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Hannah Hatchard

University of Portsmouth

Recent graduate of Fashion Design BA(Hons) from the University of Portsmouth, specialising in hand crafted textiles and sustainable design techniques. My work focuses on vibrant colour palettes, with rich textures and subtle details to create a maximalist style. By prioritising natural materials and textiles processes, my work is designed to bio degrade at end of life to reduce textiles waste, contributing to a more sustainable fashion industry.

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FREEBODIES

Category: Apparel

Competitions: Fashion Competition 2026

Modern active wear is synonymous with synthetics, but I ask: is there an alternative? Is there a way to create adaptable, flexible garments that don’t contribute to plastic pollution? My graduate collection: FREEBODIES, explores this question through rigorous textile and form experimentation, creating bio-based pieces that can adapt and respond to different bodies and ways of moving/wearing. Through an adaptable/modular design approach, my garments allow for creative interaction between clothing and wearer, bringing a sense of play with their endless potential. Buttons and loops form a system of transformation, encouraging exploration with detachable modules that can hang, wrap, weave, and drape about the body. Fully reversible, 100% naturally dyed colourways bring opportunity for mood change, with laser cutting allowing for flexibility and further connection between garments, blurring the line between where one garment ends and another begins. Cottons, silks, and hand- felted wool unite in an eclectic collage, to remind us of the wonderful diversity of natural fibres. Each garment is enriched through tactile embroidery, 100% natural screen printing, and upcycled appliqué, uniting artisanal craft with active-wear in an experimental and radical way. Henri Matisse’s explorations of movement and the human form through painting and collage deeply inspired my approach to textiles. This interest led me to create a modular composition that functions as both a garment and simultaneously a piece of artwork in the traditional sense. This blending of fashion and art aims to be particularly striking when contextualised within active-wear, an industry so usually focused on streamline functionality. FREEBODIES redefines what active wear can mean, through an embrace of the natural world, rich craft, and the intimate relationship between body and clothing. For the Only Natural Fashion Competition I am submitting one full look- Modular skirt, Silk slitted top, and Adaptable jacket. My work contains the inclusion of some upcycled elements from fashion waste for decorative purposes, such as buttons from shirt cuffs. Whilst these small additions may contain mixed fibres, I have taken great care to source materials that would have otherwise been wasted, to highlight different approaches for creating fashion in a sustainable way. FREEBODIES FASHION FILM: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxZjq1Fz2VI

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