Category: Fashion
Orsola de Castro is the creative director of From Somewhere, the revolutionary label she started in 1997, and the first to address the issue of pre-consumer waste and reproducibility in recycling for the fashion industry. Orsola’s Inside Design exhibition will celebrate her unique approach to cloth making and the launch of the new From Somewhere website. Inside Design will dissect Orsola's design process and ask what is important to her: touch, colour, how dresses fall, and how clothes fit. The show will explore how fashion has responsibilities and yet must look great.
Orsola discovered the delights of pre-consumer waste when she visited Miles, one of Italy’s best known high-end knitwear manufacturers, and she immediately focused on the remnants and surplus as a source of material for her designs. This pre-consumer waste became gems for her to play with. From Somewhere collaborations include upcycled collections for Jigsaw, Robe di Kappa and Speedo, for whom she has upcycled obsolete swimwear to create new items such as the Unity dress, designed to celebrate the 2012 Olympic spirit.
Orsola de Castro features in my book: Amelia's Compendium of Fashion Illustration: read an extract of my interview here.
Private View: Tues 11th June 6-9pm
In Conversation with Lucy Siegle: Tues 18th June 7-8pm