ARTSTHREAD Invites You To Meet Francesca Merrick─ As She Brings Light And Enjoyment To Historical Scottish Heritage Designs
Francesca’s designs feature a project for iD International Emerging Designer Awards 2023 .
Growing up in Wales, Francesca Merrick felt an unexplored connection to her Scottish familial roots.
With The Fling of the Frasers collection, she brings life and joy to family stories and clan tartans, making her heritage sustainable and ever-lasting in a creative and forward-thinking medium.
The collection is new and exciting, with evident underlying research, bringing light and pleasure to Scottish history and heritage, and maintaining its significance in modern day culture.
Francesca Says
My Scottish roots are a huge part of my family, but they are something I have never known much about and felt very detached from growing up in Wales.
There is an importance of sustaining heritage and roots throughout our modern and ever-changing society, by using my family's stories and our clan's tartans I am reviving their livelihood and joy.
Ensuring that the history of where we come from is not lost, making my heritage sustainable and forever living in a creative, forward-thinking way.
My final collection takes the form of a range of garments, all interchangeable and wearable.
My collection will be new and exciting but have an evident undertone of education, bringing light and enjoyment into historical Scottish heritage maintaining its value and importance in modern day culture.
About Francesca
First class Menswear design and technology graduate with my final collection shown and winning the Fashion Range Plan Award at GFW22.
Searching for a graduate role or internship to begin as soon as possible.
An engaging, outgoing and hardworking individual.
Constantly achieving personal targets and delivering projects to specified briefs.
Aiming, as a designer, to push the boundaries of trend conforming fashion, changing the way menswear is perceived by the fashion industry.
With a focus on garments with the concept of tailored streetwear and functionality.
Highly capable at communicating clearly and working within groups on tasks whether they are fashion business or design related.
