Hi, my name is Audrey Dellinger. I’m a fashion designer who’s been growing my craft throughout high school and currently in University, starting with a love for sewing and the excitement of turning ideas into something real. I’m currently attending University of the Arts London where I am continuing to grow and strengthen both my technical skills and artistic voice. I am drawn fashion design because of how both conceptuality and materiality can be used to shape how garments work on the body. Fashion design gives me the space needed to translate my ideas into material form. My work begins conceptually, inspired by memories or emotional moments that have stayed with me. Growing up in California between Mill Valley and San Francisco has played a prominent role in influencing how I view space, memory and the body, with these themes being the root of my work. Within that I am particularly interested in how texture is used to influence narrative within design. A practitioner that resonates closely with my practice is Do Ho Suh. His ability to materialize past experiences through his work provoked me to consider how my own work can hold memory. It encouraged me to explore textile-based construction of my garments as a way of communicating my memories through material and shape. I want my work to especially connect with those who don't feel as though they ‘fit in’ or fall into a certain category of people. If my work is not relatable for some, it acts as a form of introducing my own perspective on how I view the world: fun, overstimulating, and everything in between.