Tim Ditzig

I’ll be highlighting a different intern each day this week, starting with Tim Ditzig.

Tim is starting his fourth and final year as a fashion design student at FIT this Fall.  I met him when I lectured on sustainable design and critiqued one of his classes on eco fashion last Spring.  Tim’s aesthetic is very structured, tailored and clean with details referencing his inspiration.  His inspiration, in his words:

For my mini collection I turned to human anatomy for inspiration.  I always loved how the skeletal, muscular, and circulatory system looked and worked together.  In this collection I chose to focus on the skeleton, more specifically the spinal cord.  I am fascinated at the complexity of the spine.  It is truly one of the most amazing and beautiful parts of the body.

He’ll be developing a beautiful coat in a hemp/wool/lyocell tweed, a skirt in a hemp/silk drift, a sweater in deadstock yarns and a tee-shirt in a lightweight organic cotton jersey.

Today we visited Michelle at JM66 for the first time in Tim’s development process (he’d been before but only ever to drop off or pick up samples for me).  Today he discovered what it was like to have to explain his design to the person who will be making it.  I had flashbacks to the first time I had to do that, and it was terrifying.  But he held up well and answered all Michelle’s questions like a pro.