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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 [...]

By TriadGoodwill| 2014-01-20T13:53:12-05:00 January 20th, 2014|

Let’s talk about this Unconventional Materials Challenge

Designer - Caroline Baxley Let’s talk about this Unconventional Materials Challenge. This look is going to be pretty exciting and crafty. I love to imagine new ways to make things and make them happen. I know I will use my love of painting in this look. I have painted leather for one other look of the show, but the paper challenge will be more like a blank canvas. My old friend paper mache will be accompanying me on the creation of this look. The last time I used the paper mache technique was when a friend and I tried to [...]

By TriadGoodwill| 2014-01-20T13:52:26-05:00 January 20th, 2014|

Fierce and Fabulous

For this post I won’t say to much about the collection because I want it all to be a big surprise. But what I will say is that it is gonna be fierce and fabulous. There will also be a special guest model that will be closing out my portion of the show. The collection was inspired by my past self and how I am able to change it to match the present and future self. As I mentioned in the last post about what kind of designer I am this collection will show case my evolution of style. I mentioned [...]

By TriadGoodwill| 2014-01-20T15:41:55-05:00 January 20th, 2014|

Style {re}claimed!

Designer Carrie Coyle Style {re}claimed! I’ve been so busy working on the styles for the show, and also with my side business, Cecile. In case you weren’t aware, thrifting and upcycling are what the cool kids are into. In fact, in most of the hippest cities around the globe, such as my dear Brooklyn, NYC, you can’t walk down the street without passing the next coolest consignment and/or Vintage store. Now, you may be into the idea but not sure how to wear the clothes. Let me take you through some “thrifting” 101; first stop, my local Goodwill store! 1. [...]

By TriadGoodwill| 2014-01-15T16:01:28-05:00 January 15th, 2014|

Behind the Scenes with Designer – Nhi Tran

. . One day, before I went to bed, an idea popped up in my mind… I stayed up and got my sketch done in couple minutes, a strapless dress with lovely purple tone, a flare silhouette, and a horizontal zigzag neckline created by the shape of the ties. I couldn’t sleep, tried to visualize my way to construct the garment. The next day, I went to shop at Goodwill. If I couldn’t find any dress in purple, that meant I had to change my original sketch. After two hours searching in all the sections, I found two dresses that [...]

By TriadGoodwill| 2014-01-09T15:22:11-05:00 January 9th, 2014|