Dressmaker and Fashion Designer brings a touch of style to the South Lakes and Lake District Romantique Couture at 'Weddings in Lakeland Show' Published on 21/03/2007 A local fashion designer based in the South Lakes will be exhibiting her work for the first time at a show in Kendal on Sunday 25th March 07.
Angy Morton (aged 32), who has lived at Fell Foot with her husband since 2004, is putting the finishing touches to seven evening gowns which she will be presenting at the Weddings in Lakeland Show in the Westmorland Shopping Centre.
The designs will be modelled by Vicky Parkinson from Ulverston, two of Angy's young nieces and Angy herself. She will also be displaying examples of her unique handbag designs. She says: "I wanted to create some elegant and very feminine evening gowns to give people an idea of my styles. My designs have a range of influences but I'm particularly interested in Art Nouveau. Many of the buildings in my home town, Timisoara, were designed in the Art Nouveau style, so it's very much something that I grew up with."
Other influences that can be seen in her work include Romanian folklore, in particular with her use of embroidery and the flowers she uses in some of her designs. She also uses macramé, a form of textile making using knotting rather than weaving or knitting that is widely used in Romania. Angy got the dress making bug from her grandmother and made her first top at the age of 6. She later went on to study fashion design and dress making in Romania, selling her first designs, two skirts and some women's trousers, when she was 16.
She says: "For me dress making was like a glove. I used to sit watching my grandmother working and I knew that was what I wanted to do myself. It was the perfect fit for me. I just get so much of a thrill out of the creative process of making something unique and elegant from just a few pieces of material." After spending a few years helping with her husband's travel business, Angy is now devoting more time to developing her fashion design and dress making business.
She says: "I think it was living in the Lake District that inspired me to spend more time doing the thing I love most. I see something every day that I can use in my designs.
"The flowers in the spring are so beautiful and there are so many different butterflies. These are the kind of natural elements that are often used in Art Nouveau designs.
"The variety of colours I see walking around the area is just amazing. I'm constantly thinking 'how can I make use of that?' It really is something that money just can't buy." For more information about Angy Morton's fashion design and dress making services contact 01539 530648.
The Weddings in Lakeland event is being organised by Made in Cumbria and runs from 11.30 to 16.00. Please see the full article in the North-West Evening Mail |
