(Images as seen - photographs by Beth Davies/Camilla Seckin and garments created by Hannah Byrne)
Want to find out what’s going on in the world of fashion right now? Well the best place to start is to turn to students. Just think of the talent that has surfaced from university courses –John Galliano graduated from Central St. Martin's School of Art and Design in 1984, and look at him now (working on his own label and with Dior). Ok so not every single fashion student is going to take the industry by storm – but tick-tock-trends will keep you updated on the latest talents that emerge.
So here goes, Fashion Promotion and Imaging postgraduate (UCA) Camilla Seckin is certainly no stranger to the world of fashion having gained work experience with companies such as i-D magazine and WGSN. So it’s no surprise that her work as a stylist and photographer has already been published in various magazines (Disorder to Catch 22). Yet only a term into her Ma, Seckin has just completed a new shoot, Anglonight (images as seen). In response to her new found work load she reveals, that the project was carried out to explore high-end designers - such as Vivienne Westwood’s use of underwear as outerwear.
Aspiring to be a successful stylist /photographer, Seckin admits, “I actually knew from a really young age I wanted to study fashion.” Indeed if her personal style is anything to go which she suggests, “evolved from big Granny 'Margaret Thatcher' cardigans with lots of funky jewellery” and her love of charity shops and village fetes, surely her unique styling will soon be turning major fashion heads. Following this dream Seckin turned to Beth Davies (photographer) to collaborate on her latest unique shoot, set in a dilapidated Surrey mansion – which is fast becoming a hot spot for fashion shoots (having recently been used by a certain evening news paper). In response to asking Seckin where her forward thinking inspiration stems from, she replies “I am so inspired by stylists such as Nicola Formichetti (Creative Director for Dazed & Confused and Fashion Director of Vogue Hommes Japan.)” That being said, her latest work is influenced by a range of approaches from the shoots structural shape and silhouettes – “it is my job to ensure that the shapes work well to the narrative of the fashion story” to her passion for history, “I just love reading about the past.”
Indeed the future is wide open for the talented stylist, whilst reflecting on her work so far Seckin reveals that she does not want to work for trashy magazines but says, “I would like to work for more art-house magazines or foreign magazines.” Determined to succeed and leaving no area of the fashion industry untouched, she certainly seems to know where she’s heading, “I am currently working on several shoots and I’m designing and making headwear and clothes.” In fact success seems imminent for Seckin as her latest images may even be heading off to a certain glitzy magazine. Modestly she concludes by summing up her life philosophy like this: “Read, read, read…watch films…culture…. travel…throw yourself into new situations and then you will learn.”
Check out her blog - www.camillaseckin.blogspot.com
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