Category: Fashion
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The 2016 Fashion Fund Series…A Bit of a Disappointment
One of my favorite reality shows The Fashion Fund has just posted their recent season, and you guys…I’m disappointed. I’m sure that moving from Hulu, to Ovation, then to Amazon, now hosted on Vogue’s own site has done a number on the budget allocated to the series. However, I feel something has been lost in…
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Raf Simons’ Dior Success: Everything old is new again
While Hedi Slimane moves Yves Saint Laurent’s RTW line away from its past to be successful, Raf Simons works within Dior’s heritage for success out of making the old new again. Sidney Taledano, president and CEO of Dior, stated that in a post-Galiano world it was important for the brand to find someone who “cares…
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Saint Laurent’s success: burning YSL RTW to the ground
Nearly three years ago, I went to the retrospective Yves Saint Laurent exhibit in Denver and was giddy from all the detail I could see up-close-and-personal. Not long after that, there were announcements that new YSL designer Hedi Slimane had moved his design studio to my current town of Los Angeles and re-branded the ready-to-wear…
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Costuming for a film, a new brand, and Etsy Shop opening
So….I guess it’s been since May since I’ve posted…whoops. lol I’ve wanted to post an update for a long time, but I’d start a post and then get distracted with the tasks related to everything below. (Squirrel!!). So, here are the 3 big things that I’ve been working on…. 1. Costuming: I was the costume…
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Diane Von Furstenberg’s ‘Journey of a Dress’ exhibit
On Sunday, I went with a friend to Diane Von Furstenberg’s ‘Journey of a Dress’ exhibit at LACMA. The exhibit showcases the various iterations of Furstenberg’s iconic wrap dress from the past 40 years, she created her first wrap dress in 1972. According to Vogue, Furstenberg “saw Julie Nixon Eisenhower on television wearing one of…
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I entered a fashion design contest: Geek Couture
A friend of mine shared the news that HerUniverse was running a fashion design contest for the best ‘geek couture’ outfit at ComicCon. The judges didn’t want to see a costume, they wanted a runway fashion design inspired by any TV show, movies, books, comics shown at ComicCon. I thought it would be fun…
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Looking back in 2013, looking forward to 2014
Is it me or did 2013 completely fly by way too quickly? Looking back, the highlights of the year were finishing up my certification of Fashion Design at LA Trade Tech, going on a cruise with my family to the western Caribbean and climbing Aztec pyramids, celebrating my birthday in San Fran with close friends,…
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Ready-to-Wear Fast in 2014…what, am I crazy?!
So…I finished the fashion design program at LATTC this summer, but my closet is empty of anything I’ve made for myself to wear. What’s wrong with this picture?! So, in order to rectify that, I’ve decided to join Goodbye Valentino’s 2014 RTW Fast and start filling my closet with my own sewn clothes. Wish me…
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Rising Designers: No one is going to sell your dream for you…
Designing a product is only one small part of the puzzle – there’s a whole plethora of hats you have to wear to get your product sold. In the scenarios below, the designer made a great product but failed to get out there and hustle. And in reality, no one else is going to sell…
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It’s a hard knock life…for new designers
I’ve recently started working for a production manager who’s been in the LA fashion business for 15 years, and I’ve gotta say…it’s rough out there for designers just starting out. So, I thought I’d relay stories and things to consider (if I see a pattern of disconnect) when trying to make it in this business…