Uptown Safari

WOMEN’S WEAR CAPSULE COLLECTION

DESIGNED AND PHOTOGRAPHED BY LAUREN SULLIVAN

As the sky starts to brighten and her alarm clock says good morning, she begins to wake. It is 7am on a Monday morning and as exhaustion lingers from the weekend, there seems to be no better start to the day than to throw on her outfit and head out the door for work. She adores easygoing, yet sophisticated designs that allows her to feel cute and comfortable while attending meetings at work during the day, and spending time with friends at night.

Trend & Color Research.

Throughout my research for this collection, I focused closely on young women ages 17 through 27 in order to find the commonalities that this age group shares in terms of styling themselves. Through this process I found that comfort and easy styling was the key to attracting my target market. These aspects of style became most apparent through matching sets, high waisted bottoms, cropped tops, and white sneakers. Within my findings, it became apparent that young women often times struggle with knowing who they are when it comes to style. High waisted bottoms allows for the freedom to indulge, while maintaining our most confident features through pairing them with crop tops or bodysuits.

In order to complete the outfit, a pair of white sneakers keeps the feel of comfort while portraying a look of effortlessness. While for the more reserved women, adding these sneakers disguise the amount of time taken to style herself, while supporting a fashion forward aesthetic. It is clear that young women, including myself, have adopted these trends as not only our fashion go-to’s, but as our uniform. Overall, cropped tops, bodysuits, high waisted bottoms, and sneakers can work for nearly any occasion, as it keeps us looking fresh, comfortable and provides a sense of confidence.

Design Process.

Throughout my design process, I used my trend research as inspiration to develop unique designs that can be paired together to create a broad range of outfit and styling options. From jumpsuits and bodysuits, to a low back dress and corset shorts, I aimed to design this collection so that each piece can be worn with the other to cater easy styling and comfort, while guaranteeing a fashion forward look.

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