Ottawa Fashion Week

Check out all the photos from the Ottawa fashion week show showcasing the Fall 2010 line here

I would like to thank all the coordinators from the show who were so organised and amazing to work with! http://www.ottawafashionweek.ca
And also the Models, from Barret Palmer, Angie's Models and Models International Management
And thank you to Jennifer Laoun-Rubenstein for providing the jewelry and accesories for the show!

The show was a lot of fun,
it was a little stressfull because I received the invitation to present my collection only 2 weeks before the show! but it worked out in the end after many sleepless nights of preperation.
I was just watching a bikini or bust episode where the exact same thing happened to them, they had 2 weeks to prepare for a fashion week: http://www.ashleypaige.com/videos/index.html
the only difference is she had an entire team to help her, I did it all alone. I still don't understand how I managed... I designed, drafted the patterns, sewed all the samples, fitted the models, all by myself : For next fashion week I am definately hiring people to help me out! And I will have more time to do so.
I'll be spending time now getting a team together!

Ottawa Fashion Week Event

I've been running around all week preparing for my runway show at Ottawa fashion week, the show will take place Thursday at 8:45. You can purchase tickets here.

And you can check out the Facebook Event.

http://www.ottawafashionweek.ca/

Yesterday we stayed up all night shooting with Robert Gilbert my two gorgeous models were Mihaela and Kathleen, who are also members of the band XOX, and my good friend Genevieve Joly was our talented makeup artist for the night! We had so much fun, the dresses looked amazing on the girls, and we got very creative with the makeup and the looks, I can't wait to see the finished product!!

As for finished photos, here is one by Nic Small, and model Lynne, Farhat was the makeup artist for this shoot, she's wearing a strapless slightly a-line dress from the spring 2010 line. Fabric made in Ghana.

Ottawa Fashion Week

Ok so I received an official invitation to Ottawa's fashion week. Very exciting but also very scary, it's the most serious show I've ever done!
When they first invited me I freaked out because it meant I had to prepare up to 20 pieces in two weeks, model size (it is so difficult to fit tiny people) and finish my lookbook, press kit, advertisements, runway music all in 3 days!!!! (I got the invitation very last minute) So at first I said no and that I would love to do the next show in September,
but then they told me they really wanted me at this show and they extended a few deadlines so I had to say yes, I was so sad I had said no in the first place, I hate turning down great oppurtunities!
So now I've been going crazy trying to put together my fall 2010/2011 collection,
so far I need to finish 10 more peices, I have 6 done, and this week I have a fitting with the models,
ooh this is an exciting part, I get to use AGENCY models for the first time! After using models from modelmayhem who can be extremely unreliable this is wonderfull news for me! I've been going through tons of zed cards and portfolios picking out my models, it's so much fun! and these girls are gorgeous! they're going to rock my dresses I'm sure.
so after the fitting I'll need to finalise all 17 or so peices and get them ready for the runway...
I still need:
Shoes, Jewelry, and Accessories (I'm thinking brown tights)
Runway Music
More Photography done for Advertisements (any photographers out there?)
Put my new website online

So now I must harrass some stores and see if they'll sponsor some shoes for me...
And I'm going crazy trying to find the right kind of music! I like stuff that is a little more underground with some good percussion (I'm a belly dancer, it comes out in all I do) but it needs to have a solid beat for the walking...
so much to do today! off I go to get it done...