Today was a crazy day! OMG! I was out of the House on a freakin' Sunday at 8 am in the morning. I blasted my Ipod on my way to my meeting to help wake myself up! "Moves like Jagger" is my Jam right now! It kind of worked. I was meeting with my technical designer Jackie, aka the rock. We had a miscommunication so I sat there for an hour catching up on Facebook, people watching (and there are some interesting people at starbucks on an early Sunday Morning) and working on my to do list for FASHION! A guy politely asked if he could sit with me but I had to reject him since I was meeting with someone and the seat was taking. He looked at me as if I was a Liar...
The Rock finally arrived and we got to business, catching up, venting a little and then brainstorming. Guess what we decided?!? Some great news. Rae Rae will be born soon. This is our new line. I don't want to spill the beans too soon, but it is a much needed line for Colorado, the Fashion House of Rae Marie and our Customer. We are super excited. We also finalized the Designs for our newest collection and came up with a plan to move the Fashion House of Rae Marie forward. Our biggest objectives, to make a more affordable sister line, to make money and to hopefully be able to support ourselves as designers. I take a sip of my Cinnamon Dolce Latte and Dream. Man it would be so great to make a living off of just designing! One day soon...
Next it was off to a great meeting with one of My models who got engaged to the love of her life! I am so Happy for her. We discussed details for the Large Bridal Party and I showed some preliminary sketches. The first meeting is always the most nerve wracking... you never know what they are going to say. But luckily my Bride had a clear direction and we established some silhouettes and the color scheme, which is gorgeous by the way! Now the fun part begins. I have to start finding the fabrics, sketch finalized gowns for her brides maids, maids of honors and Mom and customize them to individual body types. This is why I love my job. I get to work with so many different body types and personalities. I left Starbucks number 2 feeling very optimistic.
Next I was off to the Studio. A very cute and fun yet professional salon off of 11th and Bannock. I was there for the Model Casting for the Colorado Fashion Week. I walked in and was quite shocked, in a great way! There were tall, beautiful models everywhere... there were around 30-40 new faces! It was great! I met the stylist for the show as well as the beauty expert. Both were friendly and professional. The Model training was intense but I definitely saw improvement in the short 3 hour rehearsal. It was grueling to pick which girls to snag, I ended up with about half of my show casted, but I am hopeful for the next casting!
On top of all that, no one mentioned I was going to have to do a video interview and pictures! I was dressed, not to impress. My hair in a messy bun, my jeans, tank and sweater and my comfy sandals. I was a hott mess! I had to suck it up and act comfortable in front of the camera, but inside of my head I was like OMG, Can I at least put some lip gloss on?!?
Next, I finally got to go home and do some Homework... or maybe not... I am a slight procrastinator. I kind of would rather watch Keeping up with the Kardashians... my not so secret anymore guilty pleasure... But I just had to watch Kris propose to Kim... MAGICAL! Well at least for the moment. Until Next Time... Keep following your Dreams!
And For those of you that don't know me, I work another job to support my dreams. I am also a grad student reinforcing my skills with a fashion MFA. I work at a Law office, which is awesome, but not what I want to do. I am writing these blog articles to show you a day in the life of a Designer in Colorado. I hope you will follow me on my journey to become a top Fashion Designer, as I start with nothing but my dreams, a few dollars, a Rock and creativity! Wish me luck! Here I go...
I loved my garment, but as usual, I came in last place... Out of 4 designers. There feedback was mainly about them not liking the fur cuffs, which My team and I agreed that we loved and they said they didn't like the shoes... which I had no control over since models got to bring their own shoes, but the shoes weren't bad, I actually liked them. But I cannot please everyone. I loved my look, I thought outside of the box and combined my Fashion sense with YSL to make something I foulnd to be extraordinary. I wish the fit was a little better, but to make a tailored jacket and skirt in 4 hours, I think it looks pretty good.
