Fash/On Film Mentoring Scheme

TRACES BY ABBIE STEPHENS FOR EMILIO DE LA MORENA

This season, BFC Fash/On Film sponsored by River Island, launched the Mentoring Scheme: its first nationwide search for emerging film-making talent. Abbie Stephens was selected to receive professional support and mentoring through White Lodge productions with the goal of creating a film for leading British designer Emilio de la Morena's spring/summer 2013 collection. This offered a unique opportunity to gain insight into and experience of the fashion film industry.

With many thanks to White Lodge for production, as well as Canon, Cut & Run, Studio 66 and VFX.

'TRACES' by Abbie Stephens for emilio de la morena

Created to mark the launch of Emilio's SS13 collection, Abbie Stephen's film plays light against dark to accentuate the textural details and silhouettes across the range. Drawing inspiration from the themes of memory and perception that Emilio used as the basis for his new pieces, Abbie creates and inverts worlds to play with the line between imagination and reality.

Directed by: Abbie Stephens
Commissioned by River Island and British Fashion Council
Produced at White Lodge
Producer: Julie Hollywood
DoP: Tony Miller
Production Design: Mikey Hollywood
Edit: Sam Jones courtesy Cut & Run
Post: Ally Burnett courtesy VFX / 66London
Grade: Luke Morrison courtesy The Mill
Hair: Maria Galati courtesy Toni & Guy
Makeup: Cher courtesy MAC
Model: Polina at Profile
Music: Ben Price