I Saw the Innards of the Fruit Machine
Olivia Grace Robinson
Olivia Grace Robinson BA collection 'I Saw the Innards of the Fruit Machine' -
Softening menswear with intricate bias cutting developed back into basics. Slapped with symbols, exploiting nostalgia by
leaning into fears and stereotypes, saturating them on fine silk.
Elevating workwear, celebrating its symbolic resistance and
pride. It is bringing up and bringing down. You are only as much as where you’re from, or where you left.
Hiding excellence in normality, raising normality to excellence.
Heritage honoured with sponsored wools from local Yorkshire mills, honouring tradition through collaboration with
Mumbai shoemakers.
I had to leave to know the feeling of coming back.
It is labour and love. Contradiction and nuance. Silk and scraps. Silver and green. It is class dysmorphia and desire. Harmony in dissonance. Push and pull. It is the perfect cup of tea and the constant search for balance.
It is London and Barnsley.
I saw the innards of the fruit machine, and all I got was this lousy T-shirt.
Olivia Grace Robinson is a 22-year-old Barnsley native, London based fashion designer specialising in creative cutting, print design and textiles. ' I Saw the Innards of the Fruit Machine' is Olivia's first introduction to the world of contemporary, independent design. Exhibiting a nuanced perspective of identity, home and modern Northern British culture. Highlighting the contrast in experience of the two places, Olivia finds balance through a fluid conversation between womenswear to menswear. Innovating menswear through the reinterpreting of heritage craft, creative bias pattern cutting, sustainable design thinking and the reimagining of print across multiple textile applications and styles.
Collection Process Video 'I Saw the Innards of the Fruit Machine'
