The concept of Beth Lomas’s project came from her hobby researching her family’s history. She noticed she only had official documents and hardly anything about their character. She found learning about her grandparents and seeing old photos that were handed down to her surreal. She felt a longing to know more. She thought about how family photos offer a glimpse into people’s worlds. And that we find ourselves romanticising the past: never quite seeing the bad and ugly, just the good times.
Project
Fashion Design 
Furniture board
Board showing her grandmother’s furniture which inspired her print design
Board showing her grandmother’s furniture which inspired her print design
Graduate portfolio
Romanticism board
Board showing the romantic element of the project – looking at the past with rose tinted glasses
Board showing the romantic element of the project – looking at the past with rose tinted glasses
Design development for the final shirt
Board showing the design process for the final shirt
Board showing the design process for the final shirt
Pinafore
Board showing design inspiration with the pinafore representing the designer’s working class roots
Board showing design inspiration with the pinafore representing the designer’s working class roots
Final line-up