Okay, okay so I have not written in a long time please forgive me. This past year has been amazingly busy. It was my senior year of college so of course it was full of homework, projects, bad caf food, backstabbing bitches, stress, and of course my senior line! Most people who are not Fashion Design majors have no idea the kind of stress we have to create our "final line." Most majors have a 30 page thesis or final exams to go through. As fashion design majors not only do we have final exams and tons of papers to do we also have about a month to completely create a whole line not to mention doing our portfolios.
So while most people were just doing dresses or sportswear I decided that I loved stressing myself out so much that I created 3 suits for guys. Needless to say through out the process and even after the line was created I had dreams thinking about welt pockets and how to piece the front collar to the jacket. No bueno.
First though I had to really find my inspiration for the suits. I was concerned that if the inspiration was wrong I would not have the ability to continue through to the end. I mean when you are looking at suits for 4 weeks straight and working on them at least 10 hours a day you need to be devoted to them. So I started to think what guys really like and what they would really wear. Then it hit me! Video games!!!!!!!!!! Oh my god it was brilliant, but which video game would I choose. It took me a while but after I looked at the color forecasting for next year it was a no brainer. Gray, Black, Red, it had to be the original NES Nintendo controller. It served as an amazing inspiration.
For the first week or so I created all of my patterns and picked out the fabric that I wanted. (If you want some amazing fabric for low cost go to fashionfabricsclub.com, they are amazing!) Then I literally had 3 weeks to make the suits. So I took one day and just did ties and a shirt. Then I took it in stages. Pants...check, shirts...check, ties...check, vests...check.... and finally jackets...thank god check!
It took a lot of coffee and a lot of late nights to do it but the end result was better than I imagined, I even took home the menswear award. The most rewarding part was that I did something I never thought I could get done and people really loved the end result.
So here is the thing that caught me by surprise though....I don't think I want to be a costume designer anymore, I think I want to be a menswear designer. (DON, DON, DON).
So for all of you readers out there if you know of any menswear or really any fashion jobs out there for a recent college grad let me know about it!
