nevermind the dirty mirror and the clothes on the bed Making a dress form out of pink duct tape. The designers sketch their pieces, sew them up, dress their models, and send them down the runway. Every season a fresh group of designers compete every episode brings an unusual challenge (like make a dress out of a parachute). She described it as American Idol for fashion. After she brought us her third detailed dress design in an hour, my friend waited until she left the room and said, Tell me you’re watching Project Runway. The series has captured Sarah’s imagination. In Wish You Were Eyre, Megan goes to Fashion Week in Paris. In Pies and Prejudice, Megan starts a fashion blog. In Much Ado About Anne, 7th grade Megan stages her own runway show. One of the girls, Megan Wong, is an aspiring fashion designer. This is nothing new.īut her fascination kicked into high gear when she read The Mother Daughter Book Club series this winter. While we chatted in the kitchen, and Sarah kept bringing in fashion sketches to show me. She’s obsessed with design: she’s filled all the pages of her fashion sketchpad, she’s practicing the concepts in her fashion design workshop, she’s refashioning my cast-offs into original outfits. Interview written and conducted by Heather Noire of Bauchle Fashion.įor more insight into fashion, interviews, or just to say hello.It started when my friend came over for coffee. I love sculpture/sculpting and design, that to me translated to fashion design. I ended up in the fashion program because it seemed more exciting to me. I went to Parsons with the intent of becoming a painter and complete the fine art program. I don’t think I decided to become a designer, I followed my talents where they led me organically. I started drawing and painting at the age of 5. Irina Shabayeva: I loved art from an early age. Heather Noire: Why did you decide to become a designer? The ready to wear collection will be available to purchase in early 2022. The ready to wear collection is more an “effortless chic” look made in luxurious leathers and jerseys. In addition to designing the MJZ couture, we are expanding into the luxury ready to wear market. It’s a Parisian based couture house, that specializes in high end couture made to order pieces in exotic materials. Irina Shabayeva: I am currently working on a Pret a porter/ready to wear collection for Maison MJZ in Paris and New York. Heather Noire: What sneak peek off your current projects are you working on as we speak? I have no interest in fitting into antiquated ideas of femininity. With that being said, I think the world still views confident ambitious women a lot differently than confident ambitious men. Everyone is entitled to an opinion and understands things from their level of perception. Irina Shabayeva: There are no misconceptions. Heather Noire: Is there a misconception about you? I love bookstores, museums, and large bodies of water, that’s where I’m most inspired. Everyday life and nature never cease to inspire. Irina Shabayeva: I find creativity everywhere. Heather Noire: Where do you find your creativity? I am grateful for my education because it gave me confidence and taught me how to master my creative skills. Between writing papers for our liberal arts courses, illustration classes, draping and pattern making classes we were completely booked. Any Parsons Fashion BFA alumni will tell you, that we had very little almost no time for a social life and ran on 4-6 hours of sleep a night for the four years it took to complete the design program. Contrary to what most people think about art and design school it’s a lot of hard work. While working on my BFA at Parsons School Design, I learned all the technical as well as creative skills needed to execute my ideas. I think my experience in the fashion industry and my education most of all has shaped me as a designer. It did, however, give me a great opportunity to show my work to a large audience. Irina Shabayeva: I don’t think Project Runway has shaped me as a designer. Heather Noire: How has Project Runway shaped you as a designer?
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