One of my best friends, JALEN, inspired the key look of my collection. They love crop tops, and their favorite colors are pink and yellow.
I iterated on the jacket graphic and pant color blocking for cohesion with the remaining looks.
My collection’s “red thread” includes pieced construction of “bouba” (rounded) graphical elements and strategic layering with slits and cutouts.
Challenged with womenswear, I leaned on my style muse, Janelle Monae, for a quirky look that honed my direction.
“JACOB” is a culminating recontextualization of fabric, color, shape, and construction.
I had to consider how I would execute these cutouts in lined garments and settled on circular facings for the shell and bias-bound lining as the most feasible techniques.
ERŌDICA is an expression of rugged sensuality wrought by humans and conceived by nature.
A twist on masculine leather culture
Pleated leather jumpsuit with woven leather bolo macrame leg panels
Bolo “rope” sculpture with crochet* as shaping/attachment method
*Crochet/macrame throughout is intended as dramatic decoration rendered for the wearing occasion and the garments function without it
Inspired by Nevada’s Valley of Fire State Park
Structured multilayer silk organza gown with combo facings and cutouts
*Crochet/macrame throughout is intended as dramatic decoration rendered for the wearing occasion and the garments function without it
Inspired by white sand beaches and those who walk upon them
Lined draped cashmere overlay with footprint cutouts in leather cord crochet
High-waist boucle pants with leather cord crochet panels
*Crochet/macrame throughout is intended as dramatic decoration rendered for the wearing occasion and the garments function without it
