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Kim Choong Wilkins

"Bodybound: 'We must not look at goblin men, we must not buy their fruits: who knows upon what soil they fed, their hungry thirsty roots?' The macabre photography of Joel-Peter Witkin and this particular verse by Christina Rossetti are the inspiration for "BODYBOUND". Together they inform my collection on the human condition, desire and the perverse. Referencing both the anatomical drawings of Vesalius and the eroticism of Hokusai, the collection revolves around skin, sinew, muscle, and bone. It pumps sex back into a craft that has become lust-less, prompting arousal and addiction for men's knitwear by examining the relationship between seduction and repulsion. Fabrics are ultra luxurious knits, laminated and studded, hard and glistening."

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Bronwen Marshall

"I was inspired by the horrific facial injuries of World War I, where recognisable features were distorted and made abstract. I have taken other beautiful and natural forms like horses and birds and combined their organic shapes with geometric futuristic patterning. I wanted to create a collection that captured the aggression and sadness felt by these men."