17 January 2010
withering away into oblivion

Filed under for fashion's sake

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So I skipped another season. Poof! I started designing fall 2010, sourced fabrics- some really great ones.  I had a tight little 15 piece collection designed and then. . . nothing.

So basically, not having a studio space is killing me. That was the main reason for another skipped season, something that I will hopefully solve in less than 2 months when we move into our new house, which is beginning to seem like a unicorn.  I am aching to make something. Anything. 

What do you do when you can’t sew? You make soup. You shop for tiles. You turn shopping for tiles into a part time job, relishing in the indecision. You design a house in your head and spend way too much time looking online for a modern looking navy blue tufted extra long couch.

I am working on a list of New Year’s resolutions, design wise.  My new year/new decade will start on March 21st, coinciding with being settled in our new home, the spring equinox, and my 30th birthday. I am not that bent out of shape about turning 30, like popular media dictates I’m supposed to be. Drama! I am, however, planning a karaoke/fondue party that is going to be stellar! I hope everybody’s ready for a little Fleetwood Mac, because we all know I’ll be cranking out the hits all night long. I will make a shirt emblazoned with “KARAOKE BOSS” and maybe “WHO STOLE MY FONDUE STICK” on the back. Yeah, fork, I know.

List:

1)  2010 is the year of the purge. I aim to use up as much as I can of what I have in my stash.
2) Make everything myself. Sorry Canada, I am no longer going to be contributing to the economy. Sorry contractors.
3) Invest in a coverstitch machine and a digital SLR so I can make skinny sweats myself, and can be my own photographer.
4) Theme? Spend less money. Pay off debt.
5) Open an Etsy store. Seems like a good idea.
6) Make simple, elegant, seasonless clothes.
7) One offs are okay. So are small runs, and in season collections.
8) Make some clothes for Loenne, finally!
9) Maybe try to actually blog about fashion occasionally.
10) Work on my technique. DRAPE! I never ever drape, since college. I am a lover of flat pattern drafting. I will be a huge failure on Project Runway if I don’t sharpen those draping skills. Whatever.
11) Be excited. And reeeeaaaalllly organized.

The Conclusion: 2010 is going to be a creative year. I am going to just do whatever, explore my options, fall back in love with fashion design. At the end of it, I aim to have a  newly refined simple direction in which to focus my talents. Watch me!!

to be cont’d. . .

2010-01-17  ::  adrienne