WWD - EDUCATION AND CAREERS
Latest Yellowbrick Module Looks at Design Inspiration w/ Marina Leight
“Getting Real With Your Inspiration”
In the segment “Getting Real With Your Inspiration,” Marina Leight, fashion designer and educator, said there are other key elements for making design inspiration valid.
“As an educator, I put a lot of focus into things that evoke real, genuine reactions and feelings,” Leight said. “And I’m not saying that everything should be warm and fuzzy. Genuine reactions and feelings could be things that are sad or disturbing.”
Leight said thoughts, feeling, smells, memories, and even the temperature can evoke a true genuine reaction on the part of the designer, which helps build a narrative and tell a story of the collection, she said