Each year the GSA selects one image from students from
across the School to represent Degree Show on our promotional
posters, tickets and other publicity.
This year's selected works are from 'Museum of Forgotten
Costume' by student Jade Starmore, from Communication Design.
More of Jade's work is featured in the links on this page, and you
can find Jade's degree show on floor 2 of the Skypark Campus.
Jade Starmore: 'Museum of Forgotten
Costume'
(click to visit the collection of images on
Flickr)
Fashion no longer requires fabric - it has transcended the outer
layer and lies directly on the skin. The idealised robotic bodies
of the future do not feel the cold, so perfect, ageless skin is now
the canvas of the designer. The most cutting edge fashionistas
display the very latest features, which are discarded once the
season ends. Imitation is dangerous; only the best will do. For
those who have been careless and tried out inferior products,
repair is not always possible. They hide themselves in the Museum
of Forgotten Costume, where few will venture. There they slowly
crumble, alongside the once sought-after apparel of a distant
age.
Photography & Styling - Jade Starmore
MUA - June Long
Models - Klara Chomicz & Jade Adamson
Costume credits: Joanna Chomicz, Peggy Jones, Lindsay Flemming
Bridal & Melanie Long.
Biography:
Jade Starmore was born and brought up on the Isle of Lewis. After
leaving school she worked as a designer in both textile and print
media; she designed covers for books in Scots Gaelic, and authored
her own book titled A Collector's Item: knitwear designs inspired
by the Burrell Collection.
Jade is co-founder and Creative Director of Virtual Yarns
Ltd, an e-commerce company that markets knitting yarns and
designs throughout the world. She designs garments and web pages
for the company, and does all of its photography.
In 2011 she founded a photographic company, Towzie Tyke,
which she runs from her studio in Glasgow. She specialises in
fashion photography and styling, and during her time at GSA she has
worked on projects which challenge the female beauty ideal of the
present-day fashion industry. Towzie Tyke undertakes commercial photographic
work, and has just successfully fulfilled a major commission from
Dover Publications, Inc. of New York to provide photographs and
artwork for a book titled Tudor Roses, scheduled for publication in
Autumn 2013.
After graduation Jade will remain at The Glasgow School of Art to
complete a Masters in Fashion &
Textiles.
Contact:
Jade can be contacted at info@towzietyke.com
