when i was younger i never used to wear dresses. and i mean never. i was the biggest tomboy and i had short hair for the longest time. frankly i really did look like a boy and there were many times when i went to the restrooms and would get told by some old lady, “boys go that side!”
i think i only started wearing skirts and dresses when i was like…maybe 17 or 18. and even then i probably only owned like 3 skirts. it wasn’t until i was 19 or 20, and after i went to japan that i started really loving dresses and found how well i love expressing my individuality through them. i think it must have been that singapore only had really boring dresses, nothing that i wanted to wear. when i went to japan and found this whole array of different styles, it was like a whole new world had been opened up in front of me.
designing dresses for class was something that was really exciting to me, but i tried to rein myself in because my teachers have said that i can get too costume-y.
our inspiration had to come from architects, and after some research, i decided i found many inspiring ideas from herzog and de meuron. the duo from switzerland used to design really simple buildings, but their recent projects show a different side of them that i found really exciting. they were using a lot of lines and almost grafitti-like swirls, and combined with sharp lines that they still use now, i just imagined so many different clothes in my head. they are also the pair behind the fabulous prada building in tokyo, as well as the beijing olympic stadium – which looks like a bird’s nest. i love it!
here are the rough sketches that i drew. they are so ugly i can’t stand it. i really wish i could draw better. initially i wanted them to be brown in color… then as i painted a few in brown, it just bored the hell out of me and i changed my color scheme to red, blue and plaid!! thank god!!
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Oh my god, these are amazing! The combination of red, white and blue is so well done and tasteful.
(Btw, I would totally wear these too.
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+trisha+
ohh i haven’t seen this post of my own in a long time. i guess my old comments from the old blog never got transferred over! haha! anyway, thank you so much! these designs were from when i firs started. it was hard trying to explain my design aesthetics to my teachers! i’m glad you would wear them.
ha ha I tottally get you with the costumes problems , my teacher always used to tell me to be more functional in my drawings…I didn’t listen so as a result my debut diploma collection is a personal take on the eternal L.B.D..but you can’t really sitt on them:D..ups..:p…who ever said that you should sit when going to a party??!!!!:p..:D
+ramona+
you are so right!! it was hard when i first entered parsons. i was studying at bunka fashion college before that, so i had free reign of creativity and our teachers tried to push us to go crazy. my first teacher at parsons was the complete opposite.
This is beautiful 2!!