S o u r c i n g L e a t h e r s

I have visited New South Wales Leather and Birdsall Leather multiple times trying to find brightly coloured leathers and suedes, which ideal for a resort range. Unfortunately, most of the bright colours are predominately in pig skins which are too thin and stretch easily. I have however found some nice calf and cow split skins a. The calf split skins are lovely and soft! Additionally i have experimented with painting the leather with leather dyes. The colours below have not photographed to their true tone...

C o l o u r E x p l o r a t i o n

I used images from the 1960s surf era to inspire my colour palette...

Herve Leger Spring 2009

Can I have them all?

Herve Leger Swimwear

Absolutely stunning cut outs and contouring of the body!

L E R O Y G R A N N I S

Legendary surf culture photographer of the 60's and 70s....

Source: Book, Leroy Grannis Surf Photography of the 1960s and 70s, Jim Heinmann and Steve Barilotti

W i c k e d K n i t w e a r

I have been researching knitwear as an alternative swim fabric. This idea was inspired by the 1940s & 50s swimwear which was primarily knit fabrics, prior to the introduction of lycra...
Check out Mark Fast's amazing knit work SS10/11

H a s a n H e j a z i S S 2 0 1 1

Love the sports/bondage look and the contrast in alternate fabrics.

This is a similar aesthetic I plan to depict through my range!