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Designer of the Month: Ramzi Musa
Other | Thursday 11th October 2012 | Tiffany
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Ramzi Musa, 22, is already becoming a key name in the fashion industry, with a growing fashion collection that features some of the hottest new design work on offer. Having studied Fine Art at the University of Leeds, Ramzi is an artist first and foremost, but it is his stunning art-pieces that are a precursor to his fashion designs. Despite only graduating in 2011, Ramzi’s work has had unprecedented success, with Cheryl Cole and Jessie J donning his designs, and a third clothing collection already in the pipeline. The Guestlist Network decided to catch up with Ramzi to see what makes him tick...
How does your art influence your fashion work?
I’d say that my artwork influences my designs very strongly. For example, the prints that I’m currently creating for my upcoming solo collection – they’re all taken completely from my art-work. My whole approach to fashion is that it’s got to have some element of something ‘hand-drawn’, something that is essentially art-work behind it.
If you had to project a genre label onto your work, what would that be?
My work is quite difficult to define but I think it would be more towards the abstract genre.
What inspires you at the moment?
I let my personality completely influence my work and lately I’ve seen a lot more of my love for cartoons influence the style of my paintings. I’ve always been looking at cartoons for artistic influence, but that is now becoming more obvious from my latest pieces, which are simpler, more clean-cut and considered.
What is your best achievement to date?
Having my work featured in Cheryl Cole’s ‘Call My Name’ video. That was absolutely crazy. The weirdest part was that I’d actually designed a whole fashion print of Cheryl Cole, so she was very much in mind when I was doing the whole collection. I thought: “if this print was on a pair of hareem pants, they would look good on Cheryl Cole”. But that was a big achievement for me, and definitely made me very happy knowing that millions of people had seen my work.
What are your future expectations?
I see myself building my own business specialising in selling artwork (including my own), and my fashion creations. Eventually I want to get to the point where I become successful enough to give something back to young artists at university. I’d like to show them everything about fashion print design, and show them that they can actually be commercial with their artwork. That would be ideal in the future.
Don't forget to view the rest of Ramzi Musa's collection here http://www.ramzimusa.com/
Then, watch the 'Call My Name' video to see Ramzi's hareem pants in all their glory, attached to Cheryl Cole's buttocks.
by Tiffany Wilson
