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REBEL: 30 Years of London Fashion
Red Twist dress, Satin, Spring/Summer 2023
"Emotions are important to me. When someone looks at my clothes, I want them to feel something."
- Feben
This saturated red dress by Feben vibrated from her Autumn/Winter 2022 runway collection. I love the colour red. To look at something so beautiful can be quite overwhelming. It's so nice when people say "I feel like an art piece wearing this!* An Ethiopian designer who grew up in Sweden, Feben Vemmenby studied fashion at Central Saint Martins. *Making and designing is a cathartic experience, an exploration of my identity,' she says.
Feben developed this highly popular shirred fabric technique as a student, but her wide-ranging talents resist categorisation. As a Black woman, I am designing through a political lens. I'm not in a box. I'm a free woman!'
Courtesy Feben
All text Copyright The Design Museum © 2023
P-00679-No-010_rt
REBEL: 30 Years of London Fashion
Red Twist dress, Satin, Spring/Summer 2023
"Emotions are important to me. When someone looks at my clothes, I want them to feel something."
- Feben
This saturated red dress by Feben vibrated from her Autumn/Winter 2022 runway collection. I love the colour red. To look at something so beautiful can be quite overwhelming. It's so nice when people say "I feel like an art piece wearing this!* An Ethiopian designer who grew up in Sweden, Feben Vemmenby studied fashion at Central Saint Martins. *Making and designing is a cathartic experience, an exploration of my identity,' she says.
Feben developed this highly popular shirred fabric technique as a student, but her wide-ranging talents resist categorisation. As a Black woman, I am designing through a political lens. I'm not in a box. I'm a free woman!'
Courtesy Feben
All text Copyright The Design Museum © 2023