Since NYFW begins this week, I thought I'd share this short video. My alma mater, The Academy of Art University in San Francisco, is one of the few, or only fashion schools in the U.S. to show during NYFW. I can't wait to see the work of this season's MFA students on Friday, February 11. This video is only a highlight of a few of the looks shown during the Spring/Summer 2011 shows which were held in September 2010.
For those of you not in the fashion biz, the shows are generally held several months before the actual season to allow buyers to get a look at various collections and decide which lines they want to carry in their stores. The designers then have a few short months to get the clothes produced and into stores.
Along with creating my own designs, I also do custom embroidery and beadwork for other designers. At around 1:40 in the video, you'll see a couple of looks that are encrusted with metal beadwork. These were designed by Maria Korovilas and I did some of the beadwork for her. Maria's collection was very haute couture and simply amazing. I loved working on it. It was a huge endeavor involving a team of people, three to do the vast majority of the embroidery and another team of people to construct it all. Most of the work was done by hand in the true haute couture sense. The long vest you can see in the video was originally about three feet longer and dragged on the floor. It took about two months to bead. Unfortunately, none of the models were strong enough to walk in it since it weighed over 100 pounds, so Maria was forced to chop off the bottom of the vest, causing a few beads to fall off on the runway. It was still beautiful though. Tomorrow, I'll post more pictures of the collection along with some of the pictures I took as I went along with the embroidery.
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