Supernova

Designer:

Gill Saunders

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New Zealand

A star explodes in a far-off galaxy.

Year

2016

Section Theme

Avant-garde

University

Winner of the Award

Supreme WOW Award

Winner of the Award

Avant-garde Section

About the garment

Supernova was inspired by the texture and colours of Thierry Mugler’s Chimera dress and the iridescent spiny fins of the Hippocampus from the Percy Jackson movie The Sea of Monsters and some incredible N.A.S.A images taken by the Hubble telescope. Once all these elements were combined Supernova was brought to life. The large gems represent new stars being born and the dark shadows represent deep space.

The MAterials

Made from recycled leather, gems, marker pen ink. Each scale was individually cut, shaded with marker pens and then hand sewn onto the garment. Each gem had its sticky backing removed and then glued on by hand.

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Credit:

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Garment in the making

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Garment in the making

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Credit:

The Designer

Name

Gill Saunders

Country

New Zealand

University

Background

Gill is a multi-faceted artist who has worked across furnishing textile design, theatre design and wearable art. Gill has entered the WOW Competition nearly every year since 2000!

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