And so, Spring break was soon over. I did not have a real break, I went to a couple of internviews, and the other days at my internship. It’s quite sad, but in fashion, vacations are not a priority. There is always something to do, and everything is so time consuming that you end up not having time off…. and when you do, you start to think about your next project, and that can keep you awake!
This week was fitting week. On Monday, some of us waited the entire day for models to show up! One of my models never showed up (she went back to Brazil, they said. I don’t blame her), so I was rescheduled for Wednesday. OMG, these girls are so beautiful and amazing that they can make ANYTHING look incredible. I am keeping myself from posting pictures of the fittings, you will enjoy the runway pics very soon!
Here is a video, of Layne. I think Layne is terrific and she made the most incredible hand embroidery work ever. STUNNING. I love her style, it’s so vivid! Enjoy Dream Weavers, her final collection.
I went home to Texas for my last Spring Break…ever! I loved it, I got to hang out with my niece and nephews, family and friends. Here is a little look at where I am from…Oh, and I really do live like 10 minutes away from China Grove!!!
Also, I got into the BFA fashion show with my cotton dress! Here is my super cute model who told me, “I would TOTALLY buy this dress!” I decided I am going to make a matching doll outfit for her to put on her American Doll and carry down the runway! Cute, ehhh, ehhh?
Last Monday was a stressful day! After spending the night finishing to knit my collar, I had a 45 minutes nap before getting in a cab and heading to school. We all put our our outfits on dress forms and waited for our critic Reiko to pre-judge our looks. We left the classroom for an hour, the time she needed to carefully look at every-one’s work and choose a critic award winner, and eventually deselect some looks for the judging day.
We all came back, dead tired, waiting to quickly pack up our things and have a little nap.
Reiko said she was very impressed with our class and our designs. We went much further than the expected. She would have liked to give many of us an award and added that it was very hard to pick a single one.
The winner was announced, and to a big surprise, it was me! So kudos for that. I am very happy to be the winner – as I have never won any fashion prize or award before. She added that the reason she picked me was that everytime I met her, I had developed my ideas. Also, I seriously listened to all her advices, stepping back from my original ideas and design, looking at my work from an objective point of view, and changing what needed to be changed. Indeed, at the beginning of the process, I was experimenting with plastic very much. I wanted to “glue” plastic bags directly onto my fabrics with latex. The idea was interesting, but not looking as attractive as it may sound. I had many ideas, but eventually, they were all over the place. A few weeks before I started knitting the final fabrics, I decided to change the colors and leave behind anything that looked too “crafty”. I still used the plastic, but knitting black garbage bags.
On Tuesday night, we set up all of our pre-selected outfits in the great hall at school. They were judged for the fashion show (May 4th) and a cotton award was chosen for each specialization track. My roomie and friend Elin got the knitwear cotton award with her amazing cotton paper handknit jacket.
Now it’s spring break and we are looking forward for some chill time! Take care and enjoy the pictures!
Ladies and Gentleman of all ages! The time has come for the big reveal! The results are in! I am pleased to report that intimate apparel managed to get 15 garments into the show this year! A HUGE congratulations is in order for Francielle, who took home the grand prize of $2,000 for the Cotton Award!
As for me, I managed to get BOTH ensembles into the show! Not going to lie, I totally jumped up and down when I found out! After three months of grueling hours of hand sewing, the work paid off and I will get to see my creations on real models, wearing real heels, on a real runway to real music, with real photographers from the press taking their pictures!!!! EEEK!!!!
What’s next? PACKING! I leave in 4 hours for the airport! I am flying to Miami where my family and I will be spending the next week aboard a cruise ship sailing through the eastern caribbean! All I can say is I NEED this vacation! One of the small side effects of attending FIT is that you don’t actually have a spring break. The last 3 years, spring break has merely been a chance to catch up on other work! Sophomore year we were finishing our garments for the AAS exhibit, and last year I was sewing garments for the Lululemon Athletica Urban Yogini Competition! This year I am being whisked away on an early graduation present! So I’m signing off for the next week! Here’s to hoping I come back with a tan! CHEERS!
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