Designer’s Collections
Online Voting will end at 6pm on Friday, February 21st. You can vote online by visiting: http://woobox.com/dmhr93. Click the images to see a larger version.
Designer Ayanna Harrison – See you at the show!
Over the past few months I have learned a lot about myself. It has been such a challenge trying to balance school, work, and designing for the Goodwill fashion show but, I can rightfully say that I did it and no matter what, I am proud of myself. There were many times when I would be working on garments in the sewing studio at 4 or 5 in the morning and, sometimes all night. Then I would have to attend class at 8 or 10 am the very next day. This was physically exhausting, but I refused to give up [...]
My 7th Look for the Fashion Show
. . . . Designer Ayanna Harrison For our 7th look in the fashion show, our challenge is to create a garment from newspaper that was sponsored by the News and Record. I eventually decided to create a dress using cardboard to create the outer structure and, paper mâché to go over it so that I could be incorporating the newspaper. DESIGN PROCESS My first step was to create the outer structure of the dress using cardboard and duct tape. 2. Once the structure was complete I gathered my materials to start the paper mâché. The flour was used [...]
Designer’s Official First Looks!
Photography: Torey Searcy Photography Hair & Makeup: Leon's Style Salon Our designers woke up early on a Saturday morning for a photo shoot at Torey Searcy's Photography Studio. Here is a sneak peek of their first look of their seven piece collection! We are excited to see their entire collections on February 21st at the Elm Street Center in downtown Greensboro! Audience votes are going to determine the winner! Have you bought your ticket? Leave us a comment and tell us who's your favorite so far?! Designer: Caroline Baxley Torey Searcy Photography Designer: Ayanna Harrison [...]
Behind the Scenes with Designer – Ayanna Harrison
This was the picture that originally inspired me from Vogue magazine’s September 2013 issue. It was taken at Dolce & Gabbana’s masked ball held in Venice. I love the mix of colors and prints that were incorporated into each garment in the picture. This is a more organized picture of the three garments that I purchased from Goodwill and were used in my first design. My model, Cortney Addison is pictured wearing my first completed garment. The black and gold dress was used as the foundation, along with the sleeves and [...]