Rosie Evans - Age of maximalism

METAL Magazine

Rosie Evans, a Welsh designer, now residing in Brighton, is breathing new life into genderless corsets and revitalising the previously negative historical context behind bodices. Corsets, since the fifteen and sixteen hundreds have always been kind of a ‘taboo’ subject, from the dangers of tight lacing, classism, sexism and a whole litany of health problems from posture to poor digestion. Women then and now are being told what to wear. But, Rosie Evans leaves behind any historical notions of corsets as oppressive.”

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Nicholas Grafia - Burning questions

METAL Magazine

“...His paintings unwittingly reveal the fluid references to folklore, mythology and the remarkable understanding of negotiating the problematic facets of pop-cultural icons within modern society.”

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