ALXZANDRIA CHANTILUKE
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Savile Row Training Academy: National Tailoring and Design Awards Finalist, 2014 

Through this project I explored the Harlem Renaissance and the 1940's fashion trend of the zoot suit. 

African- Americans used the zoot suit to assert themselves defiantly in society. By appropriating the traditional suit worn by the pre-dominating white American male class. Cultural differences were marked and the zoot suit became a cultural power symbol. They were distinguishable by their oversized silhouette and flamboyant colours.
Through my designs I have explored the above cultural and artistic principles through the prism of contemporary Hip-Hop street style culture of the late 1990's- present day. 

My designs are visual metaphors of the values of the 'zoot-suiters' whose audacity enabled them to assert themselves socially as they encountered racial stereotypes through the art of tailoring. 

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  • Home
  • Collections
    • Swamp 81 >
      • About The Collection
      • Lookbook
  • Competitions
    • FDC Young Designer Awards 2017
    • Hawes and Curtis 2017 >
      • Lookbook
    • Savile Row Training Academy
    • Ted Baker. The 1950's Orient Express
  • Portfolio
    • Final Major Project
    • The Modern Businessman
    • Levis 2020
    • Next Mens Casual Shirts S/S 18
  • About
    • About the Designer
    • F.A.Q's
    • Alxzandria Chantiluke
    • HwrapsandHoops
  • Events
  • Features
  • #Collection4Collection
  • Blog