Felting

This is my felting. It is quite ecclectic and a little bit folk-ish. I think that this was a good idea and a fun design but I should have executed a bit better. I should have used better fabric, more neutral base color and chosen the pop colors of felt and the way that I applied them more carefully. I used copper thread and gold discs to bring in a metallic element which I do like but in general it is not my favorite...I would love to try the technique again.

Surface Treatment

Here is the draped version of my foiled fabric. I took silk organza and used gold foil with stencils and bondaweb (something that allows you to iron fabrics together). Also for the final after I took these photos I used photoshop to place the draping on a model to help someone see the way that I would be using the fabric.

Where I am in the World Right Now

Here is a map of France with a circle around the city I am in.

Givenchy Sweaters

In the Givenchy Resort collection most recently shown there were these wonderful not even half sweat more just sleeves. I love them and with some time on my hands and a limited amount of wool this seemed like the perfect project. I want to use orange and pink because those have been big colors and are yarns that I happen to have. I have come up with a triangulation pattern that I may change based on the amount of wool I have and because I think it is a little too random and I want something that is more of a general repeat. But here is the work in progress and the image of inspiration for the shape.

Soluble Project- Surface technique finals

So for our surface technique final we had to drape the fabrics that we came up with and create a fold out or booklet showcasing the fabrics. Over the next few days I will post what I draped of the fabrics and some pictures from the booklet. This is the soluble project. The first is the shape of the fabric I cut out, a mix of gears and floral like lace and then I sewed over it with black and copper thread mimicking a computer hard drive, like I did with the batik. I draped it as a back piece as it is partially see through and this is how I imagined using this technique.

Face Sweater

So back in April I posted the design for a new sweater with a contour drawing of the face. By the time critiques came I was more than halfway finished and well into the back of the sweater. Here is a pic of my two sweaters together for the critique. Although I love them both, I am partial to the face one. The color combination is more subdued than what I normally do but with the maroon, navy, the stripes and the fact that it is a giant face make it interesting and fun for me.

Kickin' it old schoool

Here is an old picture my brother posted on facebook of me...I just thought that the sweatsuit was pretty sweet...the geometric pattern of bright color blocking with a pair of what looks to have been my favorite pink high tops is a pretty rockin' outfit and the fashion designer in me is a little proud of my 6 year old self for the look.

Here is a picture of my drawing class. I am not the best at fashion illustration but I really enjoyed this class. This day our fabulous teacher brought in high-end dresses such as this Dior one that the model is wearing. For our final critique we photoshopped some of the drawings just so that there could be more shown on a page and this is one the of scanned finals, meaning these were not originally drawn together in this scale but I placed them like this.

Check this Out

So my new favorite blog that I discovered is the Man Repeller...it is absolutely hilarious. There are two categories of dressing most people say: some women dress for other women, some women dress for men but I think some women just dress for themselves... and happen to repel men sometimes with their funky style. This blog is dedicated to funky outfits and trends that happen to turn guys off usually inadvertently but this blogger decided to poke fun a bit at this fact. I often dress in "man-repelling" ways but it is what I like and feel confident in and so I can "pull it off". It is all about the attitude and this blogger's writing is witty and entertaining and makes me laugh out loud which is great because I look at blogs just for the pictures.

This is her definition
MAN·RE·PELL·ER1  [MAHN-REE-PELLER]
–noun
outfitting oneself in a sartorially offensive way that will result in repelling members of the opposite sex. Such garments include but are not limited to harem pants, boyfriend jeans, overalls (see: human repelling), shoulder pads, full length jumpsuits, jewelry that resembles violent weaponry and clogs.
–verb (used without object),-pell·ing, -pell·ed.
to commit the act of repelling men:
Girl 1: What are you wearing to the party?
Girl 2: My sweet lime green drop crotch utility pants!
Girl 1: Oh, so we're man repelling tonight?
*DISCLAIMER: the above conversation is not a dramatization, took place in this room 5 minutes ago.
Origin:
2009-10; < repellius (ptp. of repellia to eliminate male attention), equiv. to L repel- (s. of repellix) unattractive, celibate, paris fashion week, M.C. Hammer + -repel -ler1


—Related forms
man·re·pell·ant, noun

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Whoa it has been a while....

So it has been a long, long time since I posted but I am going to start again despite the fact that I am no longer a Paris but have in all this time been back to Amsterdam, to Berlin, to Belgium (for about a MONTH) and am now back in France but in the South in Pilat or Arcachon where there is a beach with a 100 meter sand dune, yes that is correct 100 meters (not yards...been in Europe so long that I have converted to the metric system)! I will start to post some of my goings on in the past month including end of the year projects, my trips, and my whereabouts right now. I of course brought some Fashion oriented projects and always am checking other blogs so expect posts again and I apologize for the long hiatus!