Molly May Fidler
Multi-Media Textiles
Featured projects
Mum and Grandma repeat print dress with beaded corset
Dress printed in images of Mum and Grandma, paired with acrylic bent corset with beaded detailing and velvet ribbon.
Yellow chunky beaded mesh
Yellow diamond mesh, with chunky beading using a range of materials and bent acrylic letters.
Acrylic laser cut beaded corset
Laser cut, acrylic corset bent to woman's figure and beaded, paired with boy shorts and blazer.
Reworked shirt
Reworked men's shirt with laser cut etched stars, and linear beading.
Yellow chunky beaded mesh
Yellow diamond mesh, with chunky beading using a range of materials and bent acrylic letters. Paired with blazer and boy shorts to show the theme of unisex clothing.
Acrylic laser cut beaded and constructed corset
Constructed laser cut, acrylic corset bent to woman's figure and beaded.
Chunky yellow embroidery on pinstripe
Chunky yellow embroidery on pinstripe, using a range of beads including laser cut letters. Paired with boy shorts.
Acrylic laser cut beaded and constructed corset
Acrylic laser cut beaded and constructed corset with ribbon printed with quotes.
Molly May Fidler
Molly is a multi-media textiles student who creates fun, exciting textiles and fashion pieces, using a range of processes including laser cutting, plastic manipulation, embroidery techniques and digital printing.
The foundation of the final project is about the women in Molly's life; the women who taught her what it means to be a woman and about feminism; making sure she knew there were no boundaries due to her gender. This is what Molly believes feminism means today; equality and fluidity in gender and therefore fashion. This is why she wants her textiles project to showcase this new feminism by creating a new way of looking at unisex clothing, by combing feminine embroidery with fabrics that have a masculine quality, to show the new stance on gender fluidity. Pinstripe suiting fabrics are combined with chunky and powerful embroidery to convey the strength of the women who raised Molly, and the new wave of energy in the younger generation of feminists. Acrylic hard plastic corsets are combined with delicate embroidery, proving that opposites work together and allowing for freedom in materials showcasing the current flexibility of fashion and unisex clothing. Clothes can make you feel feminine or masculine, strong or relaxed, and the expectations about what you can wear based on your gender are changing. You can wear what you feel: boys in skirts, women in suits - to Molly it’s how we identify ourselves to other people. She saw an open market for unisex clothing, which is more stereotypically masculine, and wanted to promote the feminine side of unisex clothing with a fun and exciting aesthetic. Molly is aiming to work in the fashion industry in womenswear design.
Placements
June 2018 - September 2018
Roberta Einer - Studio Intern/London Fashion Week Intern Rapanui Teemill - Research and Marketing Intern