Friday, August 5, 2011

New Fashion Designs

This past weekend I went down to Southern California to stay with my best friend who is a statuesque model and industrial designer. I was inspired by the dry and other-worldly landscapes that we drove past and so we did a little shoot with these latest dresses. As a result I wanted to create the fantasy space world that I had in my mind, with the driest hot deserts, steaming moon rocks and starry skies.

Red Mars Dress

This dress is a casually elegant custom printed Organic cotton "easy wear" long dress. It is incredibly soft and comfortable. The print is a NASA image of the surface of Mars. Jacqueline made a Mars rover + tribal-inspired necklace to match.




Space Traveler Dress (with Space Traveler hoodie and Astronaut belt)

This dress is the counterpart to the hoodie as I posted before and I love the complete look, especially on Jac since she embodies the powerful + strong woman that I had in mind when designing this collection. It is a short tee shirt dress style with organic cotton custom reverse space print that I designed. The belt is stretch black rib knit with astronaut applique.

I also made the necklace which is inspired by the swirls of the galaxy mixed with a tribal feel.

Reverse Space Organic Cotton Custom Print, Polar Space Traveler Coat and T  Dress







Flight Suit Dress with Astronaut Belt



For the past several months I've been completely buried and obsessed with inspiration, designing and sewing. Back in March I started doing a lot of visual digging for images that
inspire me.


I am largely inspired by many things, especially powerful women, women astronauts, traditional elegance, British, Russian, Asian, Italian, Japanese fashions, vintage 60's space, and old world style. However I always start with the female body and work from there- first off thinking of what is flattering.

The fabrics I've used are mostly cottons, custom designed prints on organic knits- because modern life often demands comfort. I absolutely adore high fashion but I have to say I am more a fan of soft and wearable.












Experimentation with custom fabric digital printing and that whole process has been a blast.

These are some of my favorite shots of the clothes. I was so lucky to have found Laura Bee as a model who is quite stunning. Thanks to Jacqueline for making me the cute necklace from old computer parts!




Return of Saturn Dress

Custom organic cotton knit applique on black jersey knit. The print is of Saturn and its rings and I loved how it graced the contours of the body creating this very graphic, geometric  look.



                                                The Final Frontier Supernova Dress

                                    Cotton print mix, fitted beachy style casual yet dressy.


The PhilosoFur coat and handmade pillbox style hat made from eco-felt

Every girl who has seen or tried this coat on loves it- seems to be a favorite. I wanted to make a coat that could be worn out to dinner or to an evening event that would be super stylish and cozy warm.

Mixed printed Cottons, teal nylon lining with faux fur trim

Sleek Space Chic



Parallel Universe Dress- Organic black cotton knit with side applique





The Space Traveler hooded zip up sweater. This one is heavily inspired by pictures I saw of the Russian cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova. Organic custom printed cotton knit with faux fur trim and patch applique. Worn with astronaut jumpsuit.





Tibetan Tuxedo Bolero Coat faux fur and satin Chinese brocade trim




Astronaut Jumpsuit comfort + stylish urban look. Black cotton knit with applique