A little way back I started a dress for my daughter, and now that I have finished it, I wanted to share it with you. The dress began when we were following Project Runway and they did looks for girls ...
Oct 28, 2014
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This week’s challenge was the car/camera/roof top/ street inspired look, and remake another look. That undecided mish-mash seemed just crazy-pants to me. But they still do not have me on retaine...
Oct 16, 2014
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This week we teamed up with American Girl and the challenge was to make an updated girl’s outfit.
(I will tell you, I am hip-deep in doll clothing at work and at home, but I did not make it to t...
Sep 25, 2014
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This week the old tuxes came out of a fast food joint. It was a little bit odd. How clever is Kathy??!!?!?!?! She organized to send all of our faithful regulars a gosh awful Ken tux in the mail, well ...
Aug 21, 2014
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This week the designers had to pick their fabrics from a mystery selection in a trunk on their work table. It just so happens that my friend had sent me a big box of fabric for the new season (and m...
Jul 31, 2014
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This was the Butterfly inspired Avant Garde Challenge.
To add to that, we moved and EVERYTHING is in a box. Fair enough. I had a “make it work” challenge and, surprisingly, the dress reall...
Oct 10, 2013
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Time for the textile challenge.
I drew my inspiration loosely from Patricia Michaels. I thought about the feathers, and decided that I could “manufacture” that in my “home studio...
Oct 03, 2013
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Our challenge was to create a look for “the modern Southern Woman.” Part of the challenge was to even form a consensus about what the “modern Southern Woman” is!
That is to m...
Sep 19, 2013
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This week we were workin’ for Heidi.
I went out on a limb and designed some avant garde workout wear. At first I thought I was making something so exaggerated that it would just be outlandish....
Sep 12, 2013
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These little beauties are called Sissi, by Christian Louboutin.
Sweet beaded shoe. $2695.00. Awesomeness. Can you hear them? They are singing.
The fact that these are so wildly far out of ordinary m...
Sep 05, 2013
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