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An Austin-based designer and a member of Bloodbath Studios, she is a true couturier. Her work is absolutely refined.
I recently featured her in the lineup for the first runway show I produced (via Glaze Zine), and everything she brought was either covered in ostrich feathers or crafted from wigs and hair extensions. Every piece was fully lined, and every detail was flawlessly finished.
I cannot recommend browsing her work enough.
I recently featured her in the lineup for the first runway show I produced (via Glaze Zine), and everything she brought was either covered in ostrich feathers or crafted from wigs and hair extensions. Every piece was fully lined, and every detail was flawlessly finished.
I cannot recommend browsing her work enough.
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"When you find something that is personal and unique," said Madame Gres, "you must make the fullest possible use of it, pursuing its realisation wichout stopping until the end." Alaia echoed her words years later: "When an idea comes into your mind, you must capture it with a lasso and circle around it relentlessly."
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Grès' story was also remarkable to me because of her true love for creation and art, and how she just opened a storefront and did not follow fashion week calenders. I wonder if I should too, just buy a storefront here and start my own thing, like Nazish and I were discussing on Saturday evening.
"When you find something that is personal and unique," said Madame Gres, "you must make the fullest possible use of it, pursuing its realisation wichout stopping until the end." Alaia echoed her words years later: "When an idea comes into your mind, you must capture it with a lasso and circle around it relentlessly."
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Grès' story was also remarkable to me because of her true love for creation and art, and how she just opened a storefront and did not follow fashion week calenders. I wonder if I should too, just buy a storefront here and start my own thing, like Nazish and I were discussing on Saturday evening.
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