The Birth of Unbridled.

Unbridled has been in the making for a number of years. I've always dreamed of having my own clothing range inspired by vintage fabrics, clothing and my keen interest in sustainable/eco fashion.

Over the past few months I've been gathering inspiration, patterns and fabrics from all over.
All the patterns I will be using are either vintage styles or horse riding clothing patterns. The fabrics are reclaimed from anywhere I can source them and the inspiration is all my own!

A wonderful friend of mine has donated an extremely large pile of fabrics to the cause and over the next months I'm going to slowly build a collection from them - starting with a gorgeous floral fabric. Using embellishments and modern pattern cutting techniques, breathing new life into the textiles and creating something daring yet wearable!

I've been working on putting together a Show Jacket for a good friend of mine.
She's a fantastic rider (and that's an understatement!!) and I feel completely honoured that she's asked me to do this for her.
This the first toile I put together for her and there are a number of adjustments to be made. It's really interesting designing and manufacturing something that 100% HAS to be functional as well as beautiful. It puts an entirely new spin on what I'm doing - and I do love a challenge!

Watch this space! Keeping reading, keep liking..

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Big loves,

Samantha
xo

Co-oproduct Project

I'm now into my second half of my first year at Nottingham Trent University.
We're currently working on a collaborative project with Co-oproduct. An amazing company that champions the creative reuse of household packaging and everyday waste materials.
They work on the idea of providing an international platform for people to share ideas and projects with the motto of 'Rethink, Reimagine, Respect and Revive'.

Our project began with a sack full of abandoned festival tents and camping equipment. The 'waste' tents would have worked their way to landfill like their ancestors, but with this project we will 'Reimagine' and 'Revive' these wonderful tents to create something beautiful!

This is what we got in our bag...

As we opened up the bag we found some amazing pieces to work with! An extremely large piece of groundsheet, tent bags, guide ropes and a tent inner (not pictured above).
We soon began playing with the materials on the stand to see what our initial ideas came through as...

We had a play about on the stand with the tent inner pinning bits up and creating interesting shapes and silhouettes that might help to influence us as the project goes on.

A few more images using the rest of the materials we were provided with in the bag.
Using the straps and rope as detailing and the colours on the different sections as interesting patches.
Once again the silhouette is incredibly interesting and could prove to be important through-out the project. 

Our two final outcomes after half an hour of playing about on the stand with our materials!

Will continue to keep the blog updated with bits and pieces through-out our collaborative project!

Watch this space! Keeping reading, keep liking..

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Big loves,

Samantha
xo