Sian Khaled

Sian is a creative, conscientious designer specialising in Fashion Design, having completed her Foundation Diploma in Art & Design (Fashion & Textiles) at Ravensbourne University this year. She has developed strong skills in design development and contextualised practice. Sian has built her body of work with a mixture of photography, drawing, fashion illustrations, CAD designs, knitwear, garment realisation, textiles, and fashion photography. Furthermore, Sian has designed collections whilst contextualising the industry by looking at muses, key competitors, customer profiles, and trend boards/forecasting. Sian has also applied her projects to the current world around her, using her specialism as a tool to address social issues. Achieving this foundation diploma during the pandemic has led to Sian continually refining skills in digital practices including Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign.
Sian has collaborated with students specialising in photography, media production, graphic design, and fashion promotion, finding innovative ways to create projects utilising each person's specialist knowledge. Sian seeks to continue creating collaborations so as to learn about other specialisms as well as to share her own knowledge and skills in her own pathway.
Currently with plans to study Fashion Design & Technology: Womenswear at London College of Fashion, Sian strives to continue creating a refined and innovative body of work and to experience work in the industry.

"Gender Roles" Concept Board – Final Major Project "Gender Roles" concept board looking at contrasting imagery associated with masculinity and femininity in nature, contemporary fashion, history and materials.

Capsule Collection Line Up – Final design line up for 6-look genderless capsule collection. Inspired by the remnants of gender roles as well as stereotypes of masculinity and femininity, and a colour palette derived from the concept board.

Range Plan – Digital design flats created using Adobe Illustrator, with swatches of fabrics including satin, velvet and lace trims.

Final Major Project Garment – Satin dress with asymmetrical pleats and patchwork print, with half an evening menswear jacket with a shawl lapel and a velvet origami flower. This garment is fusing together the contrasting elements of menswear and womenswear.

Final Major Project Shoot – This garment has been shot with the feature of a David Bowie portrait (an inspiration and muse for this project). The photos are highlighting the satin and velvet used, and complimenting the flow of the dress with the structure of the jacket.