Isabella Walsh
Creative Bio
Isabella Walsh is an emerging Melbournian fashion designer, entranced with fantastical escapism and hyper-femininity. Drawing from her love of folklore and childhood nostalgia, Isabella aims to create a world for people to escape to, where whimsy meets girlhood. Known for her mixture of pastel colours, prints, and layered designs, she is devoted to feminine self-expression through maximal and ethereal garments. Via her brand Bella Jayne, she weaves elements of European folklore into her garments, drawing from her heritage and childhood, and the growing desire for escapism driven by nostalgia in a technology driven world. With a multi-disciplinary background in design, Isabella has a wide range of knowledge and applied skills seen throughout her work at Whitehouse Institute of Design.
Design Statement
Jardin Flueri explores notions of escapism in the modern day landscape, with the ever growing desire to return to simpler times driven by nostalgia and yearning. Drawing from English nature, British Folklore, and Victorian era escapism, Jardin Flueri challenges societal issues of sustainability and environmentalism, technological dependency and engrossment, and gender expressions of femininity. These ideas are questioned through exaggerated feminine forms, soft and flowing silhouettes, and prints referencing En Plein Air Impressionism and delicate Art Nouveau designs. Jardin Flueri utilises the soft and delicate nature of drapes, gathers, and sheers and mixes them with structured corsetry and exaggerated feminine forms, commenting on the juxtapositions of nature and technology, womanhood and girlhood.
