Lydia Dunn

BA (Hons) Fashion Design
  • Lydia Dunn
  • Lydia Dunn
  • Lydia Dunn
  • Lydia Dunn
  • Lydia Dunn
  • Lydia Dunn
  • Lydia Dunn
  • Lydia Dunn
  • Lydia Dunn
  • Lydia Dunn

My enthusiasm for fashion began as an adolescent as I was trying to figure out who I am. I personally found self-expression difficult, but I figured out at a young age that clothes and make-up were a powerful form of communication and a way to express my true self. As I got older my love for fashion only grew. From my time at University, what I have learnt about myself as a designer is that creating and communicating a story visually through my collections has been the beast and most exciting part of the work.
My Graduate Collection has been inspired by my Grandad and his incredible life at sea as a Merchant Navy Sea Captain – I always felt immense pride and joy listening to my grandad speak of his adventures at sea. My womenswear collection follows the theme of the sea, sailors and ships mixed with a feminine-party twist.


Dechreuodd fy mrwdfrydedd dros ffasiwn yn ystod fy mlynyddoedd glasoed gan fy mod yn ceisio gweithio allan pwy oeddwn i. Roedd hunanfynegiant yn anodd i mi’n bersonol, ond fe wnes i nodi’n ifanc bod dillad a cholur yn ddull pwerus o gyfathrebu ac yn ffordd o fynegi fy hun go iawn. Wrth i mi fynd yn hŷn, tyfodd fy nghariad at ffasiwn hyd yn oed yn fwy. O’m cyfnod yn y Brifysgol, yr hyn yr wyf wedi’i ddysgu amdanaf fy hun fel dylunydd yw mai creu a chyfleu stori yn weledol drwy fy nghysyniadau fu’r rhan fwyaf cyffrous o’r gwaith.
Ysbrydolwyd fy Nghasgliad Graddedig gan fy Nhad-cu/Taid a’i fywyd anhygoel ar y môr fel Capten Môr y Llynges Fasnachol – roeddwn bob amser yn teimlo balchder a llawenydd enfawr yn gwrando ar fy nhad-cu/taid yn siarad am ei anturiaethau ar y môr. Mae fy nghasgliad dillad menywod yn dilyn thema’r môr, morwyr a llongau wedi’u cymysgu â thro parti benywaidd.

Other Exhibitors:

Amy Nguyen

Amy Nguyen

The message behind the "Blooms" collection is mainly inspired by ideas that unite the fusion of flowers and women, between softness and delicate natural fragility but sharp and striking. A metaphor to say that women are like a beautiful flower, all will bloom in...

Aisha Bah

Aisha Bah

This collection is part of a maternity wear line with the aim of creating styles that challenge the idea that maternity wear needs to be functional over fashionable, and instead, allowing women to choose both. The pieces created, are angled toward the longevity side...

Megan Babbage

Megan Babbage

My graduate collection ‘a(A/a)’ documents my journey of finding myself on a personal level and as a designer. The need to find and understand oneself before promoting to the rest of the world was vital; and took advantage of such opportunity. I have experimented with...

Lottie Pullen

Lottie Pullen

Weighting for Perfection Weighting for Perfection is collection inspired by the pressing issues concerning the fashion industry today. The glamorisation of generalised skinny models has been seen to trigger many physical insecurities. Growing numbers of individuals...

Gemma Thorne

Gemma Thorne

My graduate collection “Finding your Purpose'' is a reflection on me finding who I am as a designer and the impact I want to make on society and the environment. It shows me finding tranquillity in life through the exploration of Japanese culture. I have explored...

Kelly Isaac

Kelly Isaac

The concept behind the Social Butterfly collection developed from researching the early 2000s, Y2K pop culture, mixed with childhood nostalgia. Inspired by escapism from the COVID- 19 pandemic, the collection aims to bring freedom, comfort and memories of simpler...