BA (Hons) Fashion Design and Development
Sophie Deroy grew up in Vienna, Austria. She was born to French-American parents and attended the Vienna International School before moving to London at age 19. There, she attend the London College of Fashion and completed her Foundation and Bachelors degrees in Fashion Design and a short course in Conceptual Fashion Design at Central Saint Martins. During her gap year she worked for Austrian fashion designer Susan Strasser and travelled to New York and Paris to assist at various collection presentations. Sophie completed her studies at the University of the Arts London in July 2013. Alongside her studies, she interned at Charles Anastase, Marc Jacobs in New York, Alexander McQueen and Net-a-porter.com in London and Lena Hoschek in Vienna. Her final collection was inspired by elements of Austrian traditional dress, such as boiled wool and trimmings, and references to her French and American grandmothers. This is evidenced by the color palette, which comes from sand beaches and bruised skin. To produce the boiled wool pieces, Sophie worked with a factory in Tirol and travelled there many times over the course of the year to resolve issues in pattern and knit. The neoprene garments she produced herself, working with flat-seamers, specialist machines and finishing the pieces by hand. The collection was shot in Aldeburgh, on the Suffolk coast of England, in a joint effort by the designer herself and Simon Cracknell. Hair, make-up and styling was completed by the designer. In October 2013 a Fashion Media student at the London College of Fashion borrowed some of Sophieâs pieces for use in a short film entitled Mothamorphosis. To view this video, please visit http://vimeo.com/81504007. For more information on Sophieâs current projects and contact details, please write to s.deroy@gmail.com.