Oh, Venezia...

Ciao all! Venice was the first trip my dad and I took, and it was absolutely amazing. It is a beautiful city, and while we could have easily seen everything in just 1 day, we decided to stay overnight (sadly, the a/c was broken in our hotel..bummer). We took the train from Milan, and did all tourist things- took tons of pictures, went on a gondola ride, and ate probably the best piece of chocolate I have ever tasted (and believe me, I've had my fair share of chocolate). 

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i canali

Mask shops everywhere

Faux pigeon

Gondola repair shop

This, my friend, is a beaded booty

Gondola master

Our gondola... driver Captain 

Tried to get us all in there!

Happy Tuesday! Next up: barcelona

Jac & Dad's Milanese Adventure

Been slacking on the posts here, but this starts the series of trips my dad and I took while he was in Milan for my show last month! We (my dad, his best friend Teddy, Teddy's wife Tina, and Frankie) had a grand old time- these are only pictures from Milano... exciting Venice and Barcelona pictures coming soon!

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 First stop: Breakfast, lunch, happy wine

Team Crunch, babyyyy

The vintage market: Who needs a panda?

Yeah, I ate salmon tar tar. No big deal.

Just another trip to the museum

Parco Sempione

I'm the real photographer. Frankie has a squirt camera

 Outside La Scala

Fountain on the wall of Stazione Centrale

 A Roman wall

I think I'll be a geologist when I grow up

Museum of Natural History 

Crabs attacking some kids

Monkey business

WHOA

Finally.. CRUNCH! The runway collection.

F.I.T. Graduate collections showed last Tuesday in Milano, Italy! Our show was called "Armonie", and was a collaborative fashion show and concert (with Conservatorio di Milano students who played live). There were 5 mini collections shown (mine included)- 1 children's and 4 womenswear. This is an unedited video of "Crunch", my womenswear collection inspired by insects. For those of you who don't know about my collection already, it consists of many graphic prints which I have designed and had printed on fabric (inspired by the beautiful insect photography of mermet gilles). I wanted to design everything about the collection, fabric included. 

Highlights: Original prints, embroidery (back of the sheer bodysuit), soleil pleating

This is what I've spent my last 6 months of school working on. 

Now what?!?!?! 

...Check it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDDep0vqLoc

(My collection! Enjoy.)

Hail the Size of Golf Balls

Ok, so it's only hail the size of pencil erasers. NEVERTHELESS, a perfect day to update a blog. It's been a long time! A few notable events have occurred this past month. 

Recap: 

1. My birthday! (April 5. Was in Amsterdam.)

2. My birthday dessert party (in Italy)

3. Cooked some delicious food

4. Made a project page for my thesis collection (insect inspired women's clothing) on Kickstarter- Successfully funded!

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My birthday & dessert party were equally as sweet! As for the delicious food, I made "Zucchini- Parmesan Squares". I didn't make them in squares, though. I made them in mini dishes (like appetizers).. pictures below! If you're interested, the recipe:

http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Zucchini-Parmesan-Squares-1334

Also made banana fritters, but I'll save those for next time.

More importantly:

Thank you to Laura Paxton & the 35 other friends and family who backed my Kickstarter project.

125% funded, baby!

Next steps of mine: 

A. Finish collection (8 looks)

B. Fullfil Kickstarter rewards!

Next steps of yours: 

A. Check out Laura's website: www.oberlinrocks.com

(You'll be glad you did)

B. Look at some April pictures... Check it

 My favorite photographer

Tourist 

Glamour shots by Deb Frankie

 Dessert party!

 Kaiiiii-YA

Zucchini-Parm joy.

Another original print!

Next Up: Lago di Garda, collection progress, & banana fritters.

Where is the time going?!

Hello, end of March?!?! I can't believe how fast these past few months have gone. Although I'm a lunatic getting ready for this fashion show, I'm absolutely in love with the weather. All I want to do is lay in a park in the sun. Sadly, not gonna happen. I've been working really hard on my final thesis (fashion show) that is taking place the end of May, and I just wanted to say that I will be updating about that more often (it's getting exciiiitiiiing). 


I'm not sure if I've mentioned this, but there are only 4 other girls in my class. We want to show as much as we can, so instead of designing the mandatory 3 looks, we're all doing 5-7 looks. We also have an amazing group of professors who have helped get fabric sponsors and a location! Instead of feeling like we're having a "student exhibit", we've been given the opportunity to have an actual fashion show for our first collections. I could talk about this forever, but just one last thing :) I'm taking a printing class in Como, Italy, and it's the most amazing experience of my life. For this collection (which I've been calling "Crunch"), I have designed my own prints which are in the process of being printed. Almost all of my fabrics are original designs. Can't wait!


Here are some pictures from Milano Carnival to satisfy your Exploratory craving...

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Duomo was paaaacked

Really? An umbrella?