80s style:

I made this shirt and vest not too long ago. My friend had all this old lace that she didn’t want anymore, so she gave it to me. That was a good day in Tinsel Town. So I made a shirt and here it is for all to see….80s style naturally.

Mr. Mcqueen

My most beloved fashion designer, Alexander McQueen died on Friday, February 11, 2010. He was such an amazing fashion designer. You would be in a state of awe after seeing his work. No one will ever be able to replace him. May he rest in peace.

Snow Fort

We had a big snowstorm and school got canceled, (have I ever told you that I LOVE the snow?) My little brother and I decided to make a snow fort. We started around 10am and finished at about 5pm. Now it’s time for me to eat supper, the menu is snow and Fun Dip. Mmm best invention a human ever came up with.

Keira Knightley in Vogue

Keira Knightly is one of my biggest fashion muses. She actually kind of got me into fashion. Awhile back my little brother and I went to Wisconsin to stay with my aunt and uncle for a week. My aunt is one of the most creative people I know. She has the most GORGEOUS garden that I have ever seen in my entire life! The whole time we were up there, she just let our imaginations soar and let us make whatever we wanted. We made fairy gardens and fairies to put in her garden. Being up there was one of the best memories of my life.

Now for how Keira Knightly and my aunt coincide, one day my aunt got me a bunch of Vogue magazines from the library and one of the issues was of Keira Knightly when she went to Africa. I Fell in LOVE with that feature. It was such a beautiful and whimsical feeling. It really captured the beauty of Africa. Somehow I began liking fashion after that and BAM…here I am the tomboy who wanted to be in the army, now wants to be a fashion designer. Pretty funny how things work out.

Foil Dress

This dress of mine is made out of foil and tape. It took around 4 days, 6 boxes of Reynolds Heavy Duty Foil, tape, and one room completely covered in foil. I entered it in the Scholastics Art Competition 2010 and so far it has won a regional Gold Key. So pretty exciting. : ) The award ceremony is next week and I’m trying to figure out what to wear, hmm. I’m for sure wearing my beloved neon, orange chucks which could flag down a plane, even at night time…or so I’m told. I guess I’ll try to sew something up this week, or maybe I’ll hit the jackpot at Goodwill. So until then I’ll try to figure it out.

Plastic Bag Dress

While I’m waiting for good photo taking weather, I thought I’d show you a couple of my old stuff that I’ve made. This dress was made out of plastic bags. Overall it took about 100 hours in the process of making it. I started out by making a dress underneath and then layering on hundreds of cut-up plastic bags with glue. I entered it in the Scholastics Art Competition and it won a regional Gold Key. But now the dress’s days are over, thanks to a heater in my room. The front bodice is now completely melted. I really wasn’t sad about it, but I think my mom could have used a box of tissues. At least I still have my memories of it.

Sailor Dress & Homemade Fashion Feature:

I love the old sailor dresses from the 1950s. When I finished sewing it I showed it to my mom and she was like, “I used to wear one of those when I was a kid.” So that was kind of funny. After lots of bribing, I finally got my little brother to help me with the photo shoot. I am now 2 candy bars short because of it and that’s worth a lot in my house. We live on a steady diet of Anti-Cancer-Soup, (don’t ask), and vegetables, so every type of junk food is valuable. The photos were greatly inspired from the music video for the song Hoppipolla by sigur ros. It really brings out the imagination of a kid, and has beautiful instrumental parts.

I take all my photos with a tripod and self timer.