LISAVETA HAPONENKA

Born in Belarus, Lisaveta was first exposed to arts through her studies in classical fine art. Working for years mainly with acrylic paint and plaster, Lisaveta took her professional skills into next level while studying Textiles at Edinburgh College. Belarusian Academic Fine art background, combined with British Textiles heritage helped Lisaveta to get accepted on BA (Hons) Fashion Textiles course at London College of Fashion. There she was engaged with talented fashion students whose strong passion skills inspired her to explore fashion world, unknown before. Specialised in Fashion Print,

 

Lisaveta has been experimenting with various technics and unusual materials while studying at LCF. Throughout 3 years at LCF Lisaveta has collaborated with menswear, womenswear and knit designers and has produced printed textiles for 3 collections. 

Lisaveta’s has collaborated with LCF womenswear graduate designer and has produced her graduate womenswear collection which was showcased at #LCFBA15 Press Show Catwalk and Exhibition Show Room. The main feature of this collection is Lisaveta’s innovative approach in Fashion Print which has influenced garments silhouettes and shapes. Taking inspiration from cubism and constructivism movements 2d drawings has become 3d abstract plastic prints, with shiny colourful accents. 

Playful and colourful shapes, innovative textiles and unexpected silhouettes can be a good description of the collection. Extra short dresses and skirts, styled with customised colourful tights and belts, emphasise sexy look, which only confident modern women can wear. The collection was designed and produced in London.