I had an interview today! :D

It was with The Reformation - they have a boutique in LA and just opened one in the Lower East Side a few weeks ago. (That link is about the LA store, but the operation is the same. The NYC products are in a less colorful color story, though, haha.) They do a small line of their own, but are mostly reworked vintage pieces, which is really cool. All of the production is done in-house - the NYC studio is right behind the boutique (like it was at Daryl K).

The position is a design assistant - which isn't quite an assistant designer, but it's close! I'd be doing a lot of pattern/sample work, which I really enjoy, and my aesthetic meshes perfectly with theirs, which is a great plus. And since everything is made in house, I'd be making garments that would immediately be put out in the boutique and sold. How cool is that?

It was a super quick interview, but the girl I met with seemed to really like my stuff, and I'm pretty sure I'm exactly what she needs. The way they work there is they have prospective employees come in and work for a few days, to see if they gel with how things run, and also to make sure they know what they're doing, haha. So I'm going in Monday to try it out!

The good thing about interviewing in the fashion industry is that you don't have to dress in office-wear or anything - you just have to look really stylish for the company interviewing you. And I totally did! (I look pretty chubby/dumpy in these, but I promise I look cute in person.)



Dress: Johnathan Saunders for Target
Tights: H&M
Necklaces: Vintage, flea market
Shoes: Target
Watch: Mossimo Mens

Also, my portfolio is done for the time being! I don't want to put up all of my designs, but here's some sample stuff.



( What's in this lovely white acrylic Pina Zangaro portfolio? )

You guys remember this entry?

Robert Rauschenberg died today. He was 82.

:(

I'm watching a documentary on Robert Rauschenberg right now on Ovation and man, I fuckin' love modern and contemporary art. I took a History of Modern Art class in 2nd or 3rd semester and discovered how much I love it there. I know most people probably thing people who claim to like art like this and this and this are just being pretentious tools, but I really love it. I mean, I'm a pretentious tool anyway, but I genuinely like this stuff. I'm really kind of an art history nerd; I love learning about art and being able to talk about it.

Rauschenberg is probably my favorite artist forever and ever. This exhibition was amazing - I happened to go see it for a completely retarded class. Rauschenberg is just some low-key dude from Texas, and I like that.

What sort of art are YOU guys into? Who are your favorite artists?

In unrelated news, I have one hell of a hangover from last night. We all had a lot of fun! I danced on the bar for the first time. Ahahaha very drunk was I. A whole bunch of our crew showed up, which was awesome. Tonight is BonChon with Erica & co. which means delicious Korean fried chicken! I haven't really been able to eat all day (kind of puked up some bile earlier - bet you wanted to know that) so hopefully I won't have a chicken wing and then die.

Today I drew coats with reindeer on them.

Which brings me to the reason for posting:

Would anyone be interested in seeing my design process for my outerwear/performance art portfolio class? I got a pretty positive response with my lingerie stuff last semester, and I'm just starting this portfolio, so I thought I might ask. I think it's kind of neat to chronicle the process start to finish, and also get feedback from you guys. There will be three collections in the end - the first is more general sportswear/outerwear, the second more performance-related, and the third a mixture with a focus on rain/weather gear.

Now I am going to be a good little girl and work on said coats instead of costumes*. Why? Because I figure if I get shit done in a timely fashion, even though I hate it, it'll bother me less in the end. There's that whole responsibility thing again.

* Specifically the Faye dress because omg i got the most beautiful buttery pale yellow matte silk charmeuse and for a discount because the salesdude thought i was totally hot and omg so gorgeous