who would have thought that I would be designing for a fashion show this year. In the beginning of my last year, I considered that as a thought but never thought that I would actually go through with it. One day while I was having a conversation with my roommate, she was telling me of her friend who kept talking about these great ideas and of things he wanted to do but never did it. I began to hear myself and see that I might become the same way if I didnt commit to something and follow it through. This is my one chance to show my parents I am serious of considering designing as a career. Especially, this whole career change was slowly landed on my parents right after I came back from studying abroad.
So here I am. weaving fabric on a self- made rustic loom to make belts to go with my clothing.
During the model fittings, some of the models say that they like the clothing they are trying on. It makes me soo happy even if they are kissing up or whatever. It makes me feel like what I have done has accounted for something. It looks so much different to see it on a person other than myself and see it come to life. I think my roommates are excited to see it in the fashion show since for the past months I have been sitting in the corner table of the dining area sewing and then moving into the living room to watch tv while I cut fabric.
It was hard to make a decision to detach myself with my previous designs since the theme was kind of lacking and I was half way done.I was making clothes based on the fact of using recycled clothing but had the problem of lacking the skills to create something I drew. So I decided why not stick to something more simple and theme oriented. I used one of my favorite pieces in my previous designs as the staring point to my current line of 7 designs.
Looking back at how much I have accomplished already, I am proud of myself. I have managed to make 7 dresses and finish weaving 7 belts. I am not the best at making clothes YET but I strive to learn by taking apart clothes or trying to learn by books. Before, I would make an excuse for my shortcomings and not attempt to try to learn without all the possible materials and instruments. I would say " I need a dress form to make the clothes" or "I need the right wood piece to make a loom" and so on. But, I have learned to do without such things and try to make it work.
