Aiden Davey
Fashion knitwear and knitted textiles
nottingham trent university
Graduates: 2024
Specialisms: Textiles - Knit
My location: Colchester, United Kingdom
Aiden Davey
First Name: Aiden
Last Name: Davey
University / College: nottingham trent university
Course / Program: Fashion knitwear and knitted textiles
Graduates: 2024
Specialisms: Textiles - Knit
My Location: Colchester, United Kingdom
About
My name is Aiden, a knitwear designer who explores multidisciplinary techniques with a focus on texture, post knitting processes and the exploration of sustainable yarns. I am passionate about delving into societal issues to create exhibition pieces, something I will continue poststudy. This led to my graduate brief, looking at the industry’s relationship with smoking, particularly the glamourisation of this deadly habit.
Is smoking cool? ‘Behind the smoke: Fashion’s dirtiest habit’ exposes the outward facing negative impacts of smoking. These are exaggerated through fabrication and silhouette that appear to engulf the wearer, as the smoking habit does. An exploration of the amassing and staining that occurs within your body when you take up fashion’s coolest habit is glamorised, with inspiration from the 1990’s when heroin-chic was at its height. The use of bold colours, inspired by the effects of nicotine, combined with decaying, mutated knits emphasise this. Even though smoking is so deeply rooted in glamour the aftermath can be devastating.
