These are all stories that bounce off my big inspirations, which are the 1940/50s and Art deco. Another story I loved was about witches during colonialism. I love a good story one of my favorites being a 1950s housewife that traveled the world and took interest in the dress of indigenous tribes. My journey always starts with a vivid story I have in mind. Throughout the book you’ll find my personal process. This is literally the epitome of the process of design and development for a fashion designer. After years of support, appreciation, and artistic direction, my team and I decided to finally publish one. “In Process:” is my most current sketchbook, which documents the development of our Spring/Summer and Fall/Winter 2015 collections. Map it out, find inspiration, and start collecting elements to help your vision become a reality. It is always the same process for each collection. Currently, being the Creative Director of four selling lines, sketchbooks help my team and I to keep each line’s personality vibrant and individualized. In doing so, you find areas of opportunity for fully realized designs and collections. Sketchbooks, for a designer, are to develop and continuously push design. My sketchbooks date back to my very first design job as a fashion designer. It not only documents your process, it is endlessly inspiring.

It is crucially important that any designer keeps one.

They have traveled with me and have become my diaries. For daily tips and insights straight to your mailbox, sign up for our blog newsletter.įor years, as a designer, I have always kept sketchbooks with me.

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