My First Love

Whenever I tell people that I'm studying lingerie design at university I always get asked why? Whether this question is asked with genuine interest or it is just someone being rude, I always have the same answer "I don't know. I just like it I guess." This is such a ridiculous response as I do know why I'm a lingerie designer; it's because of innovative designers who have designed beautiful, crazy and inspiring pieces that have captured my heart and won't give it back.

The corset from this Jean Paul Gaultier advert started off my love of corsets and lingerie. It is such a simple design that uses lines to sculpt her body and hug her curves; it creates such an iconic piece that shows off the female form. It is not just the design of the corset that inspired me, it was the whole advert. The idea of the hotel room and the man being left alone in the room smelling the pillows after a beautiful woman has left him is something that I found empowering. This is the feeling that I want my designs to give someone and is what I aim for every time I pick up my pencil to draw.

I have a cut out of the advert on my bedroom wall at home and once my friend asked me "Why on earth do you have a picture of a lady in her underwear on your wall?" and I replied with "Because its beautiful and I love it."