24 years old French 29 a KEMPSFORD GARDENS SW5 9LA LONDON 00447 44 59 52 050 gabibeau@gmail.

com

skills: -Knowledge of materials and their properties -Good level of pattern cutting and clothes making skills -Knowledge in shoe making ( patterns, leather) and heel making. -Drawing skills and illustrating. -Singing.

EDUCATION AND TRAINING 2014 -2nd year MA Footwear design Womenswear at the RCA. 2013 -1st year MA Footwear Design at the RCA -Exchange in Tokyo at Hiko Mizuno School ( 3 months ) 2012 - Graduated in Textile and material design. (BA) - 2nd year student at the Duperre school of Applied Arts, specialized in textile and material design. 2011 -1st year student at the Duperre Scool of Applied Arts, specialized in textile and material design. 2010 -Preparatory course for entry to the Duperre School of Applied Arts 2009 -1st year student at Paris-Cergy School of Art -student in Marilyn Houels sewing class in Paris. -Etching courses of la Ville de Paris 2008 -Student at the Atelier de Sevres, Preparatory program for art school entry competitions. 2007 -Baccalaureat specializing in literary studies with honors. -Followed life drawing classed at the Ecole Nationale des Beaux Arts, Paris. -Studied drawing under the artist Naceira Kainou.

first collection

explore

This first collection I called Lightness VS Weight had as a goal to explore the world I was in at that time. The work of Polly Borland and Sam Taylor Wood inspired me as I chose Lycra as my main material and tried to stretch my shoes in the air. I usually tend to work with ideas which are opposites. From this tension...I design.

NOTEBOOK

RESEARCHES

Sam TAYLOR WOOD

First image that expressed this idea of lightness to me,. I focused on the shoes shapes during this extension of the body in the air

First

Material

researches

RESEARCHES WITH LYCRA

THE

WEIGHT

Photo

shoot

made

for

this

research

The Ski boot represented the heaviest shoe for me. structure and made pictures and moulds in order to better.

I got into understand

its it

Silicone mould ski boot.

of

the

front

of

the

Resin

mould

made

of

the

front

of

ski

boot.

Lycra and PVC prototype. TYVEK prototype with E.V.A sole.

hat

competition
Stephen Jones competition

SUBSTANCE

TAILORING PROJECT

what is the essence of your discipline ?

leather

prototype

of

the

foot

glove.

Manolo
Be inspired draw by

Blahnik
and Ray EAMES

Project Charles

Hand

the

collection.

Inspired by Ray as her sense of

and her Ballet colours.

Russe

like

style

as

well

inspired by Charles and Ray EAMES

colourful embroiderins and paper 3D printed heels for this collection.

create a small summer collection for summer 2014 fit into the image of the brand and suggest a packaging layout.

HIKO

MIZUNO TOKYO EXCHANGE

pick one detail on a traditional japanese drawing and design directly from it.
strokes depainting the folds of the kimono.

Wooden strips onto leather and canvas in order to create the lines of the drawing.

photoshoot that illustrates the mood of this collection.

fast project:

Suggest 4 different colours and materials for the tyson trainer

imagine the givenchy women s/s 2015

Work in progress for Final Collection

reflection around worn out shoes aspects, thinking of a refined shoe showing the toes, AS A WORN OUT SHOE WOULD DO. ( pROTOTYPES IN PROGRESS )

Let's draw the shoe I want on my shoes !

1st s tep of the research with this prototype with marker on it.

shades and lights MARKER drawing onto canvas pattern

EMBROIDERIES ONTO THE DRAWING

embroideries replicating the drawing

Working on a shoe that one could completely unzip

experiments with expanded polystyrene for heels. Inspired by two designers called "SILO STUDIO" who created furnitures out of this technique of expanding polystirene into fabric pouches.

Let's now play around t hose 3 principles and find a way to combine them into 1 collection THE ANSWER ?

at the royal college of art, LONDON

28th MAY 2014