Fashion Design Competition:
During my senior year, I competed in a fashion design competition for the FCCLA Star Events program. I had to work from flat patterns but wanted to make it unique and something of my own. So my idea was to design a sportswear outfit but for the twist, I wanted to make the outfit suitable for the spring and summer season. In doing so, I decided to make a quarter length sleeve jacket with bermuda shorts. Since this is for the spring and summer season, I wanted to use a red pinstripe pattern for my fabrics. Many techniques were required and it was quite a challenge (especially those in the jacket). I sketched the outfit and also made a pair of earrings to go along.
The Outcome of the Competition:
I competed in the States level at the Greensboro Convention Center and won the gold medal and trophe and was advanced to the Nationals level. I was invited to attend the Nationals level taken place in Orlando, Florida. Finally, in the Nationals level, I was satisfied to complete the competition with another gold medal. To know that you're competing with everyone from every state was quite nerve wrecking but the whole experience was worth while.
Here's the link to the website for the FCCLA program and competitions:
http://www.fcclainc.org/content/star-events/
Prom Dress:
This has to be one of the most difficult design I've made because for this outfit, I had to come up with the entire idea myself and draft it. This means that I'm starting this outfit from scratch. For a high school student who has only taken 2 apparel courses, it was quite a challenge. When designing this outfit, I knew I wanted something that was flattering for my body and the movement of the fabric had to be a resemblance to those of a chiffon material. Also, at the time, bows were the big thing so I thought that it would be a neat idea to include that in the dress. So with this idea in mind, I did a couple of sketches and came up with my final decision. I can't seem to find a picture of my sketch but below is the final product.
The Outcome of the Competition:
I competed in the States level at the Greensboro Convention Center and won the gold medal and trophe and was advanced to the Nationals level. I was invited to attend the Nationals level taken place in Orlando, Florida. Finally, in the Nationals level, I was satisfied to complete the competition with another gold medal. To know that you're competing with everyone from every state was quite nerve wrecking but the whole experience was worth while.
Here's the link to the website for the FCCLA program and competitions: http://www.fcclainc.org/content/star-events/
Prom Dress:
This has to be one of the most difficult design I've made because for this outfit, I had to come up with the entire idea myself and draft it. This means that I'm starting this outfit from scratch. For a high school student who has only taken 2 apparel courses, it was quite a challenge. When designing this outfit, I knew I wanted something that was flattering for my body and the movement of the fabric had to be a resemblance to those of a chiffon material. Also, at the time, bows were the big thing so I thought that it would be a neat idea to include that in the dress. So with this idea in mind, I did a couple of sketches and came up with my final decision. I can't seem to find a picture of my sketch but below is the final product.
4 comments:
Wow, you are so talented! It looks like you experienced so much in fashion. I’m so proud of you, I really think that you can accomplishes a lot of good works later. It’s really wonderful to know someone that have the same interest as you; I hope that we get to know each other more. The prom dress is so beautiful, I like how you make it looks really fit to your body, and you have a really outstanding imagination. By the way is that the prom that you went with Ada? I wonder if Ada is still in Taiwan. If you ever contact her, let me know.
Great work. My best wishes.!
your prom dress was very pretty.the style looks good on you and it is a nice materieal.
i made my own prom dress as too and i had only taken two apparel classes and was in independent studies.it was pretty challenging, just like you said.
Hi Anh,
Carrie showed me your web site when she was visiting this week. I am proud of the "stuff" you showcased. Keep up the good work and I will look forward to seeing what else you post
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