Begin with inspiration..
The purpose of this blog is to allow everyone some insight into one clothing designer’s path from conception to final product, with the final goal being a show during NY fashion week. That designer is me. Hello, I am pleased to meet you.
Admittedly I have started blogging a little late in the season, so I am going to post several steps at once in order to catch you up with where I’m actually at in my progress. I usually begin designing a collection with a source of inspiration. I never seek out that inspiration, it usually finds me in one form or another. In April of this year I went to visit a good friend in London. During my trip I saw an exhibition at the Tate Modern called Rodchenko & Popova: Defining Constructivism. I immediately related to the structure, colour choices and philosophies emulated by the artists’ work. I returned to NY wanting to research them further and try to adapt the their perspective to my work in Brooklyn in 2009.
This collection will be a loose study of their work, updated by modern day reality. The video below discusses highlights from the show in London.
[...] My first attempt is a tranformable piece that can be worn as a necklace or a a harness, depending on your mood. The one shown above is in a navy blue satin cord, but it’s only a prototype and I’ll likely be making them more elaborate and definitely brighter for the show. I’m thinking of using primary clrs as used in Russian Constructivists’ work mentioned in an earlier post. [...]