Sophomore Year
Apparel Design By Draping
Balenciaga- Tied With A Bow
For our final project we had to create a line based off of Balenciaga's work. We than had to produce one of the dresses that we designed. This was actually also a competition being held by the Paris Academy in Hawaii so we were required to enter that as well. I used inspiration from the bright pinks, uneven hem lines and frequency of bows that Balenciaga used in his designs through out history.
For our final project we had to create a line based off of Balenciaga's work. We than had to produce one of the dresses that we designed. This was actually also a competition being held by the Paris Academy in Hawaii so we were required to enter that as well. I used inspiration from the bright pinks, uneven hem lines and frequency of bows that Balenciaga used in his designs through out history.
Belle Rose:
For this project we were given a photo of a draped dress and had to try and re-create that drape along with putting on our own inspiration in it. My dress was a basic black cowl neck dress with drapes along the sides. I brought in the bright floral patterned material and diagonal hem line to freshen it up.
White House Black Market:
Everyone in the class was given a different retail store randomly and was assigned to design three shift dresses for their upcoming line. This required researching the upcoming trends, the retailer-what fabrics they typically use and silhouettes they have designed previously.
Apparel Design By Pattern Making
Tailored Masculinity and Textural Femininity
This is a project in which we had to create a storyboard to present our Sping 2012 line that was inspired by males fashion in a time period before the 1960's along with produce one of the jackets and skirts. My inspiration comes from men’s tailcoats of the early 1800’s. They were designed for horseback riding in the beginning of the 19th century and than were soon adopted for day and evening wear by designer Beau Brummel. He was an extremely famous designer for the young men of the Regency era and was known for his immaculate tailoring. Significant tailoring details of the jacket that I was inspired by are the separation of a coats collar and lapels, with the lapels being the same fabric as the coat and the collar being made out of velvet. I was also inspired from the tails of that period which had buttons on the small of the back and buttonholes on the end of the tails so that they could be folded up and buttoned to the back of the coat when horseback riding. I made all of my jackets with this feature, allowing them to be more versatile. Tailcoats from this time period could be single or double breasted and the front was cut high and straight across while the tails varied in shape and length.
This is a project in which we had to create a storyboard to present our Sping 2012 line that was inspired by males fashion in a time period before the 1960's along with produce one of the jackets and skirts. My inspiration comes from men’s tailcoats of the early 1800’s. They were designed for horseback riding in the beginning of the 19th century and than were soon adopted for day and evening wear by designer Beau Brummel. He was an extremely famous designer for the young men of the Regency era and was known for his immaculate tailoring. Significant tailoring details of the jacket that I was inspired by are the separation of a coats collar and lapels, with the lapels being the same fabric as the coat and the collar being made out of velvet. I was also inspired from the tails of that period which had buttons on the small of the back and buttonholes on the end of the tails so that they could be folded up and buttoned to the back of the coat when horseback riding. I made all of my jackets with this feature, allowing them to be more versatile. Tailcoats from this time period could be single or double breasted and the front was cut high and straight across while the tails varied in shape and length.
I made a jacket based off of this pattern (no tails) for my mother that Christmas out of a tweed black and white fabric I found in a small fabric store in my hometown with silver metal buttons.
Reversible Jacket
In this project we had to make a reversible jacket with opposing themes. My theme was Cowboy vs. Native Americans. I made the cowboy side a denim jacket with typical features found on a cowboys denim jacket such as chest pockets and a curved back yolk. For the Native American side I used a suede with embroidery that resembled native american style. I also added fringe to the raglan sleeve seams. In this project I learned how to make a raglan sleeve, shawl collar and used snaps for the first time.
Summer 2011
It seemed like every couple of days I was going on a trip but in the free time I had at home I tried to sew a little bit. I began reproducing the baby hats and booties my mom sold in her old store O Baby! in Manhattan 20 years ago. I sold them at an apparel and accessory store in Nyack, NY named Maria Luisa. Through this I gained experience working and communicating with a retailer. Together we picked out which items would sell best in the store and how many of each were needed. The hats and booties are made out of stretch velvet and come in three different styles. They are for children from the ages of newborn to 2 years old and come in three different sizes. S: 0-6 month M: 6-12 months L: 12-24 months.
I also made a few items for myself. A pair of cotton printed high waist shorts, white lace crop top and gold sparkle crop top. All were worn shortly after I returned to school!Freshman Year
Freshman year at UDel was quite the awakening to the sewing world. After having sewn with mostly only knits (using only an industrial machine) I wasn't used to threading a normal machine, using woven fabrics, and had no idea how many different kinds of stitches there were.
Apparel Structures
Apparel Product Assembly- First college sewing class!
In this class we learned every stitch imaginable from french seams to .. to.. Throughout the course we were also assigned to sew two skirts and a button down shirt from a bought paper pattern. My first two skirts I do not have photo's of, probably because they drove me so crazy (doing zippers were my absolute nightmare!). The last project, a cropped button down shirt, was the first project in school that I was proud of (buttonholes that actually fit buttons?! a collar with points?! its not as easy as it may seem), and actually wore out to a day party in the Spring. The sailboat material is something my mom had given me because she has about a million yards of it that someone had given her. Later that summer a fellow design posted on my FB wall a MILLY shirt of the same boat pattern! I guess I was on trend..
High School Creations
My mother had a childrens clothing store in NYC for the first 5 years of my life, where she designed and made all of the garments, which allowed me to wear basically whatever I wanted by having her make me numerous dresses and outfits that I would design as even a toddler. As I grew up she got sick of having to make me a new Sweet 16 dress every other weekend and me begging her to make a new dress that I HAD to have the next day for school so she taught me how to sew my own clothes and I began designing and making numerous garments for myself. This is a selection of some of the garments I made for myself throughout high school. (obviously I was a big fan of spandex)
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