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Anouk Meeuwis, 23
BA (Hons) Fashion
Middlesex University
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Anouk has always had an interest in fashion - her grandmother was a seamstress, her aunt worked for Pierre Cardin. And Anouk has wasted no time getting heaps of work experience at Givenchy, Alexander McQueen, Vivienne Westwood and Ally Capellino - and even has funding from "a top haute couture house in Paris" - although she cannot say which. Her graduate collection of eight extravagant outfits, To Be Worn Once Only, in a haute couture style uses lots of embroidery, appliques and detailing. Inspired by the collages Anouk made from the bits and pieces she collected in Japan while teaching at a Tokyo art college, she says "The collection is not necessarily inspired by Japan and has a vague 50s look." Believing clothes can change your character completely, Anouk says wearing her clothes will make you "feel like a star, proud and confident without any attitude" and her dresses are collections in their own right - no two garments use the same fabric or have a similar silhouette. To re-inforce the one-off theme, all Anouk's garments have a contractual label which states "I hereby agree to wear the outfit only once".
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At McQueen, Anouk was an assistant pattern cutter and made hats and dresses for shows, "I begged McQueen for a job, I said I'd do anything, make tea even. One day they phoned and said "Get here in an hour and you can have a job", so i did. At Givenchy, I designed embroidery, made patterns and did colour research." After graduating Anouk intends "to wait and see what happens. I'd like to travel with work possibly as a designer, stylist or buyer but definitely for a well known high-fashion house."
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