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the thesis process

23 June 2010

the last year was such a whirlwind. especially the last 6 months. i guess bumming off last winter was really not the best decision i’d made in my life!! i don’t think there are words to describe how stressed out we all were. besides making my thesis collection, we also had to deal with other [...]

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LVMH x Parsons = my first foray as a designer into new york fashion week!

26 February 2010

oh hello hello hello, remember me? i must have fallen off your blog radar a super long time ago with my lack of consistent postings. but i really have good reason! for the last few months, i have been completely absorbed – mind, body and soul – into this project that has really been the [...]

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thesis collection: sketching, fabric choices, and final edits

23 October 2009

after all that thinking and narrowing down of the direction and inspirations i wanted to take with my thesis collection and also my market and customer, my next step was the most painful one. doing sketches and then editing them. design croquis well, sketches, or croquis as we call them, aren’t so bad. croquis are [...]

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thesis collection: my market and thesis statement

22 October 2009

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

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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weekend lover: 09aug09

9 August 2009

today, august 9th, is singapore‘s birthday. it’s a little weird, but “absence makes the heart grow fonder”, and “home sweet home” really does make some sense, no matter how silly that sounds. i’ve been away from home for 6 years now. just counting those number of years kind of shocked me. i do miss home, [...]

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