written February 26th, 2009 · 0 comments

Images from NYTimes.com. Proenza Schouler here and Marchesa here.

For these collages, I was inspired by the similarities I found between various designers and their collections. The same color, texture or shape may be found in different collections and I will then make the connection visually by collaging a new outfit together, not seriously, but only for comparative purposes. The distorted figures that are created through this process are intriguing to me. Cropping a photograph from the runway and honing in on a specific part also focuses more attention on the outfit and taking it away from the model, which I am always distratcted by. I think it is true that humans are drawn to faces. Maybe if I was actually at a fashion show, I would be too overwhelmed to bother with actually observing the individual models, but for now I will just crop them so that they become a part of a visual equation and not a specific woman.

Images from NYTimes.com. Marc by Marc Jacobs here and Ralph Rucci here.