ARTIST STATEMENT

Since before I started creating, I always had a deep appreciation for beautiful costumes and dresses and clothing. Now, able to create my own designs, I have heavily gravitated towards elegant formalwear that takes beauty in the forms of fabric and detailed embellishments. I have grown up at the beach my entire life, so I have habitually been inspired by the ocean and life around me. My creations have a float quality to them, from both their shapes and fabric, that allow me to mimic the gracefulness of waves and water as they walk down the runway or pose in photos. The draping I employ allows the fabric to be manipulated into elegant scoops or pleats only done in the quiet of the studio under the pins I hold in my hand. I find great beauty in the time put into embroidering or beading or hand sewing little details only noticed by the keenest of eyes. I’ve embroidered the helix on DNA onto a bodice, hand-beaded the strap of an undergarment, and painstakingly sewn individually pearls onto the waistline of a dress. I wish to embody the texture and elegance and beauty of the oceans and draw minute attention to the detail put into each garment.