About

According to papyrus (which is a UK suicide prevention charity) suicide is currently the leading cause of death of young people under the age of 35 in the UK alone.

From lack of government support and funding to stigmatization and a lack of education. The suicide epidemic seems to be (in detriment to young lifes) getting swept under the carpet.

However with the right support and treatment suicide, is completely avoidable.

 

As a fashion graduate I had the idea to incorporate part of a solution into my designs.

The theme I chose to design my graduate collection within was glitch. Defined as - a temporary malfunction or fault within a computer system.

Struggling with panic attacks at the time, I related to this concept.

I started to use this idea as a coping mechanism for panic attacks.

Confused and worried about physical symptoms like chest pains and breathing difficulties. All tests would come back normal. The conclusion ended up being anxiety and panic attacks.

The thing I find most interesting about a computer glitch is that it's almost an unexplained occurrence. It comes and goes, whilst temporarily disturbing the users experience, most commonly known for distorting the image on the screen. After it ends the computer goes back to functioning normally, with no permanent damage.

I started to think if it was possible for a computer to have this intense distortion. That left no damage.

Perhaps I would be alright too!

First and foremostly, the house is really a creative outlet exploring my experiences with my mental health and the things I have encountered and gone through.

 

Temporary Malfunktion is a queer, neurodivergent owned. Independent fashion house which is structured around breaking the stigma on mental health.

Creating thought provoking designs that ignite interest in context paired with educational contextual articles breaking down things like anxiety disorders and mental health research.

With bold obscurity, distressed embroidery, neon's and distorted graphics. Offering cyber punk aesthetics whilst drawing inspiration from my Scottish lower class background as well as underground club scenes.

In order to break stigma on mental health and push for important changes in government we have to talk about it more. Temporary Malfunktion utilises fashion designs' conversational nature to spread awareness.

This concept has expanded from t-shirt designs to full digital/physical runway collections/showcases. Which include New York fashion week with Digitalax, New York fashion week with digital fashion week New York, decentral Miami NFT con at Miami art week, Phoebe Hess projections Germany, holy art London, clique Glasgow, Edinburgh and Fife.

 

The main goal being to bring mental health into the discussion in the creative industries and beyond. Mental health, the mind, the faculty of all consciousness and being, it's all so interesting and it's really fun to use as inspiration for design.

Whilst I can't dismiss the element of darkness behind mental health. Using my own at times dark experiences takes these thoughts out of my mind and on to something I'm proud of, my work!

Disclosure -

As a designer I do not have any qualifications within mental health, however I have experienced my own struggles. Thus apart from personal insight and creative representation, the facts and information provided is from reliable sources only which have included Harvard, Very Well Mind and mental health charities where support available is promoted.