Lindsay Connerton
Profile
Having recently graduated from Edinburgh college of art this year with a BA Honours in Fashion Lindsay did a stint in London doing work experience for knitwear and womenswear designers Rubecksen Yamanaka. Lindsay later returned to Scotland to work with Scottish Label Totty Rocks, sewing samples, designing and making her own small line of leather accessories, sold in their boutique and later designing a range of printed t-shirts featured in The New Edinburgh fashion Show @ Harvey Nichols.
She was nominated for the Mulberry Accessories Award at Graduate fashion week 2008 and was Short listed to the final Gala Show where receiving the Runner up prize she is also nominated for New Young Talent at the Scottish Style Awards and featured in the Runway Show.
Collection
'Check me' A/W 08-09 An Autumn Winter collection inspired by Lindsay’s dad's old sheepskin jacket and influenced by photographs of the fishwives of Newhaven, Edinburgh. My collection fuses traditional aspects of Scotland's social history with modern ready to wear, through the use of checked wools highlighted by flashes of colour.
Texture has been created on top of fabric by representing tartan check and aaron wool jumpers with knitted fringing and pom poms. Giant pom poms formed onto the side of sculpted hats inject fun and complete each outfit.
The objective for the collection was to update and modernise the quintessential 'Scottish Look'.
