Missed a week

But it was necessary. No really, the week revolving around Labor Day and retail in general makes for a great deal of tired. On top of that I had just started a new job, so I was learning the ropes during a crazy time. This new job was gotten to replace my job at Kate Spade. A sad day when I had to give my two weeks notice, but necessary. You see Kate Spade started selling too much apparel and I was told I had to choose between them and Talbots. Seeing as I've started to do some of the merchandising at Talbots and there was a better chance of promotion at the time, I stayed with Talbots. And to compensate, but not conflict, I now work at Perry Ellis.


Perry Ellis, why does that sound familiar? Well, for those of you who don't follow men's wear I have a little story for you:
At fashion week back in the fall of 1992, the Perry Ellis S/S 1993 runway had a rather bazar show for the audience - one that wasn't well received at the time in fact. At the time a barely know designer sent an entire line of grunge inspired pieces down the runway. His name was Marc Jacobs. Yeah, Perry Ellis was that show. Cool piece of history if I do say so myself. And on November 3rd it will be the 20th anniversary of said show, and I'm going to try and incorporate some grunge into my look if I'm working that day - that should be interesting.

So next week I will be back with a new inspiration board, but until then have a good week!

So The Scanner...

Yes it deserves to be capitalized, it has become an entity of of great villiany in my life. That is to say it is still having problems. I know how to fix it, thankfully, but in the end I have decided that I 'm going to wait on posting the actual designs I did, and instead post those all together at the end.

So for my next board I was able to find pictures from an actual chemistry themed wedding, which I know will tickle my friend's fancy (she loves chemistry - her dream kitchen would be a chemistry lab). On my end this should be interesting because it has no actual dresses as reference. I have a few details in mind from some dresses, but nothing substantial. So here we go:

I personally am a big fan of the candy table with all the periodic elements as labels. Enjoy!

No drawings today

Sorry if you were looking forward to it. I have both preliminary sketches and a finished piece that I really want to show every one, but my scanner is out of commission at the moment. Hopefully next week will yield better results. So until then here's the next inspiration board to hopefully appeal to the senses:

This one I'm really excited about, and the reason for this excitement is that it's a bit of a military influence. It might not seem that way since it consists of Empress Elisabeth of Austria's coronation dress and costumes from the ballet Stars and Stripes, but the reality is that both were already influenced by military dress to begin with. Also, the whole sword thing going on down in the right hand corner - I know that there are talks about a mock battle during the ceremony. What can I say, my friends have a flair for the dramatic!

Hope everyone has a good coming week!

I'm not dead?

I thought I was, Lord only knows my life is monotonous enough to make my a zombie. But then the clouds parted and the sun came out in the form of my friend getting engaged and then coming to see me. Ladies and gentle men, boys and girls, if you are ever in a depressive funk go hang out with friends and take a mini vacation and suddenly the world becomes a little brighter.

Because I saw my friend and asked her about her wedding I have been inspired enough to do something. You see, she knows nothing and told me to come up with ideas for her... for  her wedding. So, yeah. For the next couple of posts how ever many they may be will be full of ideas, inspiration boards and dress sketches for my friend for her wedding.

So without further ado, here is the first concept: Starry Night

This board was actually created by Snippet & Ink with the inspiration of a Constellation Wedding fueling it. Once I saw it, it made me think of my friend's love of architecture and cathedrals that have star covered ceilings, so I came up with this:

By next week I hope to show everyone at least one dress design using this board as inspiration. Wish me luck!