Hollie White (© Louise Haywood-Schiefer)
© Louise Haywood-Schiefer |

32, from Australia. MA Fashion Footwear

Describe your collection in five words
Bold, geometric, minimal, speckled, sustainable.

What’s your style
For soles and heels of the shoes and the sunglasses frames, I made a leather composite material. I used scrap leather, cut it into tiny pieces and adhered the pieces with a bonding agent. I wanted to take an industrial process and waste materials and turn them into something with a luxury finish. I’m influenced by ordinary, everyday objects – things like tools.

How has London inspired you?
Living in Hackney, you can see what trends are coming long before they’re on the catwalks. And I like going to the libraries and looking through old magazines and art books, or going to the shop Labour And Wait – I like their pitchforks!

What’s next for your label?
I’d like to freelance to support myself while setting up my own label, but if I had the opportunity to design somewhere I loved full-time, I’d do that first. Phillip Lim in New York would be great.

What’s your ultimate ambition?
To have my own brand in London and I’d also love to do a residency at the Design Museum, to further the research into the materials I use.

Ones to watch: London College of Fashion class of 2014

London College of Fashion’s hottest budding designers give a sneak preview of their collections ahead of their MA show at London Fashion Week

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