idea to sketch to in the store: from indie designer lauren nevada
where did the clothes you are wearing come from? where were they sewed? who found the fabric? who came up with the idea?
chances are, you haven’t really put much thought into this, right? but there’s a lot of that goes into your clothes, especially when they are handmade or made by independent designers like lauren nevada. lauren was kind enough to share with the clothing menu where this dress she designed came from:
which at one point looked like this:
lauren’s original inspiration for this piece began with the collar – she started working on it over a year ago incorporating it into a dress, and then into a type of jumper that twisted into shorts. as she continued to work with it she felt that it needed to be a dress so the shorts bottom morphed into a skirt.
the hand-painted panels on the front are done by a brooklyn textile artist who lauren met by chance. while the artist was showing lauren pieces of her work they spoke about being inspired by stars and galaxies in the sky. so the artist worked with those ideas and came up with samples that lauren incorporated in the dress.
pretty cool, huh?
That is beyond cool and SO gorgeous!