It gives me great pleasure to introduce a truly amazing
wearable art designer Una Burke. The brilliant Irish designer, who studied BA Fashion
design at Limerick school of Art and Design, creates fascinating and visually
captivating pieces that are some of the most coveted garments around.
Each collection that the talented designer produces is
technically challenging and defies all normal practices of garment
construction. Her methods of creation are innovative and unique.
Burke describes the process that she takes in creating her
fabulous pieces as taking “traditional leatherworking techniques to produce
evocative, conceptual creations.” With one quick glance at Burke’s work you
will instantly appreciate her skills as a leather craftswoman with a unique
artistic concept and functional design.
Burke’s collection entitled RE.TREAT exemplifies her
creative talent to the fullest. This collection of clothing looks restricting
to say the least but could also be regarded as a luxe take on corsetry meets
high fashion. Restriction is very much a notion of inspiration for Burke’s
RE.TREAT collection whereby “restriction becomes healing”. Garments from this collection can soon be purchased online from store Not Just a Label, with
current pieces retailing on the site ranging from one hundred fifty to a thousand pounds.
What is particularly impressive about the concept of
restriction throughout the collection is Burke’s concentration on the healing
stages of human trauma, be it physical or psychological which inspires her to
produce her dynamic and interesting pieces.
Each design is hand crafted from vegetable tanned leather
which indicatively represents human flesh, but these designs can be broken down
into sections and worn as fashion accessories such as an arm or leg brace.
These elaborate garments which pertain to nothing less than
wearable art should be styled with flowing fabrics to contrast with the
structure of the pieces produced by Burke to fully encapsulate a dramatic and
stylish look.
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