Starlight Dancer

Starlight dancer was my first collection inspired by ballroom dancing. I have always been inspired by how garments can create beautiful movement especially through dance. I wanted to create a dance wear collection that would shimmer and have beautiful style lines to make any dancer feel confident while also creating movement through the garments.

Shows & Events

I got to showcase my work in three different fashion shows in 2018. I first showed at the Art Institute of Schaumburg. Following being invited to show my work during Chicago fashion week; then ending with showing at the Art Institute of Chicago fashion show.

The process of making the collection

Oddly enough my first collection was in a way made by accident. The first dress I ever made as a designer was a project I worked on outside of class for myself. I wanted to make a dress for one of my up incoming dance performances. After I had made the gold and silver dress I had another performance and fabric left over so I decided to make another dress. One event led to another and by that time I had three dresses that were quite cohesive so I decided to make them a collection. This first collection was a wonderful experience because, it gave me a lot of exposure not just to design but also getting my name out in the industry.

The Dress that started it all

The dress that started the collection was the gold and silver dress which was the focal piece for this collection, and took the longest to make because of the complicated style lines. But that is what I find to be my specialty I enjoy how certain lines or shapes on the body can create movement for the eye.

Front view of finished garment.	Back view of finished garment.	Side view of finished garment.
Design concept and illustration	My body measurements	Idea of how many pattern pieces there would need to be.
Basic pattern I made to start off with. Front bodice	Basic pattern that I made to start off with. Back bodice	Making a sleeve pattern.
Basic dress pattern	Patterning	Patterning
Adjusting	Patterning	Creating a dress pattern
Figuring out the hem length.	Adjusting pattern	Figuring out where the slit will go.
Patterning	Front pattern pieces	Back pattern pieces
Pattern pieces	Back pattern pieces	Front pattern pieces
Front pieces cut out in mock-up fabric.	Cutting out mock-up fabric	Working with pattern
Patterns for style line pieces.	Patterning	Patterns
Marking style lines on basic mock-up.	Marking style line pieces on original mock-up.	Marking style lines in chalk on mock-up.
Marking style lines in chalk on mock-up.	Style lines	Style lines
Back style lines	Back view	Side style lines
Side view	Front style lines	Front view of mock-up
Back view of mock-up	Side view of mock-up

Black and Silver dress

Front view	Side view	Back view
Dress on model	Dress on dancer	Dress in motion
Raglan sleeve mock-up	Raglan sleeve pattern	Patterning
Cut out final fabric	Cutting final fabric	Patterning
Altering one of my patterns	Original pattern