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Charlotte Stockdale

Hawthorne & Heaney for Charlotte Stockdale’s Met Gala Outfit

May 2, 2017 by Natasha Searls-Punter

The first Monday in May each year is always a prestigious day in the fashion calender as it marks the opening of the Metropolitan Museum’s new exhibition and therefore the Met Gala. This year, the exhibition is dedicated to Comme des Garcon’s Rei Kawakubo and is entitled ‘The Art of In-Between’. Taking its theme for the Gala from this year’s muse, the attendees dressed to impress in their own interpretations of Avant-Garde.

Hawthorne & Heaney for Charlotte Stockdale's Met Gala Outfit London Hand Embroidery

You may remember a series of silk jackets we did for the Accessories Brand Chaos last year, this year’s Met Gala gave us the opportunity to work with Chaos again as we were embellishing the outfit of Chaos’s Charlotte Stockdale.

Hawthorne & Heaney for Charlotte Stockdale's Met Gala Outfit London Hand Embroidery

They wanted to create a black on black piece so we made the embellishments all about the texture and relief, working with different weights and qualities of thread to provide definition. Some sections were super dense and flat to the fabric whilst others were given height of various levels within the machine embroidery.

Hawthorne & Heaney for Charlotte Stockdale's Met Gala Outfit London Hand Embroidery

Hawthorne & Heaney for Charlotte Stockdale's Met Gala Outfit London Hand Embroidery

Some sections were cut open to provide another texture with fluffy edges which creates a very matte deep black effect against some of the shinier threads.

Hawthorne & Heaney for Charlotte Stockdale's Met Gala Outfit London Hand Embroidery

Hawthorne & Heaney for Charlotte Stockdale's Met Gala Outfit London Hand Embroidery

The whole back piece centers around the Chaos logo which was treated as if it were a traditional heraldic piece. This became the base on which we could build by hand. A variety of beads were applied into the machine embroidery such as bugle beads and cut jet.

Hawthorne & Heaney for Charlotte Stockdale's Met Gala Outfit London Hand Embroidery

Hawthorne & Heaney for Charlotte Stockdale's Met Gala Outfit London Hand Embroidery

As with most of our bespoke pieces, Charlotte’s initials were integrated into the design in the same heraldic style as the mantelling around the logo.

Hawthorne & Heaney for Charlotte Stockdale's Met Gala Outfit London Hand Embroidery

I think you will agree that the final effect is pretty phenomenal when the machine embroidery, hand embroidery, beading and tassels all come together.

Hawthorne & Heaney for Charlotte Stockdale's Met Gala Outfit London Hand Embroidery

Hawthorne & Heaney for Charlotte Stockdale's Met Gala Outfit London Hand Embroidery

 

Hawthorne & Heaney for Charlotte Stockdale's Met Gala Outfit London Hand Embroidery

Hawthorne & Heaney for Charlotte Stockdale's Met Gala Outfit London Hand Embroidery

 

For more details about Chaos and the products they offer, check out their website here.

 

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Hawthorne & Heaney for Chaos

December 19, 2016 by Natasha Searls-Punter

A few weeks ago, we were working on a project with newly formed and soon to launch accessories line, Chaos. The brain child of the well know styling team of Charlotte Stockdale and Katie Lyall, the line brings an element of humour and personality luxious pieces.

Hawthorne & Heaney for Chaos London Hand Embroidery

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They have produced a series of videos for their launch on Matches Fashion which can be seen on instagram with a whole host of famous faces, including Edie Campbell, Taylor Hill and Binx Walton.  It was for these videos that we did the embroidery onto their tracksuits, similar to the ones we did for Chaos for the Suicide Squad Premiere.

Hawthorne & Heaney for Chaos London Hand Embroidery

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There were two back designs, and little clubs (the brand’s logo) on the front in a variety of colour combinations. To see all the designs and colours, have a watch of the video below:

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#repost @matchesfashion @chaos great to see how the jackets we embroidered move in the video for their new accessories line #chaosclub #MFxChaos

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If you would like to read more about the Chaos brand, see this article from the Business of Fashion or check the Chaos website (launching soon)!

Hawthorne & Heaney for Chaos London Hand Embroidery

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Filed Under: Embroidery, Fashion, London Tagged With: accessories, barbara palvin, binx walton, chaos, chaos fashion, chaosclub, Charlotte Stockdale, edie campbell, embroidery, Hawthorne & Heaney, Katie Lyall, launch, luxury, machine embroidery, matches, matches fashion, MFxchaos, models, taylor hill, video

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