Leather Vest on Display

This is from a couple of months ago, my leather vest made from recycled leather was chosen for display along with some of my classmates projects.

I can't believe how this semester has flown by- I'm graduating in TWELVE days! Between now and then I have about 129854973094 trillion things to do, but after that-- I'M DONE! Foreverrrr!

Much, much more coming soooon!

Lace-Up Leather Vest

My first project from leather apparel class this semester was a leather vest that I made from recycled leather.

It is a really nice, super beat up black leather. I added real horn buttons for the front closure, and sewed them on with leather strips for the full leather experience.

The back is slightly shorter than the front and has a really subtle curve that looks really cool and drapey on.

The side seams are open and laced up with leather strips. I put the grommets in myself, which involved some really good skills with a hammer (soo fun!), and then distressed the gold with black paint to make them look more vintage and match the quality of the leather. I hand sewed in a super soft striped grey flannel lining for ultimate comfort.

Angelique modeled!

Fashion Art Portfolio

Last semester was my last art concentration class, where we focused on making a whole new art portfolio, because this semester (the last one!!) we are focused more on constructing garments for our mini thesis collection. I'm not super pleased with how this turned out, so I am going to be working on fixing things, as my dad is making me an amazing portfolio presentation case, so that when I begin interviewing shortly I'll hopefully have some good stuff to show.

The overall theme of these collections was Youth Novels- books from our childhood- and each season is inspired by a different classic- Fall is A Little Princess, Holiday is A Swiftly Tilting Planet, and Spring is James and the Giant Peach.

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Let me know what you think!

xx, natty