Like most fashion designers I feel my best work has always come organically. I feel that writing about my dress making progress will be the most natural way to get you familiar with me and what I do best.
The first thing that came about was an invitation from my Editor to join her at the Sue Wong Fashion Show in LA on March 16th. If I was an ordinary girl this would mean a week long trip to the stores to shop for the right dress, but I'm no ordinary girl. This invite is a great opportunity for me to get into my office and let my mind run ramped. I do have to admit that the original invitation got me gitty and right away I felt like the shorter, tanner, more Hispanic version of Carrie Bradshaw from sex in the city.
Any well trained designer will tell you that every design starts with an Idea, inspiration, and sketch. This is true with my process.
-Inspiration?=In honor of fashion week I am taking my own clothing line inspiration. Which is a mix between your average modern housewife and the 1930s-1950s film noir actresses that portrayed wives. Mixing my inspiration with fun and spunky designers like Betsey Johnson looks seems like the right way to go about when making a dress to wear to an event such as this.
-The textures and fabric?= because my current collection is still under way I have some lightweight synthetic fabrics that seem to be falling on my bodice quite well.
-The Cut. A classic style that Ive come to call the typical "housewife" cut. Reason I call it that is because the sinched waist and dramatically full skirt create the look of almost every film noir actress Ive seen and it seems to be the "go to" look for all women today
I have a couple of things I'm working on at the moment.
Ill try to update my blog as much as possible as I make progress.
