Spring break is this week and I am excited because it provides me with an opportunity to expand my newly acquired skills from my classes at FIT. As you know, I’ve been learning techniques and the proper way to create everything. Sometimes as a designer, I get so caught up in making my design perfect that it ends up being overly basic and looses its originality and essence. Spring break lets me take my designs on a exhilarating ride. While spending all my time exploring the city and observing its inner soul; who knows what kind of inspiration or exotic fabrics I’ll find.

I will also be taking some time out to practice my craft and expanding it by trying to mimic the way different fabric hangs and can be positioned on certain body types. Once I’m sure on which fabrics I’ll be using, that will help excel at yet another skill I need work on: Shading. Proper shading is really vital to any design because different fabrics catch the light in different ways whether they be  lighter or  heavier or darker. Perfected designs really help the customer get an almost exact idea of what they’ll be wearing before the garment is even completed.

As for my spring break plans, I’m pretty much staying close to home. I’m spending my time in the city trying to portray the typical New York tourist. I’m planning to visit the Top of the Rock, the high-line, a couple of  Broadway shows, and the MoMA . Perhaps I’ll catch a sun-kissed tan, run into some people with British accents, contain my unattainable urge to sing along during a show and explain to my mom why a clump of hay or a black canvas is deep. Hopefully, in the midst of all that I can also acquire some inspiration.

While in the City I will also be looking for fabrics to finish one of my projects that is due right after spring break. Once I get some swatches I can start my final piece. I’ll post pictures of it up as soon as I’m done. Of course, I’ll miss everyone and the fun I have in the class. I’ll be cringing with excitement to show all my peers what I’ve come up with during this time. So until then, I hope everyone has a great break!(:

Amanda