I’ve been terrible because I didn’t stick to my word and update often like I said I would. I do have a good reason, though. On June 9th, my best friends and I debuted our summer 2012 collections! The collections have been covered on a couple of blogs already like this one and this one. Also there are two videos that document the entire show (plus one that has 3 outfits of the night featuring me, my photographer and my amazing friend Becca.)
The official Lavish Nightclub Video:
If that’s not enough, here’s two pictures of the designers with their creations. The first being Sebastian’s amazing collection (did I mention he also designed the performer, Cassandra Moore’s, outfit? Brilliant or what?):
Great summer brights! Photo by Whitney Heard
The second collection being the one I mentioned in my last post! Kali and I worked together on the colour scheme and design and each did our own three pieces. The girls on the right would be my design and the ones of the left would be hers!
Pastels and “kitchy” prints! 😉 Photo by Sylvia Ziętek
With each look staggered rather than separated I think it looks a lot more congruent.
Photo by Sylvia Ziętek
So instead of simply covering the event, I thought I’d spend some time on the “making of” side of things since that is exactly what I created this blog for! To start off, I’ll share a little bit of what went into the design for this collection. Kali and I decided that we wanted a collection that was fun and flirty with all the lovely colours that brought to mind spring/summer 2012. We chose pink and blue because, well, that’s our favourite! The colour scheme was a little something like this:
After we chose our colours the next thing to do was to find inspiration which we found in various photos. Here’s a look at our inspiration board!
After inspiration comes sketching, sketching and more sketching! This was my final sketch after all was said and done:
From here came colour options, here’s Kali’s final decision:
From this comes hours of pattern-making and problem solving on how to make the patterns so that the clothing fits just right. Sometimes, this can be a very tedious task. Once this has been accomplished to a point where the designer is confident enough to test the fit, the first fitting is cut from the pattern pieces on to muslin! Here’s a photo of what my first fitting looked like:
Once that is done for all the pieces and the fit has been evaluated and the proper changes have been made to the pattern pieces, it’s on to fashion fabric and beyond!
To start off I would like to first show the pieces that Kali made as they are beyond amazing. She is incredibly talented! And while I’m gushing, I’ll just say that you should seriously check out her blog.
Photo by Jason Oncz. Modelled by Anna Kroczek.
Photo by Jason Oncz. Modelled by Sherri Liska.
Photo by Sylvia Ziętek. Modelled by Marissa Elyse.
Each look moving towards the blue! For information on how you can purchase any of these looks post a comment on her blog!
For my half of the collection, I thought I’d share a little more detail in the process. You might notice there were a couple of changes made from the sketch I made. The biggest changes happened to the first outfit. It was made into a dress instead of two pieces because I felt it would work better for the design. It also fit well into the collection to have three dresses instead of two. For fabric I ended up choosing almost all 100% cotton except for the skirt on the blue outfit which was wool crepe (I think!).
All of this is from Fabricland.
From picking out fabric comes the best part (in my opinion!)- watching it all come together as you sew!
The final looks on the dress form:
From here comes the scariest and the most rewarding part…seeing it on the runway!
Photo by Jason Oncz. Modelled by Caitlin Smith
Photo by Sylvia Ziętek. Modelled by Aleksandra Biesek.
Photo by Sylvia Ziętek. Modelled by Faith Chakraburtty.
Hair and Make-Up by:
Sherri Liska
Mel Archambault
Brit Anderson
Sebastian Taborda Guarin
If you’re interested in any of the photos taken stop by:
Sylvia Ziętek
To find out where to get your hands on any of my custom made designs, like the Kaydance Kloth Facebook Page to get updates on when my designs will be available to purchase on Etsy (you can also check out more pictures from the show!)! ❤
Thanks for watching, reading and loving!
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