# Project Description One for Sorrow, Two for Joy Bibi Butten Summary Final work College London College of Fashion Course BA (Hons) Fashion Design Technology: Womenswear Graduation year 2025 This collection immerses itself in the depths of the murky waters of a small harbour town. The inhabitants of this place are forced to endlessly wonder the landscape, trapped by the coming and going of the tide, collecting treasures lost to time that wash up on the shores. Taking inspiration from my growing up in a historic harbour town and imagining the stories of the individuals that lived there before me. Through this medium I further explored the complex relationship many people feel towards outgrowing their hometowns and the places and memories that haunt them. This pairing of both grief and nostalgia is reflective in my use of knitwear and upcycled objects throughout my collection. Knitwear symbolises my ties to family, a skill which was passed down to me by my grandma before she died, each piece hand-stitched with her memory. The use of enlarged yarn and oversized silhouettes highlighting both the softness and smothering that grief often brings. The magpie and its folkloric significance within British culture was also muse for this collection. Often an omen for misfortune and its propensity for shiny objects the magpie narrates this story through the items she has collected. Growing up by the beach I frequently spent days hunting for the prettiest shells, walking home with clattering pockets full of the treasures that washed up that day. The preservation and restoration of these otherwise "useless" materials was an integral component in my design process, centring pieces of my collection around each of the objects I collected over months of sourcing. This consideration of material is extended to my use of exclusively deadstock or natural fibre fabric and yarns as a slow approach to fashion and allowing for the creation of unique one-off pieces. Final work The guardian The Magpie Research and process View Gallery View Gallery View Gallery View Gallery View Gallery Share this project This collection immerses itself in the depths of the murky waters of a small harbour town.The inhabitants of this place are forced to endlessly wonder the landscape, trapped by the coming and going of the tide, collecting treasures lost to time that wash up on the shore... A link to this page has been added to your clipboard Browse related work Craft & Process Nature & Environment Histories Materiality Aesthetics Story & Myth Natural Knitwear Corsetry Tailoring