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DESIGNED BY ALICE LAUNCHES SEA-INSPIRED BODYSUIT MADE FROM RECYCLED BOTTLES
The DBA bodysuit is as versatile as it is beautiful; whether you’re training in a studio, exercising at home or venturing out for a wild swim, dress to express.
Reflecting my fascination with our underwater world, the hand-painted ‘somefish’ pattern wraps its wearer in a flattering, jewel-toned watercolour design.
The World Economic Forum projects that there will be more plastic than fish in our oceans by 2050. The DBA bodysuit uses fabric made from 78% recycled bottles - a truly sustainable material that also offers shape retention, two-way stretch and muscle control as well as resistance to chlorine, UV and oils.
THOUGHTFULLY MADE
As a designer I have always strived to make heirloom pisces that transcend seasons, to avoid the throwaway nature of seasonal fashion and focus instead on pieces that are as useful as they are beautiful - Inspired by and made in consideration of the natural world.
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Bio-design for dance // Collaboration with Alice Potts
The legacy of movement through perspiration...
The ancient Romans valued individuals who were ‘worth their salt’ they considered a sweat allowance a salary of an individual's hard efforts.
‘Perspire’ highlights the beautiful crystalline structures of the personal sweat allowance of ballerina Cira. The organic facets of encrusted crystal are fused within the fabrics that they have grown from. Evidence of dance, of excursion and power, of lost water but lasting salt.
NEW SIZE // SLOW + SUSTAINABLE GROWTH
You may notice that I have introduced another size for the bodysuits! This is an exciting continuation of development for the bodysuit line.
Consciously keeping collections small and simple and growth at a strong and sustainable pace allows me to focus on the individuality and longevity of each design and ensures that I never over-produce or create something unwanted; an industry problem that's having dire effects on the environment in terms of waste.
Emma Hawes wears spring green somefish collection
To celebrate the launch of the new bodysuits, sizes, skirts and bows I’ve collaborated with the über talent (and my newly discovered neighbour) Emma Hawes on this special shoot!
Emma is pictured wearing the new green bodysuit and skirt … she is dancing in front an impressionistic underwater painting I created to reflect my hand painted & digitally printed collection of designs.
Emma is pictured wearing the new green bodysuit and skirt … she is dancing in front an impressionistic underwater painting I created to reflect my hand painted & digitally printed collection of designs.
