FemmeGod: An Avant-Garde Fashion Collection
In 2015, I created a fashion collection called FemmeGod. Its pieces featured elements such as animal skulls, feathers, vintage furs, and other oddities.
The collection below was shown in a solo runway show at the 2015 Hartford Fashion Week.
Credits: Photography by Ana Murphy, Modeled by Ruthie
Credits: Photography by Michael Marques, Modeled by Rosanna Karabetsos, Hair & Makeup by Rosanna Karabetsos
Credits: Photography by Michael Marques, Modeled by Cienna Jade, Hair & Makeup by Andrea Cortez
Credits: Photography by Michael Marques, Modeled by Cienna Jade, Hair & Makeup by Andrea Cortez
Credits: Photography by Michael Marques, Modeled by Haylan Victoria, Hair & Makeup by Andrea Cortez
Credits: Photography by Michael Marques, Modeled by Haylan Victoria, Hair & Makeup by Andrea Cortez
Credits: Photography by Michael Marques, Modeled by Alexa Pagnani, Hair & Makeup by Andrea Cortez
Credits: Photography by Michael Marques, Modeled by Alexa Pagnani, Hair & Makeup by Andrea Cortez
Credits: Photography by Ana Murphy, Modeled by Alyssa Haley, Hair & Makeup by Alyssa Haley
Credits: Photography by Ana Murphy, Modeled by Alyssa Haley, Hair & Makeup by Alyssa Haley
Trashion Fashion
Founded by Amy Merli, Trashion Fashion is a choreographed runway show that features wearable art made from materials that have been diverted from the waste stream. The first piece featured below was created with trash bags and broken mirrors, and the production of it was a collaborative effort. The second piece consists of construction fencing, braided cable wires, pill bottles and a wicker basket.
Credits: Photography by Michael Marques, Modeled by Katie Lakotko, Hair by Alyssa Haley, Makeup by Andrea Cortez & Dimari Lopez
Credits: Photography by Michael Marques, Modeled by Katie Lakotko, Hair by Alyssa Haley, Makeup by Andrea Cortez & Dimari Lopez
Credits: Photography by Sabato Visconti, Modeled by Mucha Mucha Placer, Jewelry by Kaitlyn King, Makeup by Andrea Cortez
Credits: Photography by Michael Marques, Modeled by Mucha Mucha Placer, Jewelry by Kaitlyn King, Makeup by Andrea Cortez
HFW Couture Tour
In 2016, Hartford Fashion Week asked designers from the Connecticut region to create pieces inspired by different rooms in the Mark Twain House & Museum. I was assigned The School Room, where Mark Twain’s daughters learned and played. Along the bottom of the dress are hand drawn portraits of the Twain family, along with drawings of their house and the activities that they enjoyed together. LED lights are sewn into the lining of the dress to illuminate the illustrations, and to add to its whimsical nature.
Credits: Photography by Michael Marques, Modeled by Haylan Victoria, Production Assistance by Barbara Bolstridge, Hair by Alyssa Haley, Makeup by Andrea Cortez
Credits: Photography by Michael Marques, Modeled by Haylan Victoria, Production Assistance by Barbara Bolstridge, Hair by Alyssa Haley, Makeup by Andrea Cortez
Credits: Photography by Michael Marques, Modeled by Haylan Victoria, Production Assistance by Barbara Bolstridge, Hair by Alyssa Haley, Makeup by Andrea Cortez