HIRAETH
GRADUATE COLLECTION 2024
LOOK 5: Night Bloom Appliqué Layered Top with Tiered Sheer Skirt
Styling by Grace Halliday. Hair and Makeup by Ruby Duffy. Photography by Michael Parfitt. Model, Kiki Voigt. Photo editing by Grace Halliday.
"A homesickness for a place you can never return to, a place which maybe never was; the nostalgia, the yearning, the grief for the lost places of your past"
'Hiraeth' 2024 references the tale of Sleeping Beauty. Her tale is mirrored in the modern world, as we disassociate ourselves from reality and enter our own gardens of slumber, where we can find escape, safety and peace. This collection explores that symbiotic relationship between darkness, struggle, creativity, and survival, as these conditions can enhance and nurture our ability to think and dream deeply, creatively and vividly.
"The trees awoke from their winter sleep and clothed themselves gloriously in green; the birds began to sing again and the swallows and martins built their nests under the eaves; children laughed and clapped their hands because they were happy in the bright sunshine, and old people felt their hearts lift with joy when they saw the mist of the bluebells in the woods and the daffodils dancing in the breeze. But within the thorn hedge no life stirred, and neither flower nor tree answered the call of spring."
- C.S. Evans, The Sleeping Beauty
