Olga Jazepova

Today we have the pleasure to introduce you to Olga Jazepova, an Estonian Footwear Designer and Trend Forecaster. She will participate to the Designer Market.

Hello, Olga! Please introduce yourself. 

Hello FASHIONCLASH Team, it is a great pleasure of mine to be introduced in your blog! My name is Olga Jazepova, I am an Estonian Footwear designer and trend forecaster, a creative traveller. I was born in Tallinn, Estonia 25 years ago, where I began my artistic and design path.

Where are you based?

I just moved to Tilburg, the Netherlands, some weeks ago.

What inspires you in general?

I am inspired by changes, growth and motion. You can find those three actions practically in anything that evolves and is driven by pure energy and passion for expanding, gaining strength and new heights. For me, life is an equivalent of movement, travelling, learning new things, experiencing foreign cultures, traditions, sounds and tastes. Life in general inspires my mind.

What place or city do you find inspiring?

I love travelling and meeting new people, so it is very hard to pick up one. But Japanese heritage always was the key of my interest. Speaking about cities, Tokyo and Kyoto are the ones that inspire and balance the simple sensitivity of beauty with an innovative spirit.

Shoe design by Ellen Sampson from London

Please introduce yourself: 
My name is Ellen Sampson and I am a shoe designer, curator and artist living and working in London. I work on the boundaries between fashion and fine art, attempting to explore the relationship between clothing and lived experience. I am also undertaking a PhD in Footwear at Royal College of Art.

What inspires you in general? 
I take most of my inspiration from sculpture and architecture and furniture design. I am particularly inspired by the work of artists and designers from the early and mid 20th Century. I have a particular interest in sculptors such as Barbara Hepworth and Brancusi whose simple abstracted forms and clean lines really appeal to me. I also really like the mark making and painterly qualities of the St Ives group artists such as Ben Nicholson. When developing a collection I often refer to furniture and interior design from the 30s, 40s, and 50s. I particularly like the work of Jean Prouve for its honest use of materials and simple functional forms.