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REBEL: 30 Years of London Fashion
Coco dress, Silk, Spring/Summer 2004
*It was dancer-inspired - '90s deep house, '30s modernism, '70s op art. The feeling when colours react, clash or harmonise.' - Jonathan Saunders
Jonathan Saunders was in the vanguard of young London's optimistic surge of print, colour and partywear that danced fashion out of its post-9/11 gloom.
His first NEWGEN show in 2004 was kaleidoscopic, inspired by the art of Victor Vasarely, the geometrics of MC Escher and the energy of late 1990s rave culture in his hometown of Glasgow. Saunders learned print at Glasgow School of Art, before taking his masters in fashion and print at Central Saint Martins, graduating in 2002. He secretly screen-printed this hit debut while teaching at Brixton Printworks, turning their print-room into his studio at night.
Courtesy Yvie Hutton
Fabric backdrop
Polyester
All text Copyright The Design Museum © 2023
P-00679-No-026_rt
REBEL: 30 Years of London Fashion
Coco dress, Silk, Spring/Summer 2004
*It was dancer-inspired - '90s deep house, '30s modernism, '70s op art. The feeling when colours react, clash or harmonise.' - Jonathan Saunders
Jonathan Saunders was in the vanguard of young London's optimistic surge of print, colour and partywear that danced fashion out of its post-9/11 gloom.
His first NEWGEN show in 2004 was kaleidoscopic, inspired by the art of Victor Vasarely, the geometrics of MC Escher and the energy of late 1990s rave culture in his hometown of Glasgow. Saunders learned print at Glasgow School of Art, before taking his masters in fashion and print at Central Saint Martins, graduating in 2002. He secretly screen-printed this hit debut while teaching at Brixton Printworks, turning their print-room into his studio at night.
Courtesy Yvie Hutton
Fabric backdrop
Polyester
All text Copyright The Design Museum © 2023