Author
· Process
Collections often begin in my mind and then expand outside it. It starts with an idea, then followed by a line, a drape, a seam. S/S 2027 started as a set of sketched outfits exploring how many different ways a look could be laced up. That tension between being tied together and tailored, became the…
· Career
I studied fashion design at Kent State University, and I am now looking to continue my fashion career in Europe or the UK, more specifically in London or Paris. Many designers who first inspired me came from England and I admire the precise tailoring and layering of English fashion. I would love to gain more…
In the studio, a surprising amount of fabric is left behind — offcuts, end-of-roll remnants, the awkward triangles left behind after pattern cutting. Instead of watching them go to waste, I have been piecing them together into one-of-a-kind bags: totes, clutches and handbags sewn entirely from studio scraps. Each piece is dictated by what is…