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Wednesday, April 25, 2012

No White Fashion Show

As you know, lately I have become ever so involved in the local design community of Minneapolis (hey, we do what we can!) and had the privilege of supporting my fellow designers at the University of Minnesota in their latest endeavor, a fashion show inspired by the dark side of fairy tales.

Sixteen designers presented one look of an up-cycled version of their own creativity, thus perfectly fitting into my annoyingly repetitive theme of reusing weird supplies. Materials ranged from ripped up old stuffed animals to chicken wire...yeah these people are as crazy as I am. The show was also judged by Danielle Everine, a former contestant on Project Runway. Take a look below and try to guess which fairytale belongs to whom, it's harder than it sounds (it the best of ways, of course).

So sorry about the poor photo quality, my sad iPhone doesn't have the help of Siri to improve picture quality...

Did you guess? Wish I could tell you the answers....I'll take notes next time, promise.

Monday, February 20, 2012

Twelve: Senior Fashion Show 2012

I had the amazing opportunity to volunteer at this year's senior fashion show at the University of Minnesota, Twelve. Eleven seniors (one dropped out at the last minute...puts a little bit of a damper on the title, eh?) presented their graduating line to hundreds of locals and family. Though the reason for the successful attendance was probably my presence.....but the show was pretty cool too, I guess. I definitely had my favorites, the best being a line of twisted, avant garde menswear. I can't wait until I finally have the opportunity to showcase what I've been working on for four years! I get to show a little sample at Scrubbed into Fashion on April 14th (Mark your calendars!!), hope it won't all go to my head. ;)

This was my favorite collection, I loved the playful twist on the original menswear suit and the muted color palette to draw attention to the insane details. I mean, come'on, where have you seen this before?? Nowhere.

Oops, this girl forgot to open her eyes, she surprisingly didn't fall off the runway (well, it was completely flat anyways). This was in the sophomore preview before the show started but the craftsmanship is impeccable. That is one show stopping collar (since we are always on the topic of detachable collars) and hell, I can never say no to black leather (even if it's fake).

Oh look, she woke up! Just in time for the show.

Boy, put some Chapstick on those lips.

Friday, February 10, 2012

WARNING: Things Are Smaller Than They Appear

Once upon hearing that the University of Minnesota had a fashion museum, I was obviously excited. I mean, I was thinking it must be HUGE with some crazy shit...Valentino, Dior, Coco Chanel...you get the gist. But instead of a football field this SPECTACULAR museum ended up being about the size of my dorm room (alright maybe classroom). Well, I am an apparel student so I felt the obligation to experience all the U has to offer for fashion (which isn't a whole lot...). The theme of the exhibit was costume, right up my alley (that being the style of wearing stuff that should only appear on the set of a movie). The museum did have a kind of creepy feel, like all these muslin people were watching you through their nonexistent eyes...but I did take some pictures just for the fun of it and to save you a trip yourself to the Goldstein Museum.

Is this outfit supposed to represent some flesh eating

disease? Maybe the Donner Party wore these.

Yeah, I thought these were beyond creepy too...They are supposed to be Cinderella with her evil step sisters imported ALL the way from Macy's, sorry Cinderella for cutting your head off.