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thesis collection: my market and thesis statement

22 October 2009
style muse: anna piaggi

my next step was to think about my customer market, and also write my thesis statement. determining and narrowing down on a market is really important – knowing who my customer is will determine everything – what they are looking for when shopping for clothing, how much they are willing to spend, if they are [...]

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thesis collection: how i began my design process

21 October 2009
i am me

the beginning of a design process is always tricky, and it gets even trickier when this particular collection is going to define one’s entire fashion education. i graduated in 2007 from the bunka fashion college in tokyo, japan, and transferred here to parsons in new york, where i will finally be done with my studies [...]

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independent fashion bloggers dress-up soirée

20 September 2009
ifb

on monday night, i attended the independent fashion bloggers’ dress up soirée held downtown, in conjunction with mercedes-benz fashion week. i had gone to the first dress-up soirée that was held earlier this year and had tons of fun, so i knew that even though i could not attend many shows because of my school [...]

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mercedes-benz fashion week s/s 2010: today’s get-up 11sep09

13 September 2009
outfit

it was an awful friday. first of all it was september 11th. then there was the torrential rain. add seriously strong blasts of wind to the equation and you’re left with one disgusting island called manhattan, where the streets are packed, sirens are going off, the cars aren’t moving an inch and every bad-tempered driver [...]

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saturday’s new york shopping tour & its unexpected compliments

6 September 2009
outfit

in a big effort to blog more and succumb to the wishes of my readers (heh heh. go vote if you haven’t already!), i thought i’d share how i spent my saturday. 3 of my friends and i took a walking/shopping tour of downtown new york. it was really quite amazing and we promised to [...]

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a designer’s resolution: do it your way

9 May 2009
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you know, i’ve never done things the way i “should”. the way society tells me to, the way my friends do, the way it’s expected. i act differently, dress differently, design differently… unfortunately, because of that, i’ve met with obstacles along the way. my parents were one of my biggest obstacles, because they couldn’t understand [...]

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