designing this collection proves difficult without the use of a dress form to drape on ( Read more... )

apparently i missed a crit for cfda competition concept boards? so by this wednesday i have to have a concept board with of course, color story, fabric swatches (ieeeeeee--i won't be able to get to new york city again until the middle of wintersession break, probably), and something like 25-30 sketches of pieces to present to my professors. this ( Read more... )

today turned out to be resume day and michael even offered to take a look at it, although my dad will be the first to polish it up. i've completely re-written it ... i added four new things to my work experience, and while that makes me happy and thinks it will be my strongest point in getting an internship for the summer, it just barely keeps to ( Read more... )

i have a feeling i am missing a lot of things while in edinburgh. like men's fashion week. and putting together my resume so that i can be a contender as an intern at daryl k. and helmut lang ... i still have to get the thom browne info from the guys at cloak ... i should write them an email saying hi from scotland, i think they'd get a kick out of ( Read more... )

helmut lang is based in new york! so now i just need to figure out how i can intern for him ... it would be an absolute dream to work there! (he's one of my favorite designers)

right now i'm trying to gather internship information for this summer. i really want to work for daryl k., calvin klein, or thom browne. i used to run into thom on a regular basis whenever i was coming/leaving the little w. 12th st. address that he also shares with cloak. (as well as derek lamb) he seems to be a sweet man, always in his impeccably ( Read more... )

scotland scotland scotland scotland scotland scotland scotland scotland scotland scotland ( Read more... )

is this election for real? let's just hope the provisional ballots pull through ... i just can't believe how much of america consists of obviously ignorant, conservative bastards who are dumb enough to want to reelect someone who will ruin our country, ruin our relations with other countries (which, actually, he already has), and leave me and a ( Read more... )

( Read more... )

I finally finished drafting the pattern pieces to my cut and sew dress, and made a muslin of 3/4 of the bodice today. It took me about four days to resolve the sleeve. The whole thing is actually working out exactly the way I wanted it to; it's very close to my sketch on paper. The only problem I'm having is that I'm quickly running out of muslin ( Read more... )