Cycle in Heels : Primark, Mon amour

dimanche 23 mars 2014

Primark, Mon amour

by Ksenia Gladysheva

I made this Primark paper dress for the event Primark on Acid organised by the theatre company Ferodo Bridges in New Oxofrd Street.

As my friend Sue Kreitzman said "don't wear Beige it may kill you", but I tried to make something exiting inspired by origami. I spent time, experimenting, folding the bag in different directions,already I had already made a paper dress, and a paper jacket. It is a very interesting material to work with, rigid and fragile at the same time.

by Ksenia Gladysheva

"An abandoned office space opposite PRIMARK is re-appropriated into a hallucinatory installation hosting performance art, cabaret acts and music. The audiences are invited to grab a seat at the entrance of the space and find their place within the installation while eccentric performances pop-up unexpectedly around them." Ferodo Bridges

The amazing performer Katerina Georgiou wearing my dress

By Simona Zemaityte

by Ksenia Gladysheva

The making of the dress tested the stubborn mentality of the artist because when we went to the shop to ask for bags, one of the manager said he couldn't give them away freely. I wanted to give up, but Alexander came back and bought a lips gloss and asked for free 10 bags. Then I came bag for buying eyelashes and got 10 more bags.

On ne vous as jamais dit que vous étiez habillé comme un sac? Je vais plus loin, je m'habille EN sacs.

by Ksenia Gladysheva

I create this pleat skirt to keep the actual shape of the carry bags.

by Ksenia Gladysheva

Primark is amazing for finding really cheap and good stuff. But I liked to make something really crafty and handmade, nearly"couture" using a high street brand!

by Ksenia Gladysheva

The dress featured on Primark official website!!! Read my interview here.

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Unknown25 mars 2014 à 13:29
Oh my goodness! Paperbag princess! I just love this dress you created for the event! Very couture and original! Love that you used the natural shape of the bags for the skirt part!

Rebecca
www.winnipegstyle.ca
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Anne sophie cochevelou26 mars 2014 à 03:49
Thanks you very much! love the oxymoron "paper bag princess",
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I am a young designer in fashion costume and jewellery. I graduated last year in an MA in Performance Practice & Design at Central Saint Martins in London. I'm particularly interested in costume design, the performative aspect of costume and it social impact on people.

From my background in performance, the importance of clothing is how it allows you to stage yourself, to give information about who you are, or more precisely, about what you want people think you are.

I'm from Paris but I don't have at all the elegant minimalistic French style, I'm more attracted by bright colours, mismatch prints, shiny materials, over the top dresses. I try to build clothes with material which are not fabric, crossing boundaries of the costume experiment. I think that any object from everyday life can become a fashion accessory. Anything can be stitched on to clothes.

Basically, I like CYCLING and RECYCLING. I love going to charity shops or flee markets and seeing the creative potential of everyday objects. i have always created costume with nothing, sometimes with things I found in the street. I like to give second life to old objects and divert them from their original function. In my creations, i'm using a lots of toys, as a common reference from the collective imagery, a reminder of childhood that everybody shares in every country. I like the idea of transforming a piece of clothes into piece of art. With my creations I would like to foster peoples’ creativity and make them proud of themselves in feeling unique, original and different.

If you have some barbies you are not playing with anymore, Legos, little cars or toys, please give it to me, I will use them and give them an other live!

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dimanche 23 mars 2014

Primark, Mon amour

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