Kymodoke

So I decided to work on a project this semester that's close to my heart; plus size fashions. I am, indeed, plus sized and while I'm tempted to say I'm proud of it, that's a very very hard thing to do. The fact is we are visually drive creatures, and I(and most people today, I think) live in a culture that says "Skinny is beautiful. That is all." For the past few years I've been studying to be a designer and I have to design for a standard fashion model, and that's what I'm told is beautiful, and when I want to do plus size designs I'm told no. This semester I got a teacher who was willing to compromise if I could put forth a compelling argument. Go me years of torment about being "Fat and ugly" have given me all the power to make a compelling argument.
Well today I was watching the Tyra show and she had on severely over weight children (we're talking 200 pound ten year olds or more) and for that poor ten year old to be on TV her mother wrote "Dear Tyra, my daughter is a fat pig." there was more that wasn't shared but that was just... outrageous. I can't even come up with words for how horrible that is. Kids are mean, and I know that as well as anyone but as a child you depend on your mother and father for support when your peers are cruel. In her defense the mother said "Well I don't say that to her face" Oh that's so much better. Sure.
As distasteful as that woman was, is that attitude so unusual? I did a google search for "Plus size prom dresses" it brought up macy's prom dresses. 14 or so dresses, 3 in store, most of them horrible. Granted they have a new line of junior plus clothes but they're one of the few(and most aren't in their store) but this is a problem I have with my own industry. Where are the plus size designers? There is no Prada, or Chanel, or McQueen or even Rucci for a woman of my size(unless you have the money for a couture Rucci then it's in whatever size you are). It says to women "You're not worth my time" Guess what; Plus size is a growing market and to designers too stubborn to make clothes for these women... you're losing out. I'm angry I can't buy designer clothes but it's good for me. Someday I'm hoping to become a household name for plus size fashions as well as average fashions. It doesn't need to be either-or, you can do both.
So for anyone out there happening to read this entry; check out www.onestopplus.com, lane bryant, ashley stewart, and torrid. Google search "plus size designers" you can find some or if you're really looking for something special there are many young designers out there willing to do commission designs. I'm one of them; tell me what you're looking for and I will be more than willing to work with you to create a custom sketch, a technical flat and fabric suggestions. For no additional cost I'll help you source seamstresses in your area(I have several connection to home seamstresses, who know other seamstresses all over the place and do amazing work. Being in college doesn't allow me enough time to sew a dress for anyone right now). More information will be up on my design deviant art when I figure out pricing but feel free to send me a message and we'll talk about it.

I finally got a new deviant page specifically for my fashion design work, so I can show potential internships and jobs. So if you find pieces of art that look like mine on JMixDesigns don't fear! It's just me. Lol.

Also I have a virus on my computer soooo it'll be a little while getting it up again.

So Portfolio Preparation is done, thank God, that means that all I have left to do is cut and sew one dress, drape and cut another and create final patterns. Only. Right.

You know I've reached the point of exaution when I'm making connections between childrens tales and my own life. So here we are, the heroin of the story has worked herself to dropping and can't continue even though there's work still to do. I went to bed and fully expected the faeries or brownies to finish up my work(for all those little buggers have stolen from my appartment it's the least they can do!) and they did not. How Rude.

No I'm not crazy, this is just me amusing myself after only a few hours of sleep.

So I'm in the middle of final project, fun, I've finished one *points to the left* you can see my boards here. Now I have to make a corset, a shirt, the waistband of a skirt and attatch a dress to its lining. Fun. I love my roommates... kind of(as much as anyone can that has to live with someone. It's a love hate kind of thing) and my roommate has a friend that's really nice but I need the common room to work and I like to work late into the night, I don't intend to sleep tonight but she might be staying and she sleeps on the couch and I'm sure she'd rather prefer me not sewing right next to her head. I'd rather not do it, honestly. I find myself getting irritated at her, which isn't fair because it's not her problem I have a ton of homework to do. I don't know. I just have to deal with it, but if you don't see any new art for a while it's because I'm doing finals, or traveling with my friend.