Meet Fashion Designer Poppy Howell And Her Solastalgia Design Project─Meeting The Threat Of Rising Sea Levels
Poppy Howell, MA Fashion Design student at the NTU School Of Art & Design, has been announced as one of the winners of Brief 7: For the long time.
This brief asked students to answer the question, “How might we encourage people and community to think and act for the long term?”
In response to the brief, Poppy planned a sustainably designed fashion exhibition inspired by the heritage and identity of her home town, Hull.
The aim of the exhibition is to play a part in community
Poppy is a Graduate from Nottingham Trent University, in MA Fashion Design 2021.
First class BA (Hons) Fashion at University of Lincoln 2019.
Winner of Royal Society of Arts Student Design Awards 2021. (FRSA)
Multi-product womenswear designer with key skills in using Adobe illustrator, creating trend forward designs across a range of long and short lead departments.
Skilled in creating CAD drawings and detailed tech packs, and researching the latest trends. Experience in print and graphic design for garments.
I was an MA Fashion Design student, specialising in womenswear, and have an interest in sustainable design.
My project ‘Solastalgia’ is my response to the threat of rising sea levels in my hometown of Hull, taking inspiration from the local fishing heritage and history.
My project won an RSA Student Design Award this year.
I developed the use of using all my off-cuts and scraps to create a wadded textile, and developed skills in designing outerwear and print design.
My ambitions are to gain more experience as a designer within the fashion industry.
conversation and help people imagine a future affected by rising sea levels.
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