As The Missing Thread opens at Somerset House in London, fashion designer Bianca Saunders and art director Angela Phillips sit down for a conversation with Alayo Akinkugbe about heritage and style
. Saunders’ work was inspired by Althea McNish, the Trinidadian-born British textile designer who gained international repute, and Phillips’ influence for her short film – which marks her directorial debut – came from dancehall and rave culture.
AP: Fashion was ingrained in me from a young age. As you get older, you notice these things and see how important they are. Watching my mum, and how she is literally always immaculate, but it’s something that I didn’t notice until a lot more recently. Even my aunties in their church wear – I think that’s how my journey started. When I looked back at my teenage years, and how I developed my own style, it was kind of before [street style] was a thing.
It’s not just the style, it’s the music that we were listening to, the smells around the house, like types of aftershave or perfume. They evoke certain memories, and that kind of gives you the whole picture of that time. BS: There are so many untold stories about the community that need to be highlighted more. In the exhibition, seeing all of Joe Casely-Hayford’s work, I’m sure there are a lot of people who don’t know the earlier eras of his fashion design and how he put things together, most people know him for the tailoring side of things., includes the work of trailblazers who achieved major success but remain excluded from mainstream stories of British fashion.
Social media platforms have allowed certain people to be a part of fashion, which is very much a rigid and difficult industry to get into. It’s more about what sort of group you can create with your audience, and
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