Patty: A PoP Musical_Trading Cards

Back in May, I had the chance to assist Fashion & Costume Designer Pilar Macchione in creating her costumes for a musical production called Patty. I assisted in various elements of the construction process including pattern transferring, tracing and cutting fabric, various stages of sewing, belt making, grommet setting, etc.

Here are the trading cards of the characters.

Costume/Fashion Designed by Pilar Macchione
Costume/FashionConstruction by Pilar Macchione and Crew (Including me!)
Collar/Neckpiece & crown for The Gaze made by Zynada Aurelio
Cast and Crew of Patty

Enjoy!

Avant Garde Collaborative Photoshoot

Back in January, I attended a collaborative photoshoot organized by make-up artist Claudia Nunez.  Designers, MUA, hair stylists, models, and photographers all came together at a predetermined location to shoot editorials.

Model: I-wen Anne Lei

Make-up: Chaya Mua

Hair: Badri Kermani

Photography: Pavithra Photography (Pavithra Ramasubramanian)

Industrial Dystopia: The Deliverance of Fashion: As Seen in Flawless Magazine

Back in November, I was contacted by the wonderful Dre Ra-bel who did my previous Red Riding Hood Reconstruction to take part in a new photoshoot to be submitted for publication.  I am pleased to announce that we indeed get chosen and the photos are now up in the new issue of Flawless Magazine (Issue 4).

The entire experience was incredible.  I don't think another team could have pulled all this together so well in such short notice and had everything work out so consistently perfect.  I would absolutely love to work with this team again.

One day, four looks, home by dinner.

Here are a few photos. For more, please go to Flawless Magazine's main page.  The photos will be about two thirds into the magazine.

Credits:
Stylist & creative director: Dre Ra-bel
Photography: Melissa Manalad (Website)
Model: Victoria Smith
Hair & MUA: Chastity Cordova (GlamSquadCity)
Clothing Designer: Annalynn Luu
On Set Assistant: David Belcher


Enjoy!

Exhibit Ambush 2011

Following the Alterna "IT" Fashion Show, I was contacted by Antoinette Ransom to participate in an event she was producing called Exhibit Ambush.  The event promised to be an art show like no other, combining performances, fine art galleries, and a fashion show into one.  

As it was, she did not want me to over stress about the show due to the fact that I am a late recruit and, therefore, lack the time to fully execute an entire 10+ piece collection. Instead, I could show garments from my previous collections and add a piece or two to those to fit the number.  During this time, I was also wrapping up my last two quarters at school and interning at Lamb’s Players Theatre costume shop.  Taking this project on seemed to be quite the load.  After some thought, there was no other option but to go all in.  When would something like this come up again? It was a great way to test my potential and everything I learned.  The show was scheduled one month after my graduation, and I had roughly three months to get things done.  Not only was it a great way to meet local designers and artists, but it would also be my first fashion show outside of educational boundaries, in other words, with professionals currently in the field. 

A few weeks after signing the contract and looking through my previous collections, I deemed them unqualified for the show and decided to pull some nonexistent superpowers to revamp some concepts and hash out a new collection.  With my experiences in the previous school shows, the process from concept, design, and production (of five looks) lasted about eight to nine months. For Exhibit Ambush, I had to condense nine months worth of work into three and double my garment count....

Get Ambushed by Exhibit Ambush!

As I type this, I am deeply immersed in working on the designs and construction for the Exhibit Ambush Fashion Show.  Avant garde, art, theatrics, what more can one ask for?  It is truly a gathering of artists creating pure design without boundaries.

Not only am I extremely excited for the show itself, I am sincerely honored to be a part of it!  My collection is a darker re-imagining of my first Civilized Savage theme complete with plastic pieces.  Here's a preview of what I will be showing photographed by the wonderfully talented Catherine Asanov.

Be there!