Alex Braughton

Hometown: Columbus, Ohio
Collection in three words: Organic. Experimental. Free.
Instagram: @a_braughts0hawt

Alexandra Braughton can trace her interest in fashion design to a random day her sophomore year of high school when she decided she wanted a sewing machine. That Christmas, she got her wish. “I spent hours in my bedroom teaching myself how to use the machine,” she says, noting she worked on everything from hemming her school uniform to making Halloween costumes. After high school Braughton went on to study retail and fashion merchandising at Ohio University, but she wasn’t satisfied. “With the influence from an amazing friend and the option of CCAD having been in the back of my mind for the last two years, I made a portfolio and applied,” she recalls. Now, for her senior collection, Timeworn/Torn, Braughton pulls inspiration from dilapidated rooms and homes. She uses a mixture of natural colors with pops of vibrancy. Some of the ways in which she experimented with the collection are through natural dyeing, draping, and letting ideas come to her in strange places.