Cornell Fashion Collective 34th Annual Fashion Show 2018.  I was in Level 2, for 2nd year Cornell Fashion Collective designers, in the fashion show and the theme was Desert.  I was inspired by deserts and history in Egypt, more specifically the Egyptian Queen Cleopatra.   

Beige to Gold Ombre Satin sleeves 

hair and makeup by myself

hand embellished sequin flower detailing

Duchess Satin White Wrap Shirt 

makeup and hair by myself

Model: Chance Masloff

Created: 5/30/2016

Class: Introduction to Draping; Cornell Fashion Collection Fashion Show

Technique: Draping, Optitex, Half-scale draping

Inspiration: Inspired by the performers who escort the elephants and horses into the ring to perform, my model, Chance Masloff, is photographed in the ensemble I created for the 2017 Cornell Fashion Collective show for the designated theme “Circus”. The female circus performers mesmerized me as a child as they dared to walk so confidently with the large and unpredictable animals. The runway design represents my interpretation of an atmosphere that combines spectacle with risk-taking. My intention was to create something dazzling, but also mythical and romantic for the audience, paying tribute to these lovely ladies. Therefore, the dress is intricate like an extravagant festival full of pageantry, beautiful like a circus animal, and bold like a daring performer.

Materials: Gold jacquard, black and gold brocade and trim, black and red feathers, red neoprene, black and red beaded flapper trim

Detail shot of black and gold brocade trim, hand-sewn feathers, and beaded flapper hem.

Model: Chance Masloff

Created: 5/15/2016

Technique: Draping

Class: Introduction to Draping

Inspiration: I was inspired by immigration through conquering. The dress I made represented my father’s side of the family that dated back all the way to William the Conqueror. He was the Duke of Normandy, and during his time as Duke, by 1064, he conquered two provinces. Though what inspired the dress was his battle for the English throne in 1066. Breaking down the dress, William is represented by the gold jacquard fabric and England is represented by the blue brocade fabric. So, the top half of the dress (from the top to the waist) is Harold’s and William’s conflict with each other and William setting up camp in England getting ready for the battles to come. The bottom half is William taking the English throne back from Harold and making England his. The English blue skirt is completely covered up by the gold liquid-like floor length skirt representing his reign and immigration to England from 1066 to 1087.

Materials: Gold jacquard, blue and gold brocade, gold/black icy polyester chiffon

Created: 3/20/16

Technique: Draping

Class: Introduction to Draping and Women’s Wear

Inspiration/Project: The project was to pick an old vintage fashion magazine image from the 1900's and try to replicate it in a half scale.  I picked a Vogue magazine drawing from the 1920's.

Materials: Muslin, white tulle, black faux fur

Created: 5/10/2017

Class: Computer Aided Design (CAD)

Technique: Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop; Technical Flats

Inspiration: The inspiration and design intent for this group project was to break the glass ceiling and empower women with their clothing by using bold and strong colors just like the women we are designing for. As women, when we go out into the workforce after college we have to be aware that we might not be treated equally as men according to statistics, especially in fields like: mathematics, computers, engineering, officers and education.

Materials: adobe illustrator and adobe photoshop

Created: 4/17/16; Group Project

Technique: Draping, French seams, trimming, patternmaking

Class: Introduction to Draping and Women’s Wear

Inspiration: This dress represented what medical doctors see every day when they x-ray a patient. What they see is beautiful and most doctors can recognize that the human body is a wonderful and delicate

work of art.

Materials: Red satin, black stretch lace,

white embroidered appliques, black

chiffon, white interfacing, black velvet trim

Created: 11/15/2016

Class: Introduction to Fashion Design and Introduction to Children’s Wear

Technique: Patternmaking, French seams, lapped zipper

Inspiration: My inspiration for this dress came from past children’s wear and princess movies, like Barbie and Disney. I pulled my inspiration from my childhood and how I used to want to always dress up as my favorite Disney princess. Especially for the holiday season, I always wanted to wear clothes fit for the princess I was within.

Materials: printed cotton, black cotton, red cotton, elastic, black and gold buttons, black trim lace, starch spray

Created: 4/02/2016

Technique: laser cutting, woodworking, spray painting

Class: Fashion Graphics; Fashion Illustration

Inspiration: The inspiration for this letter “J” was my name and what makes up me as a person. On one side it represents spring, the season I was born, with the flowers and the vines and the other side represents fall, my favorite season, with some real and faux leaves.

Materials: wood, spray paint, faux flowers, leaves, glue, nail gun