Zaha Hadid

Zaha Hadid

The fashion sense of the general American population can be described as preppy; it is safe and uninspiring. New York Fashion Week is known primarily for the recurring sportswear turned out each season. As a young, American designer, this is a fact that has always bothered me. I did not want to fall into the trap of commercialism, thus I found inspiration in the architecture of Zaha Hadid.

Zaha Hadid is an Iraqi-British born architect. Her buildings are distinctly futuristic in their appearance, her goal to create transformative cultural, corporate, residential and other spaces that work in synchronicity with their surroundings. Hadid's style is characterized by the "powerful, curving forms of her elongated structures."

Whilst her buildings have futuristic qualities, they retain a sense of the organic as if nature has adapted to the unrelenting chaos of modern societies. Hadid's approach to design is inspiring. In my own work, I strive to evoke the same feelings of strength and power, whilst maintaining a modern elegance, that Hadid has mastered.