SAFD Graduation
Collection.

Comic-inspired textiles. Experimental silhouettes. Five outfits designed and sewn.

Year: 2020
Graduation collection · Fashion Design
My role: Concept · Textile graphics
Garment design & construction
Tools & methods: Textile graphic development
Garment construction · Sewing
Context: Scandinavian Academy of Fashion Design
Grade 12 · Danish grading scale · Benedikte Prize

Two seated models wearing printed garments with angular shoulders, cropped jackets and wide trousers — Selected finished looks / SAFD graduation collection, 2020

01 / Research & inspiration

From character
to collection.

Tank Girl was the starting point for my 2020 graduation collection.

Inspired by Alan Martin and Jamie Hewlett’s comic, I explored a graphic language of layered characters, repetition and bold colour. The concept brought textile graphics together with experimental garment shapes.

I designed and sewed five outfits, developing some of the textile patterns myself and having them printed for the collection.

02 / Textile graphic development

Print with
personality.

Four graphic studies explore colour, scale and repetition. Some of the self-designed patterns became printed textiles, carrying the comic-inspired visual language into the garments.

Overlapping comic characters in contrasting green, purple, pink and orange — Print study / layered colour and character

Comic panels arranged in an orange and cream textile graphic — Print study / panels, scale and repetition

Repeated character linework in bright colours against a black background — Print study / repeated multicolour linework

Green comic-character linework against a black background — Print study / green linework on black

Inspiration: Tank Girl by Alan Martin and Jamie Hewlett.

03 / Garment design & construction

Shape. Surface.
Attitude.

The graphic concept becomes something you can wear.

Broad shoulders, oversized sleeves and contrasting lengths give the finished looks their silhouettes. Printed surfaces sit alongside reflective-looking material and oversized patch details.

Designing and sewing the five outfits connected the concept to construction, volume and the way a garment is worn.

Rear view of a long reflective-looking coat with broad shoulders and two large bandage-shaped patch details — Long coat / silhouette, surface and oversized patch details

Full-length hooded look with broad sleeves, contrasting purple and cream panels, and printed shorts — Hooded look / colour, volume and printed textiles

04 / Final presentation

Five outfits.
One collection.

I presented the collection at my final oral examination in summer 2020. The photographs shown here document selected finished looks.

The project brought together concept development, textile graphics and practical garment construction — a foundation for my approach to developing ideas through making.

Graduation grade · Danish scale

Awarded the Benedikte Prize for my third-year graduation collection in 2020.

The annual Benedikte Prize recognises an exceptional graduation collection and a high standard of design. It is awarded through a foundation established by the school, whose patron is HRH Princess Benedikte.

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SAFD Graduation Collection.

From character to collection.

Print with personality.

Shape. Surface. Attitude.