Dear Perspective Internship Employers,
Please view the below slide show to view my Limited Portfolio. I am a year into my MFA program and thus this is a limited portfolio. It will continue evolving and will be more complete towards the end of my schooling in December 2012. The slideshow is available below. Thank you for your time!
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-Elizabeth Turner
One of my favorite events I’ve been involved in the last couple years is the Science Fair’s Annual Sci-Fest Extravaganza. Basically, it’s a week long par-tay in science’s honor. Lots of free stuff and the first year I even got to go to their Extravaganza Gala. It was amazing! For the past 5-ish years in October, the Sci-Fest has included a fashion show called “Fashion for a Purpose”. Some major money is given away and that’s reason enough for me to compete. But it also promotes recycling, green fashion textiles, and the use of reclaimed items in fashion.
The first year I completed a garment made out of eco-friendly trash bags, VHS reel tap, and kite string. It was 1920′s flapper costume! All those “feather-less feathers” are actually cut up trash bags tied onto the string. And interestingly enough, I was able to sew the trash bag foundation of the dress on my sewing machine! Couldn’t quite put a zipper in successfully, so I taped my model-gorgeous friend, Jessica, into it that night. I won $200 for 3rd place in front of an audience of over 500 people. The moolah went towards my husband’s engagement ring! We got married later that Fall.
This past year, October 2011, I entered a ball gown entirely made out of used teddy bears! I gathered them up at various Goodwill’s and even used one of my own. Natalie, a friend from school, graciously offered to wear my Teddy Bear Ball Gown in the small show. This year they held the fashion show on Family Fun Night instead of the fancy-shmancy Gala night. It was all right-lots of free food, exhibits, and activities. The best part was having friends Melissa and Alex come along! Unlike last year, lots of my fellow LU students joined me in entering a piece for the show. I won 2nd place and $300! But I have to say, I’m very excited that the Science Center will be returning the Fashion with a Purpose show back to the Gala in 2012.The crowd will be much larger. Count on me to win 1st next year…I have a stellar idea : )
I know, I know….you all are not even reading this. You are looking for pictures. You will find them below!
During my Fall 2011 semester at Lindenwood, I finished designing and sewing my Spring/Summer 2012 Mini Collection. My insiration for this sportswear line came from a 20+ hour Greyhound bus ride that I took to Juarez, Mexico when I was in high school. The color theme came from the view outside my window and I wanted to portray how beautifully the blue sky hit the rocky landscape. I completed 3 woman’s outfits and 1 men’s outfit. These designs will hit the runway in late April 2012! Included below is the inspiration board, the CAD flats for each piece, and the fashion illustrations. I will upload pictures of the entire collection after they show in the Lindenwood University Fashion Show.
*Please excuse the poor quality of these pictures. My scanner is not big enough for the 11×14 format and I’m hoping to find a larger scanner or use a better camera SOON*
Dear Long Lost Blog! You are not very long, and you are not lost-errrr, any longer! I am returning to you after a long winter’s sleep. Actually, winter vacay is done and I’m essentially a wayward woman to returning to her first love. Bwahahaha. Not much material to keep you few readers interested due to school break, holidays, and a cruise trip. But I’ve been working very hard to change that! What I wanted to post about today was some styling that I’m doing with a local, up-and-coming photographer/genius Constantiono Schillebeeckx (Website: www.photocs.net/ Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Constantino-Schillebeeckx-Photography/121881317862617). Check him out. Lent a master’s studio in the Central West End (http://www.johnfedele.com), Constantino is looking to boost up his portfolio and technical skills with some fashion-forward edginess.
So I came over to style a test-shoot with West Model, François. Fran (for short) is a super cool waiter-turned-model who is majoring in Agriculture. Who knew? Check him out below…I incorporated lots of G-Star items to create very Euro-centric looks, per Constantino’s request. Maybe too stylized or a Midwest model’s portfolio, but definitely some “out-of-the-Missouri-box” images. Love. Hope you will too. Comments always appreciated!
I think my favorite ensemble is the denim. So in right now *snooty fashion voice*. And see those shorts? Yeah, they were started as pants that day. Ended up cutting and taping them on set! Worked with what we had! Haha.
Hoping to post again soon!
More stylying! Phew, I’ve been busy with it! I’ve graduated from toting my things in a laundry hamper and show boxes to a full-blown suitcase. The wheels are worth it! This past Friday Elizabeth Wiseman had a full day-long shoot for 2 new finds from Centro Models-St. Louis. I had time in the afternoon to work with one of girls, Eva. It was a full portfolio shoot, meaning she had several different looks. Everything from natural to beauty to edgy was shot. It’s essential to have a variety of looks in a models portfolio. If you’re a model you want to book as many gigs as you can so it’s beneficial to you to fit in multiple fashion categories. Eva was such a natural! Her agent was hoping that with these pictures she might book something with Abercrombie & Fitch over this December or January. I have no doubt that she will! Half of these photos she had zero makeup on. Zero! Crrrrazy beautiful. Thanks to Elizabeth and her assistant, Matt, for the stunning pictures! I love playing dress-up with you!
Just wanted to upload a picture of my CAD 1 final. We had to pick a specific clothing catagory such as Career Wear or Sportswear or Formal Wear. I wanted my choice to be obvious (in order for no points to be taken off) so I desined lingerie because it’s pretty unmistakable. I definitely need to get an A on this project!
Here is a picture of the process:
There were eventually 4 outfits included. I’ve digitally designed everything excluding a lace print pattern included in Adobe Illustrator. Had I had more time and experience, I would have wanted to go farther with an original, seamless vector print. I had a limited amount of time and as I’m uploading full collection’s picture, I can see a couple small mistakes that I want to fix eventually. But for the time allotted, I’m pretty happy with the results.
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- sin-till-ah) is defined as a “minute amount”. I think the name works because I was going for a minute amount of fabric. View in the gallery below. Thanks!
Oh you poor, little blog! I haven’t seen you in so long. Forgive me!
Ok, so I promised more photos. I definitely believe in the impact of the visual. That’s why I love that I have more pictures than words on my posts. I recognize the interest in sites like Pintrest and I hope my blog acts kind of like an ode to that. Except I want to offer all my readers/viewers some content as well as images. Let me know what content you are interested in and I’ll write about it. Inspire me and I will dedicate a post to you!
Below are some additional photos of two gorgeous models from West Talent: Ashley and Abby. Both girls were so wonderful, so young, and SO talented! And may I include another shout-out to Elizabeth Wiseman Photography (http://wisemanphoto.com/), Emily Miller for Abby only(http://www.delicatelybold.com/), and Lei for Ashley only with Mac Cosmetics-Chesterfield?! Thank you for letting me be a small part of these wonderful photographs!
Love to all,
Elizabeth
P.S. Fashion images for me are like candy. So don’t get a cavity with the latest upload!
