SINGLE WHITE FEMALES

WHEN I WAS IN MY FINAL YEAR OF COLLEGE I DID A WOMEN'S WEAR COLLECTION I TITLED 'SINGLE WHITE FEMALES'. IT WAS NOTHING TOO REVOLUTIONARY, BUT FOR ME IT WAS A GREAT ACCOMPLISHMENT AND THE CONCEIVING, PLANNING AND CONSTRUCTION OF IT WAS ONE OF MY GREATEST ACHIEVEMENTS. IT WAS THE REALIZATION OF 4 YEARS OF WORK AND LEARNING TO SEW AND MAKE PATTERNS. IT'S WHERE I FINALLY LEARNED HOW TO TRULY TURN AN ILLUSTRATION INTO A FASHION DESIGN. IT ALSO FORCED ME TO FINALLY HAVE CONFIDENCE IN MY ABILITIES AS A DESIGNER.

MY GOOD FRIEND, THE GREAT RUSSIAN FASHION DESIGNER, LEONID ALEXEEV, HELPED ME TREMENDOUSLY WITH MY COLLECTION AND TAUGHT ME ALL HE COULD ABOUT THE ART OF FASHION. I OWE HIM A TREMENDOUS DEBT OF GRATITUDE FOR THAT. (LOOK UP HIS WEBSITE! HE'S AN AWESOME DESIGNER!)

MY ILLUSTRATIONS FOR MY COLLECTION WERE ENTERED INTO THE 'NINA De YORK FASHION ILLUSTRATION CONTEST', A EVENT THAT INCLUDED ALL OF THE COLLEGES IN THE LONDON INSTITUTE AND THE TEACHERS. MY WORK WON THE FIRST PRIZE! I WAS SO EXCITED! FOR ME THIS WAS EVEN BETTER THEN GETTING INTO THE FINAL FASHION SHOW (I DIDN'T). MY ARTWORK, WHICH MY TEACHERS HAD NEVER LIKED, WAS JUDGED AS BEING BETTER THEN THEIRS BY A PANEL OF IMPARTIAL JUDGES. PLUS I GOT A 500 POUNDS STEALING GRAND PRIZE! I USED IT TO PAY MY RENT.

SO, HERE ARE A FEW OF THE PIECES THAT GOT ME THE TOP PRIZE. I WILL BE SURE TO POST MORE AT A LATER DATE.

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