Lollipop Couture

Hey ladies and gents, ya’ll know what today is, Flash Back Friday Fashion Illustration! This is my summer collection; I noticed I tend to do dresses a lot so for this collection I decided to incorporate separates. For the inspiration our instructor told us to choose a current designer as inspiration I can't remember who I chose as inspiration. I just remember the designers collection was young and fun filled with color and that's what inspired my summer collection. For this collection I wanted to explore different fabrics and textures. The fabrics I chose were chiffon, jacquard, silk dupioni, and corduroy. The back story: My girl is young early 20’s, she isn’t afraid of loud colors or print. You can call her a modern clueless if you will. She loves bows and is a super girlie girl. Design number one, we will call her the “Blue Gal”, she is wearing a flouncy tube top with straps that tie in the back creating an exaggerated bow. The skirt is a cross between pencil skirt/bubb...

Hey fashionistas, here is the second collection for this mini-series Flash Back Friday Fashion Illustrations. This collection is for spring, I was inspired by graphic fairies. The fabrics consisted of lightweight chiffons to give off a romantic vibe. The color pallet is purples, green, pink, and blue. They are all dresses, because I felt that spring is the perfect time for dresses. The backstory of my spring collection: my girl is a fairy who lives in a beautiful garden. Since the garden is full of greens and colorful flowers, her dresses are also green and colorful giving her the ability to blend in whenever she feels like she’s in danger. Since she flies from place to place her dresses have to be lightweight.   The first dress is purple chiffon, with the skirt having under layers of blue and pink. The straps are rope like twisting towards the back shoulders. I styled her with what I thought was fairy like hair, and the make-up was dramatic with swirls. The accessories were ...

Happy Friday Fashionistas, as most of you may know I've mentioned that I do illustrations; these illustrations are mostly fashion illustrations. Being that it is Friday I will start posting my past Illustrations here on my blog for Flash Back Friday from here out now. I took fashion illustration back in 2009 and created cohesive mini collections based on several themes; in the end I had a portfolio full of illustrations. Today I've decided they are worth sharing :-) hope you enjoy this mini-series every Friday. Ok so lets' get started. This first illustration is a resort collection. The collection had to include a bathing suit and lightweight materials to be carried in a luggage. The backstory of this collection: my girl would be going on a cruise and enjoying the waves in her bathing suit. She had a small luggage where she packed her lightweight outfits and had no room for an iron lol. Because the weather would be a bit warm the fabrics would consist of thin knit, chif...

Hi guys, so I wasn't going to do this but, I must share with you all the ups and downs of the fashion world. So last week Phoenix Fashion Week announced their third annual Little Black Dress Challenge sponsered by the Art Institute of Phoenix. The challenge was to sketch a little black dress it could be short or a gown, and people vote via social media for the top four then you move on to the second round where you actually desing the drsess. On October you showcase the dess on Phoenix fashion week the guest will vote once again and the first prize winner wins $1000 and the runner up wins $500.  I was thrilled to once again try you see last year I tried out for it but I never blogged about it because I was sad I didn't make it to the top four. So few hours ago they announced the top ten via FaceBook, and what do you know, once again I did not make it :-( I'm an emotional mess I must confess, I just don't know where I've gone wrong. I see...

Happy Friday fashionistas! So the blog has been a bit slow, I confess I'm not the best blogger out here, still pretty new to this so bare with me. I'm trying to improve on it, I promise. I'm still here doing a few things related to fashion, illustration, sewing, and pattern drafting. Plus I have lots of personal and comission projects I'm currently working on which I'm excited to share and talk about in future post. Some which include Halloween Costumes, yes I know it's a bit early but better early than later right! You can catch more of me on Instagram, usually upload pictures up there before here so if you want to be in the know follow me on social media, all links are on the side bar. For now I just wanted to stop by and say hi and I shall be back soon with an exciting post! Have a lovely weekend.

So I have all these beautiful fabrics, what to do what to do with them? I would like to give you a glimpse on what I'm currently working on. I had drafted this little number a while back.      I'm thinking  this would look great in the black dot jacquard I recently purchased. This would be the ultimate little black dress. Business in the front party in the back. Can't wait to unvile the final product. For now I leave you with a picture.

Hello darlings, if you follow me on any social media you probably know what I've been up to if not then I will tell you. So I've been indulging in some fabric shopping. I'm very excited about them because they are fun and unique. I bought a green tribal print it is very fun love the mix of colors because it gives you options. I also purchased some black dot jacquard; it is so elegant I can already envision a little black dress. Of course I am a huge fan of lace and I found both ivory and teal lace (it is really hard to find good colored quality lace so I’m happy with my findings.) Lastly I got a sheer ivory with black polka dots fabric. Now that I have my fabrics I’m ready to start my new designs. Stay tune for the final products. If you would like to get more behind the scenes & know what I’m up to follow me on social media.