Last Seen in Paris

It’s that time of year for fashion weeks in the major fashion cities, but only one of those cities hosts the haute couture designers: Paris!

And just a few days ago, those designers sent their Spring/Summer 2013 collections down the runway. Thanks to FashionTV on Youtube, the rest of us can see some of the highest expressions of art in the fashion world.

The Fabric in the Stone

“In every block of marble I see a statue as plain as though it stood before me, shaped and perfect in attitude and action. I have only to hew away the rough walls that imprison the lovely apparition to reveal it to the other eyes as mine see it.” – Michelangelo

This quote from Michelangelo has inspired me for many years, as I derive a great deal of my artistic inspiration from the materials I use to create. Below are some fabrics which I’ll be working with over the next few months, and the projects which I see in them.

Office pants:


Dress pants, perhaps cuffed and pegged:


Maxi dress:


Cocktail blouse:


Simple tee (or something like that):


Frilly, girly, tank top: