Friday, 3 May 2013

Shoulder Armour

Armour Dress (£525) by Hannah Marshall
available at the amazing amelie

HANNAH MARSHALL IS A BRITISH DESIGNER, VISUALIST, ART DIRECTOR + CURATOR, WORKING BETWEEN THE WORLDS OF CLOTHING, TECHNOLOGY AND MUSIC AND OFTEN BRINGING THESE DISCIPLINES TOGETHER. THE BRAND IS CENTRED ON THE BODY, IT’S SURROUNDINGS, AND INTELLIGENT NARRATIVE LED SENSORY EXPERIENCES, ONGOING THEMES INCLUDE; IDENTITY, PRIVACY, TRANSFORMATION, POWER, COMMUNICATION, SOUND, TIME + MEMORY.

HANNAH MARSHALL FOUNDED HER BRAND IN 2007 WITH ‘QUIET NOISE’, A QUIETLY POWERFUL COLLECTION OF BLACK CLOTHING ENGINEERED WITH PRECISION, DISCREETLY EMBEDDED WITH CODED BRAILLE MESSAGING, WHICH SHE DEVELOPED EVERY 6 MONTHS. IN 2011 AFTER YEARS OF CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED AND AWARD WINNING WORK WITHIN FASHION DESIGN, MARSHALL MADE THE DECISION TO BREAK OUT OF THE SEASONAL FASHION INDUSTRY MOULD TO FURTHER EXPLORE THE INTERSECTION BETWEEN CLOTHING, MUSIC AND TECHNOLOGY. WORKING ON BESPOKE AND COUTURE PIECES FOR ARTISTS IN THE MUSIC, FILM, ART AND FASHION ARENAS, WITH COLLABORATIONS INCLUDING; THE XX AND FLORENCE & THE MACHINE, AMONGST OTHERS.

WITH CURIOSITY AT THE CORE OF HANNAH’S DIRECTION, THIS CHANGE LED HER TO EXPLORE BEYOND THE REALMS OF CLOTHING AND THE RESTRICTION OF BEING POSITIONED IN A SEASONAL INDUSTRY. EMBRACING COLLABORATORS WITH WHOM SHE CAN HELP ERASE RESTRICTED BOUNDARIES AND DEVELOP NEW ONES TO CHALLENGE THE FUTURE CREATIVE. SHE HAS SHIFTED HER FOCUS FROM THE EVER-CHANGING CYCLE OF FASHION AND IT’S INDUSTRY, TO OBJECT AND EXPERIENCE, OFTEN INTERTWINING BOTH. WORKING IN THE SPACE BETWEEN THE BODY AND IT’S SURROUNDINGS, COMMUNICATION IS THE UNDERLYING DRIVING DIRECTION OF HANNAH MARSHALL’S WORK.