Profile: Charlotte Lockton – Real Leather Design Competitions

Charlotte Lockton

University of Brighton

Fashion Design BFA

Womenswear, Haute Couture, Atelier - Pattern Cutting

Womenswear designer with focus on silhouette heavy collections, interested in working with leather and unconventional materials. Industry experience includes VETEMENTS and Berlin based designers Kasia Kucharska and SF1OG. Growing up with parents in fashion design and industrial design an interest in various design areas started from an early age and fashion design was chosen as the preferred career path. The graduate collection “Meereskreaturen” which is german for sea-creatures is a womenswear collection taking inspiration from drape with scuba-diving equipment as well as referencing the shape clothing takes on when it’s underwater. These references are used to create garments that appear to deform the human bodys silhouette and creating obscure non-human looking creatures. The focus of the collection lies in the intersection of structural elements coming away from the body and creative pattern cutting. Primary materials include cow leather and distressed calf skin leather. Alongside this several pieces are made from copper which was subsequently oxidised to attain a turquoise finish. Throughout the toiling process each garment received a name of which sea animal it most resembled leading to the collection title Meereskreaturen. Language skills include being fluent in English and German, advanced proficiency in French and basic language proficiency in Italian. Dual nationality – British and German.

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MEERESKREATUREN - LEATHERBACK JACKET

Category: Design

Competitions: UK, International

The graduate collection “Meereskreaturen” which is german for sea-creatures is a womenswear collection taking inspiration from drape with scuba-diving equipment as well as referencing the shape clothing takes on when it’s underwater. These references are used to create garments that appear to deform the human bodys silhouette and creating obscure non-human looking creatures. The focus of the collection lies in the intersection of structural elements coming away from the body and creative pattern cutting. Primary materials include cow leather and distressed calf skin leather. Alongside this several pieces are made from copper which was subsequently oxidised to attain a turquoise finish. Throughout the toiling process each garment received a name of which sea animal it most resembled leading to the collection title Meereskreaturen.