Rainbow Winters
Written By: Jonathan Berridge on March 13, 2011
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An Interview with Amy Winters
What inspired you to want to work in fashion? I am fascinated by fashion because of its similarity to film. Both are about creating a specific atmosphere, a certain time, place and visual feeling and both often mirror each other, certain films reflecting on fashion in the real world and also fashion in films sparking new trends for their audience. Originally I trained at Central Saint Martins as a costume designer for theatre and film, and fashion felt like a natural progression. I used to look inside editorial magazine spreads as a teenager and every page I would flick through I could imagine a mini-story. It’s the same with music videos, for two minutes you transported to a new crazy, fantasy world. ****
Who has had the greatest influence on your career? Thierry Muglar’s ‘insect’ collections, Mugler had models flying down from the ceiling, each model was an actress! The ‘60s and ‘70s silhouettes also play a huge part in my collections, my favourite periods of history are the Edwardian period, 1920s, early ‘60s mod period and late 60’s bohemian rock-stars wives. Other influences have been Tim Walker and Shona Heath’s dreamy collaborations on Vogue editorials which are always slightly surreal but engaging at the same time. ****
What are your favourite places of interest in London and where would you take foreign visitors? I’d like to go back to being a tourist in London and visit as many hotel bars and lounges as possible! I would also like to take a foreign visitor on a sunny day in June to St James Park and sit underneath the trees. ****
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How do you perceive the line between art and fashion? What I find the most fascinating is when the boundaries are crossed between art and fashion, maybe this can only happen in haute couture but fashion can be very similar to sculpture in silhouette and painting in print. ****
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