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-kev

I HATE THIS QUESTION

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(yeah this picture is irrevelant to the blog. Just trying to catch your attention!! )

Hey, everyone!

Sorry I haven't been keeping up with this blog. I've been working on a new dress and I'm still in the process of getting the skirt part just right.

SO, someone the other day asked me a super generic question, "what is fashion to you? (as a designer persepective)"

In my head I was thinking, "wow, what a stupid, broad, generic, and typical question." I had no other choice but to retun a stupid, broad, generic, and typical answer: "it's an art of expression! blah balh blah" Lame answer, I know. But literally fifteen minutes ago while I was in the middle of hemming the skirt, I realized how different the dress looked from my original sketch. I took pictures of the progress of the dress and seriously it went through different phases. I'll post these pictures up again, but straight-to-the-point, if I could answer that question again, I'd say fashion is a phase change and a process of evolution (well for me it is). You all are probably thinking, "what the eff is this guy talking about?!" but yeah I had a , i guess you can say, designer epiphany while making this dress. After making so many different types and styles of dresses, I finally found the style I want to go with. I can't really describe it right now but it's a huge melange of styles that were inspired by different architecture, time eras, people, etc. Also, I finally figured out why I've had designer's block lately. I've been trying to sit down, and figure out a concrete design so I can just simply go and make it. But after making this dress I realized how different it looks from my original sketch. Which is a good thing! I'm more of a hands on person. Sounds really stupid but I guess you can say I like to find the perfect fabric that "speaks to me." hahah yeah. I guess you can say I work backwards. My stuff is never finalized until it's on someone being photographed. My ideas are always evolving in my head as I make it. For this dress, I seriously went through 4 different phases, and now I finally have it set! I'm really really really really proud of this piece and I cannot wait to take photos of it and show everyone! Next post, you'll get a photo of the dress, my inspirations, and it's different dress phases. You'll see how it slowly transformed into the look i have for it now! Well, back to work!

PS. Sorry, no outfit pictures in this post. I've been wearing sweats all week (finals week) so I don't really have any pictures of shnazzy outfits to post. Nor do i really care to post pictures of outfits :/. I'm going to shift this blog's focus more to my designs starting from my sketches, my inspirations, the process, the "phase changes," and the final product! But don't worry, I'll occasionally post some outfit pictures/ trend reports stuff whatevvs. hahah Have a good week!

PSS. BEFORE I FORGET, I'm going to share one of my favorite quotes with everyone:

"I will not play tug o' war. I'd rather play hug o' war. Where everyone hugs instead of tugs, Where everyone giggles and rolls on the rug, Where everyone kisses, and everyone grins, and everyone cuddles, and everyone wins." -Shel Silverstein

PSSS. FORGOT TO MENTION SOMETHING! I'm going to the Lady Gaga concert next week with The-an, Joseph, and Tiffany! CAN'T WAIT! We're all going to dress up all weird and shit. I'll write a post on it. Don't worry! haha!

Alright, have a great christmas holiday! Have a good rest of the week! Oh, and don't forget to stay sexy! haha, C'est si bon!

-kev ng