About Me
Grace Lyon- Fashion Design student at Leeds Arts University
Grace Lyon is a contemporary menswear designer who specializes in streetwear, sportswear and repurposing. Her graduate collection repurposes kite surfing kites that were no longer safe to use on water. These were donated from her uncle and are used to create a range of one-off pieces that showcases the details of the kites.
LYON explores shape and repurposing to give new life to disregarded kites. The sustainable collection includes a range of jackets, shorts and accessories which were created using four kites. These were deconstructed to create sportswear inspired pieces with minimal waste. There is no clear way to recycle kite surfing kites but the fabric is still waterproof and has lots of features used to create the garments. Up-cycling and sustainable practice is important within the collection by utilisng as many details on the kite such as the stitching, graphics and specialised features.
INSPIRATION
Repurposing kites surfing kites
When speaking to her uncle, she found that there isn’t a clear way to dispose of kites when they have finished their life cycle, so they go into storage. Speaking to other members in this community, it was clear that everyone has a kite or two in storage that they don’t know what to do with. Inspiration was taken from sportswear through basketball shorts and graphic T-shirts to create bold prints within the collection.
LYON had the intention of giving back to this community by creating shorts which have the waterproof features and can be worn before and after kitesurfing. Not only can these be worn during sports activities but they can be worn as comfy athleisurewear as well. All waste that has been produced from making the collection has been saved and made into bags and accessories.
MY WORK
PORTFOLIOS
Kite Surfing Concept Boards
Colour and Fabirc Board
Press Outfit
White Jacket Development
Shorts Development
T-shirt and print development
Illustrated Line-up
CADs
CADs
Editorial Photoshoot
Illustrations
T-shirt designs
Accessory Design
Design Development
Final Designs
The Ski Jacket
Design Development
Final Photoshoot
DETAIL
Graphic T-shirts
A range of graphic prints were created for this collection, made from collaging of vintage ski posters and fashion photography from magazines. The images juxtaposed scale, texture and graphics. These were developed through a range of printing processes including cyanotyping, screen printing, and lino printing. The streetwear graphic designs were printed onto cotton T-shirts through screen printing using bold colours to compliment the kites. An editorial photoshoot for the collection took place in Scarborough which allowed the garments to showcase their features by reacting to the wind and water.
“Sustainable development is the development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.” - Gro Harlem Brundtland
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