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Abigail Stewart – Following Beyond

Abigail Stewart feels her way through fashion and culture in a remarkably intimate way. Viewing her designs gives evidence to the fact that their creator is someone with a full artistic vision in her mind. In our interview, she described how she often has to battle with her dresses as though they are blank canvases, because it isn’t as simple as making a sketch and creating a sample. Ms. Stewart begins with a general source of inspiration, whether reptiles or ivory and bone, then imagines structures for her pieces. It is in the physical molding of the dress that her original concept is transmuted into something new.

story written by Graham M. Steffen
photography by Ned and Aya Rosen
styling by Francesca Cerullo
makeup by Katie Mellinger (KESS Agency)
hair by Numi Empire
model is Sara Ellison (Muse Management)

Abigail Stewart feels her way through fashion and culture in a remarkably intimate way. Viewing her designs gives evidence to the fact that their creator is someone with a full artistic vision in her mind.  In our interview, she described how she often has to battle with her dresses as though they are blank canvases, because it isn’t as simple as making a sketch and creating a sample.  Ms. Stewart begins with a general source of inspiration, whether reptiles or ivory and bone, then imagines structures for her pieces.  It is in the physical molding of the dress that her original concept is transmuted into something new. Continue reading “Abigail Stewart – Following Beyond”

Abigail Stewart – Fall 2012 – Fair Bones

At her first show, designer Abigail Stewart worked a creative writing background and magical sense of imagination to her advantage as she presented her Fall 2012 collection, which was enchantingly haunting. Picking up her talents by way of her master-weaving mother, who always helps construct the hand-made fabrics, Stewart used silk and satin-faced organzas, felted wool, and mohair to exhibit the hovering factor she found when visualizing ghosts and their weightless qualities. “I wanted to bring in Nine Inch Nails to make the characters dark and edgy, because the collection is already so feminine,” Stewart said jokingly. The designer named her collection “Bone Machine”, after Tom Waits’s 1992 studio album, as she felt his music was dreamlike.

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story by Landon Peoples
photos by Ned and Aya Rosen
web editor Rachel Reneé

At her first show, designer Abigail Stewart worked a creative writing background and magical sense of imagination to her advantage as she presented her Fall 2012 collection which was enchantingly haunting. Picking up her talents by way of her master-weaving mother, who always helps construct the hand-made fabrics, Stewart used silk and satin-faced organzas, felted wool, and mohair to exhibit the hovering factor she found when visualizing ghosts and their weightless qualities. “I wanted to bring in Nine Inch Nails to make the characters dark and edgy, because the collection is already so feminine,” Stewart said jokingly. The designer named her collection “Bone Machine”, after Tom Waits’s 1992 studio album, as she felt his music was dreamlike. Continue reading “Abigail Stewart – Fall 2012 – Fair Bones”