Group 4: Foreverafter
A fairy tail bohemian dress group inspired by the work of artist Marco Mazzoni and the designs of Anna Sui. Clad in floral burn out velvet, perforated leather and hand embellished crocheted lace, this princess lives happily ever after in the enchanted wilderness. Her patchwork frocks are effortless and leave her unencumbered to explore and climb trees without worrying about girdles or tightly laced corsets.
3rd group The Clash-
Fall unisex junior street wear fusing on bold clashing colors,denim, fairisle sweaters and studs. Bright colors and playful youthful rebellion characterize this collection- a hand me down wardrobe inherited from grandpa is updated with studs and denim. Fairisle sweaters are pieced into denim jackets or reinvented as leggings- elbow and knee patches abound.
6 initial illustrations of unitard + cover up designs for Cirque-
Dominique chose the 1st one (one of my designs) for my partner and I to make, but as you can see, things change a lot from initial design to reality- I wish I had the final illustration from the end of the project to compare/contrast but things were hectic and I didn’t get a chance to scan it in.
I’m happy to announce my costume along with others from the junior and senior classes from Otis will be in the windows of Nieman Marcus in Beverly Hills from the 14th to the 29th of this month!
gloves + pictures of the completed suit
in addition to these, I was also responsible for the first drape of the corset + pants before my partner and I decided to split up the work by unitard vs coverup to be more effective with time, and the ‘spine’ portion + peplum treatments on the corset visible in the previous photoset
the gloves were made by attaching fake ‘marquisette’ (that’s what the lady at the fabric store labeled it but my teacher was vehemently against calling it that but I’m not sure what to call it otherwise :’D) gauntlets to premade gloves as a base and the finished version of the suit had 31 pattern pieces ( not including the ‘facets appliquéd onto the chest, back and arms), literally hundreds of handplaced swarovski crystals and cost me about a semester worth of sleep.
The spine of the corset (which my partner and I worked on equally) was made out of red leather over stiff boning and elastic string and the peplum was made by layering horse hair braid, lighting gels and leather scraps.
Andrea Schwartz & Joo Cho for Dominique Le Mieux for Cirque du Soliel at Otis’s annual scholorship benefit show at the Beverly Hilton-
I can not put into words what a wonderful experience this was- especially seeing the costumes come to life with the performers at the rehearsals and in full makeup at the evening show! Special thanks of course to my partner Joo who worked on the corset + pants and to the performer we worked with, AJ who was 100% game for the crazy stuff we wanted him to wear!
This project was very challenging sometimes- lots of sleepless nights- spending 3 days becoming intimately acquainted with E6000 gluing on literally hundreds of Swarovski crystals- learning how to airbrush(!) - dealing with the myriad of changes after each fitting- I can say that in the end it was 100% worth it! (photos by myself and various classmates on facebook)
initial sketch + WIP of my current group- the rest of the fabrics are going to be added in digitally and then rendered over with traditional media.
fixed flats and illustration for group 1: Louder Than This
Loungewear and intimates mini collection inspired by colorful japanese street fashion. Playful color blocking and graphics evocative of irezumi- traditional japanese tattoo art- are fun and flirty under any clothes, whether spending a day at home or hitting the city with friends, the cheerful color palette available in two color ways always makes an impact.
