Unfolding our journey, stitch by stitch
Welcome to the heart of Charley's Fashion and Textiles, our Blog & News hub. Here, we share insights from my university journey, course discoveries, and the exciting process behind bringing my creative visions to life. Dive into my world of design, learning, and textile innovation.
Collaboration with Doc Martens
The start of my HND Level 5 we had an amazing opportunity to do a collaboration with Doc Martens. This collaboration was to create a pair of Doc Marten’s boots that are based on my personality.
I did a personality test and found out a lot about myself and it came back that I was a campaigner, so with this information I decided as self care would be what my project was about. I wanted to make boots that were a statement and campaign for mental health and how you should use self care as a way to feel confident with who you are despite your battles.
I began by looking into mental health and created patches for embroidery on a machine with statements like “I love self care” and “Fight for your mental health”.
I then looked into different ways you can experiment on leather such as using a dremel, stitching on leather, putting glitter on leather, 3D printing and embroidery. With these techniques I decided on using Posca pens to put love hearts on my boots, sewing embroidered patches on to leather, having 3D charms, adding glitter to the boot and having fur at the top of my boot.
Behind the creative process
Get an exclusive look into my design diary. This section is dedicated to my sketches and preliminary work, accompanied by brief descriptions of the ideas they represent. See the raw artistry and thought process that underpins every piece, and understand the evolution of my fashion and textile projects.