MORE SINGLE WHITE FEMALES . . .

THIS BATCH OF 'SINGLE WHITE FEMALES' FEATURES SOME OF MY FAVS OF THE BUNCH. THE RED GIRL WAS BASED OFF AN AMALGAM OF A COWGIRL/NAZI/AMAZON. A COMMON MATCHING, OF COURSE. THE SECOND IS MY FAVORITE OF ALL: MY 'SALOME', SHE OF THE DANCE OF THE 7 VEILS. I OFTEN USE THIS PICTURE TO REPRESENT MY WORK. LIGHT BLUE GIRL IS AN EVE-ISH FIGURE, WITH THE FORBIDDEN APPLE AND TRICKY SNAKE. ORANGE GIRL STARTED OUT AS A MUMMY AND TURNED INTO THIS GLAM MOTORCYCLE BABE. THAT'S HOW THINGS EVOLVE FROM ONE IDEA TO THE NEXT IN FASHION, KIDS. THE LAST NEON GREEN GIRLIE IS MY RUNNER UP FAVORITE. SHE'S A SLINKY SEXY 80'S STALKER. HER LOOK WAS MOST BASED ON THE FILM 'SINGLE WHITE FEMALE'.

I HAVE EVEN MORE FROM THIS SERIES, SO LOOK OUT FOR THE OTHER DANGEROUS LADIES IN THE FUTURE.

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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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SINGLE WHITE FEMALE

THIS PIECE WAS DONE TO ILLUSTRATE THE MOOD I WAS GOING FOR WHEN I DID MY GRADUATE FASHION COLLECTION AT SAINT MARTIN'S. MY COLLECTION WAS CALLED 'SINGLE WHITE FEMALES' AND WAS BASED ON A MIX OF THE GIRLS FROM 'SIN CITY', OLD HANNA BARBERA CARTOONS AND THE FILM 'SINGLE WHITE FEMALE'. THAT MOVIE IS ONE OF THOSE ONES THAT YOU REMEMBER AS BEING AMAZING AND SCARY AND SUSPENSEFUL AND THEN YOU WATCH IT AGAIN AND SEE THAT IT'S KIND'A DATED AND LAME, BUT IN A GOOD WAY. I LOVE BRIDGET FONDA'S 90'S BOB HAIR-DO IN THE FILM. AND HER ULTRA RED LIPSTICK!!

I DID A SERIES OF ABOUT 9 OR 10 OTHER DRAWINGS THAT GO WITH THIS ONE. THEY ARE OF THE ACTUAL CLOTHING I MADE FOR THE COLLECTION. I WON AN AWARD FOR THEM!!! (more on that later).

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