About Me
Hi, I'm Nicole, a fashion design student from UCLAN
Nicole Hind is a fashion design student from the University of Central Lancashire who specialises in upcycling pre-loved garments. Taking inspiration from the Punk Subculture and combining it with upcycled Denim garments along with modern silhouettes shapes her final collection.
After solely working digitally during the Covid pandemic, for this year, Nicole decided to combine both digital and hand drawn designs. She feels this gives a more hand made feel to her illustrations reminiscent of the hand made designs of the punk era.
INSPIRATION
I took my inspiration from my father who was a punk in the seventies.
At the age of 15 my dad took an interest with the birth of the Punk movement. Along with three schoolmates, he formed a band influenced by bands of the time such as The Sex Pistols and The Stranglers. As young apprentices, the group didn’t have much money and resorted to piecing together their wardrobe from various sources such as charity shops, castoffs from relatives, and hand knitted pullovers courtesy of my nan.
For my concept I chose to look at 70s Punks focusing on sustainability and the use of Denim, I was inspired by my dad’s stories of his punk band growing up and their influences, one of which being The Sex Pistols. As my dad wore old items from charity shops or castoffs from family members, and painted the garments to give them a new sense of life, I aimed to do this with my collection.
MY WORK
PORTFOLIOS
Concept board
Colour board
Sustainability board
Consumer profile board
Stand work
Design development
Stand work
Design development
Stand work and design development
Stand work
Design development
Stand work
Design development
Final line up
Final line up
Flats
Fabric board
Studio photoshoot
Photoshoot on location
DETAIL
Techniques I used in my final collection.
I explored several different techniques to make my garments look more interesting. I started with bleaching where I learnt that depending on the quality and stretch of the denim, different results could be achieved. Then I used some of these bleached samples alongside the regular denim to create appliqués, using contrasting threads to make each appliqué look more colourful. I then found some old string laces from one of my previous projects and decided to include lacing within my project (after creating a sample). Using old scraps of denim, I created a weaving sample and used this technique for the jacket pictured. One of my tutors found some discarded cardboard letters in one of the scrap item bins in the building, which I used as stencils on my garments, painting over them with acrylic. Finally, I wanted my garments to look punky yet couture, so I cut off the overlocked leg seams from jeans and stitched them onto any raw edges of my garments, this way achieving a fraying edge that still looks finished.
“Buy less, choose well and do it yourself!”- Vivienne Westwood
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