TYLER MCKELLAR-SPENCE
DESIGN Statement
A study in emotional extremes, this collection explores the thin line between passion, attraction and hostility. Each piece embodies the duality of human emotion, exploring ways love can transform into loathing, and how both feelings often This collection reflects these emotions of intimate revelation transformed into wearable armour. A juxtaposition of contrasting elements of how opposites attract. Through created tension, there must be flow, soft meets harsh, beautiful becomes ugly, and precious becomes discarded. This collection explores the body and clothing, exposing one’s true form through the composition of garments within its narrative. As in love, it is wished to reveal your true self to the ones you trust with your most vulnerable state and draws inspiration from the Renaissance period of the 16th century. Encapturing the status of the upper class and a romanticised essence that was displayed through the fashion adorned by these wealthy and important figures. With the use of bellowing silhouettes and complex layering attributes in the design process. The collection focuses on the beauty of the garments in collaboration with the wearer’s body. 16th-century silhouette shaping is most noticeably highlighted through the large voluminous sleeves, body shaping of the feminine figure within careful corsetry and dress design to exaggerate the natural figure. The collection intends to reflect the traditional ideologies of luxury through elegant fabrics and materials.
A study in emotional extremes, this collection explores the thin line between passion, attraction and hostility. Each piece embodies the duality of human emotion, exploring ways love can transform into loathing, and how both feelings often This collection reflects these emotions of intimate revelation transformed into wearable armour. A juxtaposition of contrasting elements of how opposites attract. Through created tension, there must be flow, soft meets harsh, beautiful becomes ugly, and precious becomes discarded. This collection explores the body and clothing, exposing one’s true form through the composition of garments within its narrative. As in love, it is wished to reveal your true self to the ones you trust with your most vulnerable state and draws inspiration from the Renaissance period of the 16th century. Encapturing the status of the upper class and a romanticised essence that was displayed through the fashion adorned by these wealthy and important figures. With the use of bellowing silhouettes and complex layering attributes in the design process. The collection focuses on the beauty of the garments in collaboration with the wearer’s body. 16th-century silhouette shaping is most noticeably highlighted through the large voluminous sleeves, body shaping of the feminine figure within careful corsetry and dress design to exaggerate the natural figure. The collection intends to reflect the traditional ideologies of luxury through elegant fabrics and materials.
Creative Bio
Tyler Mckellar-Spence, believes that creativity and environmental consciousness can seamlessly intertwine to reshape the future of fashion. Her design philosophy centres on the transformative power of upcycling, where discarded garments and forgotten textiles find new life through innovative reimagining. Throughout her childhood, Mckellar-Spence would find herself immersed in found objects, imagining different uses, how they could be deconstructed and used for new art forms. Her signature approach involves deconstructing thrift store finds, vintage pieces, and textile waste to create contemporary garments. With a focus on passionate storytelling through bold and cohesive collections. Each piece is designed to challenge the fast fashion narrative with recycled materials that are elevated into sophisticated, avant-garde wear. From transforming military surplus duffle bags, limited end of roll fabrics and conceptual sustainable dyeing methods. Mckellar -Spence finds endless inspiration and potential hidden resources within what many consider to be discarded waste.
