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DECONSTRUCT RECONSTRUCT PROCESS BOOK

This process book was created using a Deconstruct Reconstruct method of designing.  I started by draping and experimenting with several mens tailored garments. I then created collages from the drapes which then translated into sketches and final ideations narrowed them down to 3 final looks...

DECONSTRUCT RECONSTRUCT GARMENT

This garment was created as my final for Advanced Apparel Development. Process and sketches are on this page.

Materials: Cotton, Polyester

Completed: May 2020

ANF

SOPHOMORE SUMMIT

PROJECT

The Abercrombie and Fitch Sophomore Summit provided a unique opportunity to explore a variety of career paths in corporate retail at A&F. It took place virtually over three days in July where about 100 students were given the opportunity to network with recent graduates at A&F and learn about...

CHATTER

Concept created for digital fashion class. 

Materials: Photoshop

Completed: January 2020

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DRAWING WITH FABRIC

For this project I was asked to first make little half inch samples out of fabrics cut in different shapes and sizes and then translate them into garments. Here you can see the overall fabrics and textures used, the little samples, garment translation and then the final lineup...

LAMPROTERA MEGES

This collection originally was inspired by the dragon tail butterfly (Lamproptera Meges), a butterfly that lives in Southeast Asia. What is so beautiful about this particular butterfly is that when the butterfly flutters its wings, the tails look like silk moving in the wind...

ON AIR

On Air is a children's print collection inspired by the aesthetic and music of 1950s diners...

ALEXANDER MCQUEEN: VENA

Vena is a spring/summer Alexander McQueen collection inspired by intricate overlapping pathways that make up the veins in our bodies. Using embroidery and embellishment techniques by the McQueen team, the lines and complexity of the body’s vein system is emulated on fabrics which challenges the importance of skin and creates an unsettling look...

UNBOUND. UNBOTHERED. UNBROKEN.

Unbound. Unbothered. Unbroken. is about embracing the freedoms of life, releasing the stresses and negative energies, and challenging us to find happiness by accepting the things you can’t change. Loosely inspired by the vibe and silhouettes of the seventies, the collection aims to dress a free spirit in something their personality would be comfortable in...

SHATTERED

This collection was inspired by ice from the polar ice caps. It was created as a final project for and intro illustration class. All the illustrations and technical flats are hand drawn...

PURPLE HOUNDSTOOTH

Fabric woven on a four harness loom in a classic houndstooth pattern and felted after it was taken off the loom. I ended up weaving around four yards of this fabric with the intention to make a coat. It was unfortunately lost in the mail...

WONDERLAND

Created as a final project, this design took inspiration from the fantasy elements of Alice in Wonderland. The print on the skirt was created by painting Indian ink onto the cotton twill. This dress was not actually featured in Vogue...

CITYSCAPES

Inspired by the vibrancy of cities, this print collection was completed for a textiles class. All the prints were hand drawn and the clothes were inspired by nineties and early two-thousands grunge looks...

PROTECTING OUR OCEANS

There are over one million plastic bags in the world’s oceans. These bags find their way to the ocean because we do not take better care of the environment we live in. This collection aims to bring awareness to the amount of plastic in the oceans by using plastic bags as the main textile throughout the garments. Using the plastic bags for clothes will prevent them from ending up in the oceans...

FAINTHEARTED

This collection is inspired by what I fear most. It would be mostly darker tones for the fabric with pastel colored embroidery to symbolize hope despite all the fear. All collages and drawings are hand done...

JOURNEYS PROCESS BOOK

This process book was created as part of my final for dye lab and was entitles "Journeys". The title "Journeys" reflects the theme of travels and all the twist and turns in life. The cover pages were covered with bus transfers that I collected when riding buses while growing up in San Francisco...

VARIOUS COLLAGES

Created as an exercise in fashion sketching. 

Materials: magazine pages, embroidery thread, various yarn, marker, gel pen

Completed: October 2019

FELT CHANDELIER

This sculpture was created out of felt cones that were felted and stitched resisted by hand. This project was inspired by natural elements.

Materials: wool, thread, armature wire, string lights.

Completed: May 2019

MAGAZINE DRESS

This sculpture was created out of rolled up magazine strips that were all attached by hand to the bodice and skirt of a paper dress. It is a sculpture because it cannot be removed from the mannequin to which it is attached...

ALICE GOES TO LONDON

Created as a submission for the 2018 YMA Competition. The prompt was to choose a brand that could successfully sell to the market of a country that it is not already in. My response was to take the brand Alice and Olivia by Stacey Bendet and expand it to the London market. Collection was inspired by London street style and by English motifs. All illustrations and flats are hand drawn...

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