Today’s episode is on DIY Style, sewing, drafting your own blocks and making your own patterns versus using store-bought patterns or printing patterns online, and will discuss design details and components of the jumpsuit I’m wearing; I’ve paired it with my Seed of Life Unisex Tanktop in Heather Grey, available in different colors and styles…
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Pattern Drafting Week Two | Parsons
Pattern Drafting After tediously measuring the body and drafting our patterns last week, we arrived this week ready to perfect our drafts by comparing them to a master block, making adjustments, and cutting them out of muslin. We handed in our sewing samples shown in my previous post, Pattern Drafting at Parsons. I ended up…
Pattern Drafting at Parsons
Upon entering the J Building and heading to the MFA area for class, I observed student projects on looms and plant matter growing through muslin. I’m in my second week of classes at Parsons for technical design. I started my pattern drafting exercises Tuesday. Although I’ve drafted sleeves and simple garments before, perhaps draping on…
Moving To Brooklyn, Fashion Design Job Hunting, and Returning to Parsons
In this video, I discuss my experience in moving to Brooklyn and pursuing a fashion design career, what it’s like apartment and job hunting, and my return to studying at Parsons following my certification from the Parsons X Teen Vogue Fashion Industry Essentials program, for which I was the Ambassador, as well as two certifications…
Return to Parsons: Fashion Design Career
I’ve finally relocated to NYC after a 19-years-long journey in the pursuit of my career in Fashion Design. It isn’t easy to break into the fashion industry- with every job having nearly 100 applicants or more, and the required skillsets and experience to be inducted into it, it is a highly competitive and sought after…
The Met In America a Lexicon of Fashion
The Metropolitan Museum’s The Costume Institute 2021 Exhibition, In America A Lexicon Of Fashion All Looks shown at the Metropolitan Museum’s The Costume Institute 2021 Exhibition, In America A Lexicon Of Fashion can be seen in the video above. Some of my favorite garments include the voluminous blue Rodarte gown and the black Tom Ford dress which was so striking in…
Le Gitan (The Gypsy) Fall CLO3D Fashion Show by Fashion Designer Perry Uwanawich
Le Gitan (The Gypsy) Fall CLO3D Fashion Show by Fashion Designer Perry Uwanawich, created in Marvelous Designer 11 and After Effects. I wanted to design a capsule collection that represents where the Gypsies, Rom, my people, descended from and migrated to, from Asia (India to China/Korea/Japan, etc.) to Europe, Spain, and the United States. The…
Working In Fashion Industry Jobs: Experience and Advice
This video covers different positions I’ve held in the fashion industry, from Fashion Design, to Graphic Design for T-shirts, to Retail, to Certifications and College Education. Support my small business, shop Auric Wear https://AuricWear.com, follow @AuricWear on social media, and use the hashtag #AuricWear. Fashion, Beauty, and Lifestyle Blog: http://Subversive.Style -Skincare, Makeup, Beauty Product Reviews…
Gucci Fall 2019
Gucci Fall 2019 mixed goth with victorian era and 50’s styled with a touch of horror to put on a sumptuous show slithering with snake skin, leather, spiked collars and masks, weird ear pieces, all contrasting the light flowing sheer chiffon, silk, lamé, complete with cravats and frill. Those green skin pants with the mustard…
DIY Halloween Costumes From Scratch
I wanted to create our Halloween costumes from scratch, and decided to sew Pirate Vampire looks inspired by the victorian trend we saw hit the runway. I used Simplicity pattern 4059 to create bishop-sleeved frill-collared shirts and Vitorian knickers to match, and hacked the pattern to add a button fly, draw string waistband, and differentiated…
