Final Blog Post: Tash Bame

The trunk show hosted and supplied by Express Yourself Clothing in St. Paul was definitely a new experience for me.  The entire process from choosing materials, updating blogs, photographing the final garment(s), and the actual trunk show was much more laid back and relaxed than I had initially expected.  Although this experience was easy-going, it has fortified the importance of time management and communication with potential customers (which was Express Yourself Clothing, in this case.) 

                I really like the rush of adrenaline that I had felt when we were given a short amount of time to choose our garments from the store, I felt as though this kick started even more excitement to execute a look inspired by Station 4 in St. Paul.  This part of the process is crucial to the designer/tailor, because the few garments we come out of the store with will determine what can be created.  In hindsight, I wish I would have chosen larger garments with more fabric so that I could have made a vest with more coverage.  I feel as though my lack of resources had cut my vision short, which was due to my poor judgment with how much fabric I was able to salvage out of the original garments.  Although I ran into a few problems, I am very happy with my final look.  I believe that my model was very appropriately styled from head to toe, and the utility belt I created really pulled the look together and was a very direct representation of the photograph I was given to draw inspiration from.

                The trunk show was very fun, and exhausting at the same time.  I was trying to jump back and forth between explaining my design and a classmates design because she was out of town.  I do wish that the lights would have been on, so that the people and judges would have been able to see all of the design elements the students included in their work.  I think that the lack of lighting prevented the audience to truly view all of the garments.  Overall, this was a positive experience that I hope the next class of apparel design students at St. Kate’s will be able to take part of.