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The W ild Bunc h

MA Collection 2015-2016

Following the past two collections, the identity of the woman continues to
evolve and transform with my Master collection, The Wild Bunch. I am
very much interested in the power of fashion to convey a vision
giving insight into a constructed world, a dreamscape. The works of
German avant-garde photographer Grete Stern, especially in her series of
photomontages of dream sequences and the American contemporary artist
Sarah Sze, with her monumental installations made from various found
objects that make up an other worldly landscape lay the ground work on
the development of this collection.
Taking a departure point from Peter Weirs 1975 mystery-drama Picnic at
Hanging Rock, we follow a group of Victorian school girls who dared to
trust their instincts and venture into the wild rugged landscape of Hanging
Rock. Their mysterious disappearance prompts me to ask where they could
have ended up to. Their innocence and youth along with their pure
virginal dresses carry a darker, wilder undertone. Perhaps they entered into
a parallel reality where their perfect setting seems to have turned over and
a hot-blooded energy have taken over. Lines are loosening up and edges
broken down.
The collection explores the contrast between the proper Victoriana elements
and a more sensual and sexual side of dressing the girls revealing their
wild side. There is that fragility, that frilliness, but theres also a certain
roughness in the way things are put together. Colors and textures break
into things that were purer. Floral and animalistic aspects find new ways of
expression through other unexpected sources of materials. They are clothes
for women who roam the wild and living in this dreamscape.

PETER WEIR, Stills from Picnic at Hanging Rock, 1975

silhouette study

collage fur - needle felting by hand using different yarns, fibers, locks of mohair, and feathers

edges frayed, stitches left bare

still-life composition

photography Lee Wei Swee

makeup and hair Leda Vaes
models Simona Mikula, Carmella Butoburosha, and Ornella Perl

She Walks on Marble Columns

Third Year BA Collection 2014-2015

A collection of strong yet sensuous femininity. Bold, clean, striking. Women

with lofty allure. I was inspired by the sculptures of artist Kate Blacker, who
used corrugated metal sheets to mold and form aesthetically distorted
female silhouettes. The stark metal then painted over in bright colors. The
contrast in Blackers work of hard and sculpted surfaces versus the
sensuality of the female subject guided my design process. The silhouettes
are very linear and elongated, working with and away from the body.
Fabrics bonded with aluminum are used to create standing structures. Fluid
lines of draped pieces are cut with sharper lines of tailored garments. The
color palette, informed by the paintings of Georgia OKeeffe, uses bold
combinations of bright colors and stripes. Big clean panels setting against
each other. Garments of a sculptural quality.

WIM WENDERS, Still from Pina, 2011

photography Lee Wei Swee makeup and hair Lynn Meyer model Kim Jaspers

She Came by t he Green Line Bus

Second Year Collection 2013-2014

A young girl comes out of a bus in a thick fur coat and kohl-lined eyes,
walking towards us to Nicos These Days playing in the background. The
girl is Margot, one of the most iconic characters from director Wes
Andersons The Royal Tenenbaums (2001). This rebellious, yet sophisticated
girl with her signature look plays the muse of the collection.
The works of David Hockney, especially from his landscape paintings,
inform the design process. I wanted to capture the same characteristics of
those paintings where contrasting vibrant colors and different
graphical elements come together in harmony. The collection integrates
different techniques, textures, and colors - faux fur, colored stripes, laser-cut
organic shapes intertwined, and PVC filled with flower petals, for example.
That carefree elegance is translated through rounded generous volumes in
garment shape, designed as if they are billowing in the wind. The study of
the historical crinoline shape led me to invent a new method of light and
airy constructions. The idea resulted in two techniques: the light boning
used in the scarves, veils, and a parachute dress and air-filled vacuum bags
that blew up skirts to new proportions.

DAVID HOCKNEY, Mulholland Drive: The Road to the Studio, 1980

ERWIN BLUMENFELD

photography Christophe Conon

makeup and hair Ina Libbrecht
model Charlotte Foubert

Coccodrillo Award for Best Shoe Development 2014

photography Lee Wei Swee

SHONE PUIPIA
Curriculum Vitae
Born 20 October 1993, Bangkok, Thailand
Contact: Lombardenvest 68, 2000 Antwerpen, Belgium
M. +32 (0)488 149 709, +66 (0)84 122 4292
shonepuipia@hotmail.com
Education
2015-2016

MA (Fashion)

Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp, Belgium

2012-2015

BA (Fashion)

Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp, Belgium

2012

Fashion Folio
Short Course

Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, London,

United Kingdom

2006 2012

Grade 7 - 12

Patumwan Demonstration School, EPTS

English Program for Talented Students, Bangkok, Thailand

2000 2005

Grade 1 - 6

Sarasas Ektra School, Bangkok, Thailand

Language Proficiency
Thai (mother-tongue) and English
Awards
2014 Received the following awards for my second year collection:
Coccodrillo Award for Best Shoe Development
Maison Anna Heylen Award (granted to a student with an eye for craftsmanship,
interesting details and cut)
Flanders Fashion Makers by Mopan Alken Award (granted to a student who
distinguished himself by using very good pattern constructions)
Artistic related activities
ArtisticHistorical
related activities
2015
Costume selected as part of the exhibition The Belgians. An Unexpected
Fashion Story at BOZAR Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels, June 5 - September 13, 2015.
2015 Historical Costume selected as part of the exhibition The Belgians. An Unexpected
Fashion
StoryCostume
at BOZAR
Centre
June
5 - gallery
September
13,Mode
2015.Museum
2015 Ethnical
Project
of for
the Fine
thirdArts,
yearBrussels,
presented
in the
of the
Antwerp replica of a Kachin womans costume from Burma.
2015 Ethnical Costume Project of the third year presented in the gallery of the Mode Museum
Antwerp
replica
of a Kachin
womans
costume
from
Burma. in the gallery of the Mode
2014
Historical
Costume
Project
of the second
year
presented

Museum Antwerp replica of an ensemble based from the painting Portrait of Mademoiselle
2014 Historical Costume Project of the second year presented in the gallery of the Mode
L.L. by James Tissot.
Museum Antwerp replica of an ensemble based from the painting Portrait of Mademoiselle
L.L.
James Tissot.
2012by
Presented
design with a live model performance in the exhibition Nopadon Kaosamang and Friends at a.e.y. space, Songkla, Thailand, February 25, 2012.
2012 Presented design with a live model performance in the exhibition Nopadon Kaosamang
Friends
at a.e.y.
Songkla,
Thailand,
25,
2012. Bangkok 100th
2012and
Design
selected
to bespace,
presented
on the
runway February
of Alliance
Franaise

Anniversary Gala Dinner, February 11, 2012, French Ambassadors Residence

2012 Design selected to be presented on the runway of Alliance Franaise Bangkok 100th
Anniversary
Gala
2012,
French
Ambassadors
Residence
2010 Presented
artDinner,
work inFebruary
the artist11,
charity
event
Scarecrow,
in the
rice paddy, Baan Saen
Doi, Chiang Mai
2010 Presented art work in the artist charity event Scarecrow, in the rice paddy, Baan Saen
Doi,
Mai selected to be made with Jim Thompson Thai silk and presented on the
2010Chiang
Dress design
runway of French Glamour, hosted by the Thai-French Chamber of Commerce at the Dusit
2010 Dress design selected to be made with Jim Thompson Thai silk and presented on the
Thani Hotel, representing The Art Center, Alliance Franaise, Bangkok
runway of French Glamour, hosted by the Thai-French Chamber of Commerce at the Dusit
Thani Hotel, representing The Art Center, Alliance Franaise, Bangkok
Publications and Interviews
Publications
and Interviews
Vickers, R., Wearable
Sculpture, art4d Magazine, Issue 229, September 2015, p.3234.
Vickers,
R.,Meets
Wearable
art4d Magazine,
229,
September
2015, p.3234.
When
Art
Craft,Sculpture,
HELLO! Education
Thailand,Issue
Edition
2015,
p.98-100.
When
Art Meets
Craft, HELLO!
Education
Thailand,
Edition
De Feijter,
I., Showtime!,
De Morgen
Magazine,
Issue
181, 2015,
6 Junep.98-100.
2015, p.32-39.
De
Feijter, I.,
De Morgen
Magazine,
Issue 181,
6 June
2015,
Giewkong,
P.,Showtime!,
The New Wave
to Watch,
Marie Claire
Thailand,
Issue
125,p.32-39.
September 2014,
p.114-117.
Giewkong, P., The New Wave to Watch, Marie Claire Thailand, Issue 125, September 2014,
p.114-117.

SHONE PUIPIA
shonepuipia@hotmail.com
+32 (0)488 149 709
+66 (0)84 122 4292