motion in the ocean, his air hose broke, lots of trouble, lots of bubble, he was in a jam, he's in a giant clam

Part one of two

In my last semester of Fashion Merch, we have an Event planning class. For the past 12 weeks me and roughly 30 of my classmates have been planning and preparing to put on a Wearable Art show. Our group was broken down into 5 committees: stage, advertising and promotion, fundraising, model, and merchandising committees. I'm a co-coordinator of the merchandising committee and along with 5 other girls we've been in charge of the designers and garments for the show. As we are responsible for putting on the show, we aren't designing anything for it- that job was for the first year merchandising students.
The theme of the show is "Under the sea" and I was extremely excited when we were told this, because it's incredibly current in the fashion world and relate-able for me (I love mermaids and sea creatures and all that fun stuff!) Tons of high fashion designers have been using the sea as inspiration for collections (mainly for S/S 2012) so it wasn't hard to come up with a ton of inspiration for the first years and for the overall aesthetic of the show

One of my jobs was to create a PowerPoint presentation to present to the first years with info about the show and inspiration/ideas for their designs:

The show is split into three categories decided by me and my committee members:
Mermaids, seashells and pearls
Sea creatures
and sea scape

The event is being held at the London Music Hall tomorrow night
Doors are at 7 pm and the show starts at 8 pm
Tickets are $20 and all proceeds go towards our chosen charity: Itsy

I had also created a digital collage just for fun based around the under the sea theme

Working alongside with the model committee as well as our volunteer models (most from Anita Norris modelling agency) we have been through four fittings where designers come to meet their models and adjust the garments as they are being created, making sure they fit and will work to wear on the runway.

We began to see the progress over the past few weeks, and last week myself and Sasha attended the three first year classes to witness the presentations for the completed garments. We took pictures and began to visualize the line up of the show. There are 46 garments in total, and I won't post them all because it would ruin the surprise for tomorrow night. I will however post some of my favourite pieces and detail shots of the impressive creations the first years have come up with.

From group A:

From group B:

From group C:

It has been lovely working with the first year students and hearing about their visions for their designs and how they came about creating them. Some of the girls we've met are just so sweet and tomorrow their hard work will pay off, as well as ours! I'm really hoping the show will be a success- if you can make it, please come, we need all the support we can get! There will be a silent auction with lots of great stuff as well as a raffle for Leafs tickets.

I have a few outfits in mind that I believe are in it to win it and at the end of the show we will announce 1st, 2nd and 3rd place prizes as decided by our three judges. I will be at the Music Hall for just about twelve hours tomorrow and early in the morning at the school, getting the outfits ready to be taken downtown. Wish me luck, that everything goes smoothly and somewhat to plan! I will be posting additional pictures from the show in a week or two as well as professional pictures taken during the photoshoot tomorrow afternoon.

time casts its spell on you, but you won't forget me; i know i could have loved you, but you would not let me

Happy (official) first day of Spring! Sunshine and bright colours are my inspiration this season and I'm finding traces of colour blocking in the most unexpected places. Take Holland for example, where they grow mass amounts of tulips in the fields organized by colour creating a beautiful gradient especially when seen from an aerial view. My sister and I came across these photos recently and I guess I just never thought about how they grow and harvest flowers, but this totally makes sense! Imagine flying over and looking down on this? Absolutely stunning.

I know, I know. Floral for spring. Groundbreaking.

it made me think maybe human's not such a bad thing to be

Just an update: I started my Blogspot, posted a few times, wasn't sure how I felt about it, then got addicted to Tumblr and basically abandoned it. I'm back though, for now at least. I have been feeling the urge lately to post here more than anywhere else so expect a lot more coming in the future. I might just write a ton of stuff today and queue it for the next few weeks :-)

I hope you'll enjoy what I've got to come, I've been feeling more inspired than usual lately and I really want to share it with anyone who wants to see it.

XO

he used to do surgery for girls in the eighties, but gravity always wins

Drugs under the microscope

1. Heroin

2. Marijuana

3. Cocaine

4. Meth

5. MDMA

6. LSD

7. DMT

8. Ketamine

we're only young & naive, still, we require certain skills, the mood it changes like the wind

I'm in Oshawa for a few days and have been binging and purging nostalgia.
Life, time, memories and everything that gets lost along the way, is an obsession of mine.

I only have my camera from my phone to use, but here is a series of photos I've taken of odd things I've found that were important to me at one time, maybe still are. A strange series of objects that make up who I've become over time.


My Walkman that I used throughout some of elementary school and all of high school. The Horrorpops sticker fit perfectly, then you've got some Rainbow Brite stickers on there too for a little extra jazz. I actually want to start using this thing again.


This is a shelving unit on my wall in my bedroom here, I actually made it in shop class in high school and was super stoked on it for a long time. Still pretty proud of it, it's really functional at least since I have so much crap. Let's go clockwise: perfume I wore in high school, jewellery boxes, a hemp bracelet, SNES games, teddy bear and lookbook from 2nd year of college. Polaroid camera, paper chain, thread, picture from Grade 1, some ornamental Japanese tree that I've had since I can remember. Incense, small sewing kit, "A" magnet, Andy Warhol photo cube, sticker from B.C. of some Hindu deities, candle, furry cat that meows when you press a button, Barbie with some rad shades, the Distillers self-titled album case. Picture frame (me and my sis), Magic 8 Ball, jewellery boxes, perfume and pill bottle, best of the Pixies cd case, friendship bracelet, large Peacock feather. In the middle is a Nicole shrine; a stuffed cat she made for me in Grade 9, a popsicle stick valentine craft, a collection of notes from her throughout high school and a wire cat + "Allie Katt" she made for me in welding class, I think.


My punk rawk jean jacket from high school. Still love it to pieces. Cut from this ridiculous jean jacket dress from VV, with lace sewn on the front, zebra print on the back, a Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards patch on the arm and a homemade Distillers patch on the back. Note the "Red Carpet & Rebellion"? Represent. Should be a new blog header, haha. Used to have a bunch of pins on it too.


Huge bulletin board of crap I've collected over the years. Ramones, NOFX, Jimi Hendrix, Horrorpops, and Rancid pictures. Concert tickets, patches, pictures from when I was a little kid up 'til college years, and of course pics of Molly. Best part is probably the Lizzie McGuire sticket that says "Fashion, I'm all over it!"


Clash poster and record, both adorning my walls.


This was a project for my Careers class in high school, I'm pretty sure I failed it. Was supposed to be some sort of folder that represented me and my interests, future, goals, etc. Fuck it, I still think it's pretty damn accurate. Ramones, The Beatles, Bob Dylan, Hole, Almost Famous, The Misfits, DDR, The Labyrinth, Elliot Smith. More Bob Dylan, Calvin and Hobbes, The Transplants, G-Unit clothing (I guess supposed to be a joke, so funny), M.I.A. and a cute picture from Uxbridge days. I think in the inside of it I also had more Ramones, Pink Floyd, and a picture of the boys from the Outsiders.


Obviously the best pencil cases to ever have been made. Spacemaker you rule. Inside there are dog stickers with some really strange things written on them.


Winnie the Pooh boxes...


...With Beanie Babies inside.


Just the absolute worst photo quality, but these are all my pins that I've saved over the years. Cinnabon and Arby's name tags, 3 bottle caps pins I bought from the Clothing Show in Toronto a few years back. The Creepshow, Pink Floyd, NOFX, David Bowie, Anti-Flag, The Exploited, Ramones, the Headstones, the Heatskores, Horrorpops, Rage Against The Machine, Stars, Misfits, Rancid, the Cramps, Social D. Also Toronto Police as well as a Vegan symbol pin.

I guess I'm still the same person, sort of.