The face of a tired little lady.
Things have been insanely snowballing into a big ball of fashionably awesome GOODNESS! All in the same day, I signed contracts to make Prim Suspect official, AND was offered the sweetest job in the world with Hurley. (Which, I'm totally not going to tell you about and jinx ... because I ALWAYS do that.)
I have been coming up with designs like a mad woman, sleeping for 4 hours a night because I can't stop!!! It's only been a few days since the line is official, and already SO much is getting done. It's funny how fast things can actually get done when it's something you fully WANT to do and really really love. It's going to be amazing to finally see the designs that are on paper, scattered around my room, and on napkins, lost in my purse somewhere, come to life one day! That will be my defining moment.
I have been listening to TONS of MGMT - it's been insanely inspiring when I'm sketching. Also, Bell x1 (particularly The Great Defector) has been playing in the background quite often. And as always, I'm still finding inspiration in the weirdest of places. Today I had a flash image in my head (that is totally 100% serious) of this barbie I used to have when I was 6 years old. She was wearing this pink shiny, long, tight dress with a big ruffle on the bottom. When you push the bottom up, the long dress turned into a mini dress and the big ruffle laid mid thigh, with some of the pink dress going as far as to the top of her knee. Pretty awesome, if you ask me. I'd like to reinvent this fab barbie dress one day. Shiny pink polyester fabric and all. What girl wouldn't LOVE a push up party dress?? Anyways, I recreated this look (don't worry, it wasn't bright pink) with my Ellen Tracy minidress and a black mini skirt, belted and paired with nude ankle boots to keep it a little more modern than 1984. (See photo below.)
I am also proud to announce a new addition to my wardrobe, a sweet little shift dress that I laboriously (exaggeration) belted with chains to add a little funk. I absolutely LOVE it's super long arm pits, and the fabric totally makes it what it is. I'm thinking about twisting the shoulder straps and wrapping a piece of colored leather around the racerback back to make it a little more fun.
So sweet. Prim Suspect possibility?....
Not that I'm anywhere near losing my mind, but with the lack of sleep I've managed to rack up, I'm pretty sure I might be getting there....
....and yup ... there it is.
