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| Little divas on the runway. |
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| Me (in an electric blue dress I designed earlier that day) and Meredith. |
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| VIP section (where we sat). |
Friday, November 15, 2013
Designer's Choice Fashion Preview
Bobby's Studio
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| Me and Meredith. |
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| All I need - me and my rolling rack. |
Here's some quick pics of my team at Bobby Haws' studio in Little Rock. Bobby has transformed his home living room into a fully functional 24/7 photography studio and it is amazing. I think he normally shoots creative or conceptual pieces, but today was a standard fashion studio shoot. We all had a blast and got some great images.
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| Tatjana Ring getting all dolled up by Paul Mitchell stylist, Lynlee Wyatt. |
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| Bobby and Lynlee. |
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Evolving Me
I am always continuing to grow as a fashion designer, looking for what inspires me and what my true voice is. This season is no different as I tread new waters, think about my marketability, and travel outside my box. This season it's all about the modern, sophisticated Southern woman. As I look around me at the faces and places that are familiar to me, I see my muses. I was truly inspired by all the women like myself with their 9-5's, perhaps underneath dreaming of new horizons and accomplishing their goals. Always dress for that which you WANT, not where you are. These thoughts are the inspiration for my latest designs. Enjoy.
Creative Concept Shoot
I was approached by Bobby Haws Photography to contribute one of my designs to a creative concept shoot called The Raven. They had seen my 'Black Swan' dress via fashion shows and felt like it would make a great addition to the shoot. I couldn't agree more.
The shoot is loosely based off the Grimm's Fairy Tale, The Seven Ravens (Source-Wikipedia):
The shoot is loosely based off the Grimm's Fairy Tale, The Seven Ravens (Source-Wikipedia):
A peasant has seven sons and no daughter. Finally a daughter is born, but is sickly. The father sends his sons to fetch water for her, in the German version to be baptized, in the Greek version to take water from a healing spring. In their haste, they drop the jug in the well. When they do not return, their father thinks that they have gone off to play and curses them and so they turn into ravens.
When the sister is grown, she sets out in search of her brothers. She attempts to get help first from the sun, which is too hot, then the moon, which craves human flesh, and then the morning star. The star helps her by giving her a chicken bone (in the German) or a bat's foot (in the Greek) and tells her she will need it to save her brothers. She finds them on the Glass Mountain. In the Greek version, she opens it with the bat's foot, in the German, she has lost the bone, and chops off a finger to use as a key. She goes into the mountain, where a dwarf tells her that her brothers will return. She takes some of their food and drink and leaves in the last cup a ring from home.
When her brothers return, she hides. They turn back into human form and ask who has been at their food. The youngest brother finds the ring, and hopes it is their sister, in which case they are saved. She emerges, and they return home.
Divas Dressing Darlings
This is the second year I have contributed to Compassion Fashion's mission of supplying little girls in Africa with some of my designs via their "Divas Dressing Darlings" program. This year our dresses will be sent to Hope 4 Kids International and delivered by their team.
I showed a few of these pieces at the Designing Women of Little Rock fashion show, which took place at the original house from the hit TV series, "Designing Women." The house is located in the Quapaw Quarters here in Little Rock and served as a perfect venue for a fashion show. Hope you all enjoy a couple of my designs here and I really hope some little girl in Africa will love them:-)
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I showed a few of these pieces at the Designing Women of Little Rock fashion show, which took place at the original house from the hit TV series, "Designing Women." The house is located in the Quapaw Quarters here in Little Rock and served as a perfect venue for a fashion show. Hope you all enjoy a couple of my designs here and I really hope some little girl in Africa will love them:-)
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Fashion Shows Galore
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| Izsomie Fashion Show |
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| Love for Fashion Show |
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| Little Rock Fashion Week |
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| Designing Women of Little Rock |
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| Baltimore Fashion Week |
Change Of Face
Little Dresses for Africa
I wanted to share some of my designs that were sent to Little Dresses for Africa via a local project called Compassion Fashion. These were made out of simple pillowcases and turned into darling little dresses. Thank you to the models who are sporting my designs!
Featured In Sync Magazine
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| Here's my pillowcase dress design featured in Sync. Several of my dresses were sent to Little Dresses for Africa and the surgical mission team that went to Kenya, Change of Face. |
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Still here!!!
HELLO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Have you missed me??? LOL! It has been B-U-S-Y around my way since last I posted. All great things!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My line has been growing by leaps and bounds and I couldn't be happier about it. This spring has been very busy and productive, to say the least. I debuted my Fall/Winter 2012 line at Midwest Fashion Week in Indianapolis, Indiana, in March and will be showing it again this summer at Little Rock Fashion Week (July), Baltimore Fashion Week-end (August), and in the fall (September) at Conway Fashion Week (Conway, AR). Talk about someone STOKED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! In between these shows, I am also going to be showing in a lot of smaller shows along the way which will include some spring/summer designs. There are so many other wonderful things happening and in the works that I can't share at this time but once I have all the details in order, I do plan to share! In the meantime, check out a couple of my children's designs below. Yes, there is a children's line in the works!!! Exciting times around the studio!!!
