So tonight was the first official FDSA meeting, and everything went really well! I'm really excited for this semester, and for how happy all the designers seem to be about being back, and the things we're going to do. It's a little bit nerve wracking, being (half) in charge, and I do really hope I don't mess it up in some gigantic way....But! Regardless, I am really excited for a new semester, and even more excited to actually get started on my show. The tricky part is the sketches keep sort of....evolving out from under me, so I need to get them a bit more finalized before I go buy fabric.
For example I've been kind of working with this Assassin's Creed-inspired (I am a geek at heart, it's true), Knights Templar era, hoods and cloaks collection idea. Then it started to look too costume-y, so I decided to tone it back to an idea of a tension between loose and flowing garments and really structured pieces. Then today, my 20th Century Architecture class was talking about how the Art Nouveau movement in Barcelona spent a lot of time accessing the Moorish tradition in their work. So now I'm debating using some of the shapes popular in that movement, and maybe even toying with the idea of applying some tile work, or things that look like tile work, to the pieces.
Well, we shall see. Any way it ends up, I am SO psyched for this show and this semester :) Here we go!
