Girl Scouts 100th Year Anniversary Final Design

So I finally finished the design for Girls Scouts, just in time for the Girl Scouts Gala!

The fabric is sourced from NearSea Naturals, which has an awesome selection of fairtrade/sustainable natural fabrics.  The digital printing is done locally at the TechStyle LAB..and the screenprinting is done by our local print shop Young's ScreenPrinting and Embroidery.

..we had a really fun photoshoot at Oak Park.  Here are the revised sketches and the final outfit.

produced outfit on left

digital print bag with GS uniforms over the century

screenprinting on the side of shorts and back of vest

The Gala is tonight, so I will post photos of the fashion show and me dressed up in my organza dress I made..so excited!

animal encyclopedia therapy..

sooo i've taken a liking to drawing animals from the encyclopedia in passing times while i'm waiting for something to save on the computer, sewing breaks, etc..

this book is something i used to look at for hourssss when i was little, i remeber it well and it has been nice to revist.

thinking it may make fun shirt dresses..simple and fun. and people can choose there favorite animals for their very own power animal outfits!

here's a few...

im sure there will be more..kinda an addiction. the good kind.

Digital Printed Curtains

Here are some images of the curtains I digitally printed for my friend Drew.  A world map for his bay window..envisioning his ambitions that will be realized in this world :)

 and here is his Magnificat Mary I mad for him..a wisp of Our Lady for the sun to shine through..or son shine through?? haha lovely tho.

Commission Work: Girl Scouts Design

So I have been commissiones by Girl Scouts to design an outfit for their 100th year anniversary.  It's a really fun projects..I went to their headquarters and they made me an official member! Finally a girl scout after 23 years.

I drew up 4 different outfits for them to choose from. I wanted to translate the various styles that have evolved throughout the history of Girl Scouts into a more modern outfit that can be customized with digital print technology.  Girls can choose from different graphics and colors to come up with their own outfit.

I also have bags! Basic canvas totes featuring the evolution of styles in GS throughout the years.

we'll see what the marketing team thinks..then I can start making it!

Our Lady of Guadalupe Dress cont..

 

With much pattern engineering the dress came out quite lovely. We included the handwritten prayer to Our Lady at the hem which sways and moves with the body. Leah's writing has become part of the fabric and makes this piece a collaboration of both our love for Mary. The roses appear from below the surface, framing our Holy Mother with a garden of cobalt blue. The lining is a prayer to St. Michael the Archangel, who we ask to defend us in battle. It is spiritual armor to be put on and worn close. 

An elegant dress that delicately moves. The chiffon makes this like a dancer's dress, one to celebrate the joys of life and praise Our Lady for her blessings.

Our Lady of Guadalupe

I have been commissioned to make a digitally printed dress inspired by the iconic Our Lady of Guadalupe.  I am especially excited about this project because I have a special devotion to Mary and was enthused to create my own vision her.

My depiction retains the colorful texture of the Mexican style while adding my own style. I used a combination of line drawing, water color reprinted on an acrylic painting of my mother's, with some Photoshop editing to create this collage of layers.

 

I am thinking this will be on the top layer of either organza or chiffon, with another layer in habotai below with various roses scattered around Mary.  At the hem will be the prayer:

Immaculate and Perpetual Virgin of Guadalupe, You left Your Image on the cloak of Juan Diego, using a humble vessel to bring Your Grace into the world. Imprint on our hearts the virtue of humility, dear Mother, and use us to bring others to You.

Our Lady of Guadalupe pray for us.

Digital Printing

So I'm working at the TechStyle Digital Print Lab this summer and I am learning how to use the Mimake digital printer and the laser cutter as soon as is set up...I've been having fun incorporating my mom's art work with my own to create some interesting graphics..

A dramatic profile painted by my mom, collaged onto my own painting mounted on recycled wood, then I digitally printed it on canvas and sewed it up to give back to my mom..full circle design gifting!

developing for a varied repeat design. i think i want to add layers of sketched words and collage to get a multimedia texture.

i love paintings digitally printed..the brush strokes make a beautiful graphic texture

Mercedez Benz China Fashion Week

So I just got back from showing my collection at China Fashion Week in Beijing!  A week trip of new cultures, foods, and fashion.  It was beyond my imagination..the venue was a renovated oil tank: a cylindrical aqua cylinder graffiti all around, an immense space for our show.

lovin my Russian girl

she is so gorgeous

my whole bacteria inspired collecion.

me and my ladies backstage

i wanted to bring back all of my models and all my new Chinese friends  ):

lovvvve u China xo

check out 21:00 for our collections featured on China New!

Digital Textile Design: KSU Fashion Students Show Collections at China Fashion Week

TESTOSTERONE & ESTROGEN summer

 SOMA from the greek for 'body' a collection inspired by

testosterone and estrogen, a hot mess of hormonal inspiration mingling in a confusion of prints with masculine silhouettes enveloping feminine shapes peaking beneath the layers being pulled through and cinched to reveal the body's form.

..some prints in the works

 

CONVOLUTION spring

CONVOLUTION a collection inspired by the twisted and entangled nature of the body and earth.  Fragile convolutions of fallopian tubes, brain synapses, and dna strands relate to the undulating landscapes of the winding Antelope Canyons

Senior Collection: Extremophile. a collection inspired by bacteria formation.

 graphic I developed & digitally printed of magnified and abstracted view of bacteria

 one continues drape in silk charmeuse. Front View.

 Back View...tho both look good worn either way. or inside out..

Critique

this dress basically becomes a living organism as you move