Sunday, December 15, 2013

White Warrior Goddess

I created this overdress for a collaboration with The beautiful and talented Tara Mackey and her Travel Look Book.  I wanted to design a piece that captured what I considered to be the essence of Tara.  We had never met in person-  just connected through the magic of the internet by a mutual "e-friend"  and artist.  But through our conversations and my careful study of her blog and Facebook-  I could tell that Tara was an Eco Warrior.  The kind of girl on a mission to fill the world with beauty and awareness.  I looked around my studio and grabbed all the white remnants I could find-  including some vintage lace handkerchief from my lovely grandmother- and started pinning them onto my bodice.  The piece is entirely hand sewn- save one or two straight seams in the back and just glorious to wear.  

I recently was invited to the local Nossi College of Art to share my designs as a part of their photography class and these are the incredible photos captured by theses talented students.  

Photo by Antinio Fajardo


Photo by Antinio Fajardo

Photo by Caitlin Harris

Photo by Caitlin Harris

Photo by Caitlin Harris

Photo by Dusty Draper

Photo by Dusty Draper

Photo by Dusty Draper

Photo by Dusty Draper

Photo by Kelcie Arnold

Photo by Jonathan Simmerlong


Photo by Jonathan Simmerlong
Photo by Jonathan Simmerlong

Photo by Kelcie Arnold

Photo by Sarah Abell

Photo by Sarah Abell


Dress:  Elisabeth Donaldson of Monarch
Photography: Nossi College of the Arts
MUA Hannah Burford
Hair:  Denikka Danyell