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Olivia Hearnshaw

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  • Olivia Hearnshaw is a womenswear designer who graduated from the University of Brighton in 2012, where she studied Fashion Design with Business Studies BA(Hons). Her previous experience includes internships at Richard Nicoll and French Connection.

    Olivia’s graduate collection ‘The Importance of Ma’ explored mood and shape through the Japanese concept of ‘Ma', concentrating on the interaction between body and movement and how it can influence and define a garments final form. The concept of ‘Ma’ can be referred to as negative space.