(images, top digital print on tyvek 1999, examples of prints, mood board done especially for the exhibition)The Matthew Williamson exhibition, Urbis, Manchester was originally on at the Design Museum in London in 2007 to celebrate Williamson's 10 years in fashion.
It's a comprehensive exhibition moving from his interest in art and design at school up to the present with his plans to develop an accessories range of bags and shoes and a shop in New York. There are lots of show cases with his dresses, drawings and sketches, furniture and information about his progress. The colour and decoration in his fashion show how much he is inspired by his frequent trips to India.
As a student he worked for Zandra Rhodes for 3 months which he found to be very inspirational. He used the off cuttings of lace that he scooped off the floor from the pattern cutters when he was there for his final degree show collection! An example of sustainability from necessity!
There is also an interview which shows him to be passionate about what he does.
Notes from the filmed interview.
- If you work from the heart then the work is effortless
- Fashion is hard, but the cyclical and relentless nature of it makes him disciplined and gives him structure, so it suits him.
- He likes developing ideas and concepts into an end product.
- He is passionate.
- 100% committed to his own vision, without a vision there is nowhere to go.
- It's unusual to find one person with the balance of creativity and business sense, he was lucky to meet his business partner so soon.
- His collection would be eclectic as he is like a magpie if left to his own devices.
- Has a kaleidescope of different influences.
- Now he hopes his collection happens in a much more sophisticated and pared down sort of way , that as he has progressed they have become more polished.
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