I am a recent graduate from Los Angeles Trade Technical College [LATTC], and while these are not professional projects, I am rather fond of them and feel like they can give you a sense of my capabilities and what I can possibly bring to the table. I hope you enjoy them as much as I did making them.
CHILDREN'S WEAR
Had a project where we had to design children's wear with a theme. We had to include cover board, inspo page, illustration, trim and fabric page complete with hand drawn technical flats as well as this page of colored-in spec sheet.
We were assigned to design a themed children's wear line for the fall. It had to include a cover page, inspo page, illustration, trim and fabric pages, and hand drawn technical flats with assumed information and pricing as well as a colored in spec sheet. I personally had a lot of fun with this one. I decided to do gender neutral clothing fashioned around a dystopian futuristic fall vibe.
GOWN DRAPING
If you look closely you can see the pins used to hold the ruched look in place, which I later hand tacked internally.
I also added the center back strap to stabilize the draping at the back sides and to create a nice linear effect at center back continuing down with the cascading ruffles.
If you look closely you can see the pins used to hold the ruched look in place, which I later hand tacked internally.
This project was for draping class. The assignment was to drape a gown. I decided to challenge myself and see if I could make a gown with only one seam. I draped it so that there was only a 2 ft seam at center back on the wrong side to create cascading ruffles. There is also a hook and eye at the back neck to complete the closure.
VARSITY JACKET
I made this jacket in my first pattern making class. There were very many parameters for this project. You had to design a jacket and take a coat block and design with the following rules: you had to include a dropped armhole, must have a widened collar minimum of 1/2", must have slashed and spread the original pattern, have an asymmetrical feature, include an action pleat, must have facings and had to be fully lined. I hit all the marks, and this jacket got me an A+.
CHILDRENS WEAR
This is the initial mood board submitted. While the textiles stayed the same with 1 more addition of a cream cotton denim, the initial design of the jumper on the far left with crop top got used for the Athleisure category so I had to redesign a new garment. I opted for an asymmetrical hem dress with hoodie.
Here is a raglan long sleeve with hoodie. There is a thumb hole detail, as well as faux flat felled seams at the hoodie interior and asymmetrical vented hem.
This is the initial mood board submitted. While the textiles stayed the same with 1 more addition of a cream cotton denim, the initial design of the jumper on the far left with crop top got used for the Athleisure category so I had to redesign a new garment. I opted for an asymmetrical hem dress with hoodie.
In order to submit for the Children's Wear category, there were a few guidelines to follow. There had to be a minimum of 5 pieces, there had to be at least 2 pieces with little to no stretch, and there had to be 2 outer wear pieces. With that in mind here are my submissions. I used my niece and nephew as my models, aren't they so adorable? Rachel was very shy going down the runway, while Liam was very confident!
ATHLEISURE
Here you can see in my initial designs I wanted solid bold colors so you can see the swimsuits underneath the sheer body suit and hoodie dress. While it looked amazing, it got swapped out for a light green, grey and white camo print. Also, with the addition of a child model, I opted out of the jumpsuit and kept the body suit with hoodie dress. I took the jumpsuit from my other children's category and used it here instead since I wanted to keep a jumpsuit in the Athleisure collection.
Here is the beginning of me draping the initial bikini.
Here are my sister and niece with me as I win the 2nd place for the Athleisure category
Here you can see in my initial designs I wanted solid bold colors so you can see the swimsuits underneath the sheer body suit and hoodie dress. While it looked amazing, it got swapped out for a light green, grey and white camo print. Also, with the addition of a child model, I opted out of the jumpsuit and kept the body suit with hoodie dress. I took the jumpsuit from my other children's category and used it here instead since I wanted to keep a jumpsuit in the Athleisure collection.
For the Athleisure category we had to follow a few parameters. You had to make a complete look for both an adult and a child and there had to be a minimum of 5 pieces with at least one print. Originally, my teacher said it would be two adults walking the runway and no prints needed, but after having made the mood board, they rescinded and changed it to one adult and one child plus a print. I like the latter more, however the former won me 2nd place in that category!
BORDER PRINT
DAY DRESS
Here I am draping the bodice. I wanted there to be a bandeau consisting of only the border print as contrast, so I wanted to make the bodice cover only the front torso so as to show the bandeau at the back. As you can see, the print is made of hexagons and the border is the edge of the last set of hexagons into stripes.
Here I am draping the pant. My favorite aspect of this garment is in this pant. I wanted to be clever and hide the border within an action pleat where the side seam would be, so when the model is walking the action pleat would open, releasing the border. A cute little pop of inspiration. It was actually quite hard to get the draping right on this as each leg was one whole pattern. It would have been easier to make each leg into two patterns, but then there would be an ugly seam somewhere. The hardest part was figuring out how to balance the pant since the grain line changes twice throughout the pant leg since the pattern was so wide.
Here I am draping the bodice. I wanted there to be a bandeau consisting of only the border print as contrast, so I wanted to make the bodice cover only the front torso so as to show the bandeau at the back. As you can see, the print is made of hexagons and the border is the edge of the last set of hexagons into stripes.
The guidelines for this category was that it had to be a day time type of dress and to use a fabric that had a border print. The idea behind the border is that the border is always printed on the edge, meaning they want to see the way you manipulate the grain line. Of course always thinking outside the box, I asked if I could do a wide leg jumpsuit as opposed to a dress, and it was approved! I hid the border in an action pleat on the side of the pant as well as on the side bodice. I had a lot of fun with this project, and it is one of my favorites.
SWIMWEAR WITH COVER UP
Here I am draping the fabric over me as I decide whether to use this for my cover up or not.
I initially draped the swimsuit in this fabric as I've had a few extra yards at my disposal.
Here I am draping the fabric over me as I decide whether to use this for my cover up or not.
These pieces were submitted for the Swimwear category. In order to submit for this category, you also had to include a cover up. I opted to do a kimono cover up to stick with my theme of having done a kimono for my Theme category, and tried to choose colors that stuck closely to my story - greys and greens.
KIMONO
The obi (belt) is hand sewn with an invisible stitch to the self at center back to keep it from falling when transforming the bottom of the kimono down the runway.
This is the back when at a short skirt
The obi (belt) is hand sewn with an invisible stitch to the self at center back to keep it from falling when transforming the bottom of the kimono down the runway.
This design was submitted for the Theme category. Interestingly, every student in the Golden Thimble class (Golden Thimble is the last class taken where there are no more lessons, just working on designing and making your submissions for the final runway before graduation. There were 35 in my GT class, and there were 7 categories available for submission) had a different Theme, which proved difficult to vote for. My Theme was "Metamorphosis". Essentially you had to create something that can turn into something else. I made a kimono that was reversible and converted from a short dress to a full length kimono with a train.
AVANT GARDE
Here is the rough draft pattern I created after draping on a dress form first.
When creating this corset I thought the addition of this laced trim with silver hardware was a nice touch to juxtapose the soft vs. hard of the garment as a whole. Same with the matching choker in the upcoming photos, I added a large silver O-ring to tie it all together.
Here is the rough draft pattern I created after draping on a dress form first.
This design was my submission for the Avant Garde category. The direction I wanted to go with this was to modernize a woman from the Victorian era. I made a body suit with mesh biker legs, taking a page from today's trends, while juxtaposing that with the romantic feel of the off the shoulder bodice and voluminous layers of the adjoining skirt. All tied together with the soft colors of cream with the textural nuances of the sheer striped organza and shiny satin, I felt like the garment, while separate and very different pieces, came together as a whole, organically mixing old Victorian feels with modern day trends.
EVENING GOWN
It was definitely a challenge hand tacking all of the string at the proper distance. Sandwiching the string between the self, mesh and facings proved difficult, but was (thankfully) not impossible.
The cowl at the hip and strategically placed mesh inserts were interesting to drape.
I used my little sister as my model, and here she is walking to me while I receive my 1st place ward for this entry.
It was definitely a challenge hand tacking all of the string at the proper distance. Sandwiching the string between the self, mesh and facings proved difficult, but was (thankfully) not impossible.
This gown was a bit challenging for me. I designed it inspired by another gown I had seen in my research which used strategically placed beaded string. While I didn't have beaded string, I did have a roll of nylon string, which in hindsight was not heavy enough for proper draping. I made it work, however, and this design ended up getting me 1st place for the Evening category in our runway finalè.
HONORS & AWARDS
I have gratefully been awarded with Dean's Honor Award for both spring and fall 2017, and have also won 1st place in design for the Evening category as well as 2nd place for the Athleisure category