Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Finally in stores...
The close are now for sale at The Dressing Room at 75A Orchard. Here are photos of the rack , the shop window and Alexandra who was so sweet and helped me get set up. More on this later.
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Cubist....
Saturday, November 29, 2008
the cowl...
This is a the famous "cowl" shirt. The neck piece is long enough to cover the whole head. This has not gone to the sample-maker yet but would like to have a few made in the next couple weeks. Since this was designed i have found lots of examples of other contemporary designers working with cowls or cowl-like knits. here are two versions...
my version of Raskolnikov's shirt
Crime and punishment...
slashing
The final yoke shirt
Not bad but, it finally made sense when we tried a super light weight dingy gray (with hint of purple) rayon on top of a charcoal gray. The fabric and is shear and looks like it's about to peal off. The only problem was having product made. Susan, my manufacturer, said she couldn't cut that kind of "yoke" pattern. So we did it by hand. See picts of Michael cutting out the graded "yoke" pieces. Threads were sewn across yoke for a kind of quilting affect. In the end we decided to keep them then. I now want to sell the shirts with hanging threads - cut them off yourself if you don't like them!
applique
Finding a name...
There has been a lot of going back and forth about a name for this line. More on the details of that in a future post. But for now, the line is called "The Mind/Body Problem". This name has gotten a serious thumbs down from just about everyone but it is a logic behind it. Somehow when my co-worker Matt Drazin showed me this Bast poster, it all made sense. Most likely the line name will changing every season along with its inspirations.
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