About Me
Hi, I am Anna, an enthusiastic Fashion Design Graduate
As a Fashion Design graduate, I am a highly creative individual with a strong passion for designing creative clothes that people will feel happy and confident wearing them. I want to bring a unique perspective to fashion design using my artistic background. In my free time I enjoy sketching and drawing creative and innovative designs.
Anna Demetriou is a womenswear brand which focus on making diversity garments to fit any body type size, so women can feel confident. The fashion design course in the university was creative and challenging. Studying fashion design helped me to improve my technical skills as well as 2D skills. On my final year my main influence was my heritage to create my FMP project. As a Cypriot I grew up in a country full of history and traditions that are connected with Greek heritage. I learned a lot about Cypriot and Greek history in school, but Greek mythology is the subject I wanted to explore more.
INSPIRATION
The power of Mythology, myths, tales, stories of goddesses and mythical creatures.
Most of my inspirations relates to my birthplace, the island of Cyprus, an island in Eastern Mediterranean full of history and culture. Through my dissertation I have investigated the connection of metamorphosis in Greek mythology to contemporary fashion. So, getting inspired by Greek myths and the Mediterranean environment and nature, I make my clothes and my silhouettes with colors that recalls something mythical, creating feelings from the Mediterranean Sea.
Firstly, I got inspired by the myth of Medusa, where God Zeus took advantage of her. Goddess Athena helped her to be powerful on her own, by turning her hair into snakes. So, each time a man looked at her she would turn him into stone. In that way no man would hurt her again. Secondly, I got inspired by the myth of Apollon and Daphne, where Apollo the god of music fell in love with her. Daphne was unable to bear Apollo’s persistent siege, so she asked her father to transform her into a laurel tree.
MY WORK
PORTFOLIOS
The myth of Medusa
The myth of Daphne and Apollo
Outfits construction
Outfits break down 1 and 2
Outfits break down 3 and 4
Outfits break down 5 and 6
Labels
DETAIL
Metamorphosis in Greek Mythology
In my final collection I used lots of draping techniques to apply on my final clothes. The idea of draping came of the ancient Greeks that they used to wear long draping chitons. So, I created modern, draping and aerial clothes for my final collection. To achieve this result I used only deadstock jersey fabric. Therefore, inspired by the myth of Medusa for my first outfit I created a crop top blouse and long draping trousers to look like a mermaid. My trousers are loose and huge. They have dramatic drapes and while you are walking it gives you an illusion effect. My whole outfit is turquoise, inspired by the colors of the sea. My second outfit was inspired by the myth of Daphne and Apollo. A long dress with small drapes and a long kimono jacket with huge drapes at the sides. My initial idea of creating this outfit is to remind you the statue of Daphne and Apollo while you are moving. This is because when you glance at the sculpture, you will notice the amazing metamorphosis of a living being into a tree.
The sea is in a constant state of fluidity, movement, and transformation and this represents its beauty, consistent with the representation of the deity of Aphrodite ascending from the sea.
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