My range on the catwalk!

Photography Courtesy of Mitchell Page

Through Tafe I was placed to work with Liz Dawes at Cocoon. I had to design a print and garment then make the pattern and sew a sample. I'm so proud of my pattern, I found a way to make it out of one pattern piece! so I have made this duplicate for myself and will ware it to the Parade :) with appropriate under garments of corse lol

will have to post piks of these garments on models :)

My bodice that goes with the "Show Stopper"

Laced up the back for effect :)

Soo many french seams!!

My new business label :D

Color pic. if anyone knows how to rotate this pik please tell me, I saved it in the write position on my desktop but it keeps saving in the blog like this.

(Model: Pamika Reynolds - Photographer: Mitchell Page)

First garment for my end of year range, is a silk Habutai jumpsuit with silk cotton lining, I dyed the fabric myself, will post colour photo later. Still have to get the leather belt and lace up sorted out but it'll get there lol :D

Amazing work by Mitchell I have to say, he's 16! wow look out world here comes talent! Feel like chekin out his other stuff go to his facebook page:

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=842085595

Or look up "Mitchell Page" on facebook.

My pattern making workspace:

The lining for the jump suit:

This is the test fabric, it came up with water marks when I steamed it (those bright blue and maroon spots). Lesson learned...

And this is the first piece continued. It will become the "Sultry Goth" garment.

Painting my silks for the end of year range. It's coming along very nicely, I'll post final designs when they are done. These are just some images Im taking as I go along, kind of a diary of my progress :D haha

This is my workspace. Dad made the rack too small so it's not quite 2m unfortunately, but it works well enough :D

This one is organza:

This is how I painted it lol gets a great result, will post the image when I steam it:

This one is Habutai silk:

Fashion Illustration

Some artwork from my Tafe file:

Gouache Illustration:

Photo on acetate with collage under and over:

I love this one, made myself look awesome:

Stitch work (very painful lol):

Final fashion illustration/collage using rubbings, torn paper, torn photographs and fabric. I'm happy with this one :)

Some progressive images of makeup art. Inspiration "30 Days of Night" mini comic cover.

Final design: above below

First attempts: below,

Funny

I knew I'd heard that name before hahaha she works at our tafe! strange how I went out to find a designer I was interested in, talked to some girls who knew her and it turned out to be a woman I see often :) freekin funny!

This woman is just fascinating! All the things I plan on doing, she is doing now. Small world :) Absolutly love her concepts. So very much like me. . .

Interview with Elisha From "The Butcher and The Crow"

Has this always been your passion?

Fashion designing? no, but it was my first. its has wavered from time to time and i have gone off and studied other things but i always come back to it.

Hobbies. When your not designing what do you do with your time?

when i am designing im normally working on a studio space and art gallery that i am trying to get up and running.

What inspires you? what is your muse?

the hidden things.

What would you describe is your personal style?

jeans and a Tshirt - theres never very much thought.

Can you tell me a little bit about your fabric dyeing?

i learnt the process when i was in japan studying fashion its called shibori. its when you fold and stitch the fabric to create a resist in a dye bath.

Where did you study? What is your fashion background?

i started off at curtin doing fine arts then made the decision to switch to fashion in my 3rd year. so i then completed another 2 years doing fashion at curtin. after 2 years i the took a year off and went to Tafe to learn pattern making and i took up a boot making traineeship at the same time. went back in 2009 and completed my degree and graduated.

When did you start taking serious steps towards your career?

i don't think there was ever a conscious decision. i actually wanted to take a year off after i graduated but i got evolved in a fashion show called jail house frock which then lead me to entering perth fashion festival which then got stockists interested in my work and it all just snow balled from there.

Was there a turning point were it all started to fit into place?

.... its still yet to come.

Describe a highlight of your career?

my career is in its early stages and i still have my moments but i think the highlight is actually realising things aren't impossible.

Were there any unfavourable moments?

theres been many, days without sleep trying to get orders out, manufacturing mishaps. but its all apart of it and i wouldn't change it

Any advice you'd like to share with aspiring designers?

say yes to everything, things normally happen for the better.

Hope thats ok, if you have any further questions dont hesitate to email.



Elisha

Inspirational images:

Green dress was the first I ever made, before I learned to sew. I designed it, painted the fabric and had it sewn up by Hue Lee Designs. Artwork My fiancé and I have created. Gothic/dark imagery. Skulls, lace-up, red and black. Sensual imagery. Jacquard prints/designs. Dark make-up. Texture.