Fashion - Bachelor

Deux en Été

Deux en Été captures the memories of a summer spent travelling through the South of France and Spain with my twin sister, Lili. Drawing on the colourful world of 1960s Slim Aarons photography, the collection acts as a wearable memory of our travels, with each look reflecting a different place we visited.

In a time where fashion can feel so minimal, I wanted to bring back the fun, colour and personality of 60s summer style through clashing prints, playful silhouettes, textile manipulations, my own digitally designed prints and handmade ceramic details.

Sustainability was an important part of bringing the collection to life, with the majority of materials sourced second-hand from The Nest Haberdashery or repurposed from fabrics I already had. Where new materials were needed, I chose natural fibres from The Fabric Store and incorporated reclaimed porcelain into my handmade ceramic pieces. Through this mix of materials and techniques, I wanted to show that sustainable fashion can still be colourful, playful and full of personality!

Kitty Doran

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Güell

Güell takes its name from Park Güell in Barcelona, where Gaudí’s colourful mosaics and playful architecture became the inspiration for this look. The blue and green colour palette draws on the way Gaudí grouped his mosaics into different areas by colour. Exploring the surface textures and sharp edges of the broken tiles, I experimented with heat-pressed pleating and diamond smocking to create texture throughout the look. I also developed my own designs from the mosaic patterns, translating them into handcrafted porcelain pieces that hang from the eyelets on the top and sleeves, alongside ceramic buttons connecting the skirt to the waistband.

Comtesa

Comtesa is a playful beach look capturing a day spent at Cala Comtesa in Mallorca, surrounded by colourful beach towels, striped umbrellas and the large straw beach huts we sat beneath to escape the sun. The sculptural hat takes its shape from these huts, with gold mesh fabric reflecting their woven texture, a detail also carried through into the sleeves of the cover-up. Bringing together a reversible bikini and an oversized cover-up, the look plays with the contrast between modesty and the increasingly daring swimwear styles of the 1960s. The hat is finished with a handmade flower brooch inspired by one we bought at the beach market for our mum that day.

Paloma

Paloma captures a day spent out on the boat and wandering through the streets surrounding Paloma Beach in the South of France. The colourful buildings and decorative architecture became the starting point for my own digitally designed swimsuit print, created by collaging the colours, shapes and patterns I photographed along the way. Taking inspiration from a mosaic window overlooking the beach, I designed and handcrafted my own porcelain mosaic pieces, featured in the matching buckle and headband. Gold hardware and rope detailing bring in elements of the boats and their rigging, tying together the little details from our day by the water.

Saleya

Saleya takes its name from the market square in Nice, where Lili and I spent a week wandering through the quiet streets and exploring the markets that seemed to pop up every day. The climbing vines surrounding a little restaurant where we had lunch inspired the layered fabric dots and handcrafted porcelain beads that trail up the sides of the capris and top. The layered leather neckline features a porcelain flower I created, inspired by the matching leather flower bracelets we bought as our first purchase of the trip, a little keepsake to remember our travels together. A wired ceramic-beaded chain hangs from the neckline, with more ceramic pieces falling down the back, reflecting the little decorations we saw hanging between the narrow pathways and market stalls.

Kitty Doran

Kitty is a Brisbane-based fashion designer studying a Bachelor of Design (Fashion) and Bachelor of Business (Entrepreneurship) at QUT, with a love for bringing fun, colour and personality back into fashion. Inspired by her travels, vintage fashion and all things maximalist, she loves experimenting with clashing prints, playful silhouettes, handmade ceramics and intricate surface details. Working with vintage and second-hand materials wherever possible, Kitty enjoys mixing textures, patterns and techniques to create unique, expressive pieces with a story to tell.

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