, between the bright block colours of pop art prints, the lace and volume of a communion gown, the graphic lines of stained glass windows, the strict seriousness of religious vestments and the easy glamour of seventies fashion. The end result is this heightened, psychedelic procession of idols and icons: Marilyns and Madonnas.
He has explored designing and presenting work digitally using Marvelous Designer as a part of the Rave Digital project, and is excited at its potential to revolutionise the industry as well as his own work going forward.