thanks to Aimee, Matty, and Jen, our fabulous judges!
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Monday, April 6, 2009
project selvedge finale
project
selvedge finale
april
3 2009
Final contestants Megan, Gretchen and Alison
wait for the judges decision….
shows her line
Megan
and her models
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
CHALLENGE 4: LITERATE & FASHIONABLE
Can you guess who is who?
A contemporary character got Allison the title of most fashionable. (It's Coraline guys, see the buttons and the Other Mother's hands on Allison's stenciled tees.)
She made her own outfit too, and I believe Matty called her an over achiever.
Gretchen went high fashion with a flower inspired design from Thumbilina. The collar is beautiful and removable (detachable always makes Aimee happy).
This one's pretty clear. Under that tell tale cape is Meghan's version of a dark Red Riding Hood. Looks like she got the better of the wolf and made a skirt out of him.
It was Ingrid's moment of truth on Friday. Her Secret Garden inspired outfit is made from thrift finds and screams Missoula summer, but the judges wanted to see something a little more fashion forward and we had to say good bye.
But don't worry she'll be back for the final show so we can see her designs one more time. Monday, March 30, 2009
CHALLENGE 3: WHAT WOULD OBAMA DO?
For this challenge the designers were asked to design something for our fashionable first lady. The models strutted the stairway at the Missoula Art Museum:
Number one and two. Gretchen took home the prize with her presidential highwaisted skirt with a flair of embellishment. And Ingrid got a close number 2 for a beautifully draped one piece dress. All sleeveless of course.
Runners up: Allison and Meghan with bright colors and fashion forward looks for the first lady.
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
HOME DEC HEAVEN
The Power of Pattern (Home Dec 101)
This workshop is an introduction to decorating interiors. Designer Renee Brown is here to help, and provide a little inspiration for your interior. She will show you how to successfully incorporate color, pattern and texture to make your room pop for spring.
Stephanie scored this amazing pile of design inspiration on Sunday. Jealous yet?
Renee Brown of Doublehappiness Designs is here every other Sunday to dish out free design advice.
The free workshop runs the first and third Sundays of every month.
Oh yeah, and did we mention that you get 20% off home decor special orders for a month. We are practically paying you to come to the workshop!
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
FINALE!!
I wanted to give everyone a heads up on the final challenge so you can start thinking about it. There will one or two eliminations in the mean time, but it is a little more involved and I think it would help to start thinking about it now.
FINAL CHALLENGE
For the finale you will be making a line of clothing. Your line will need to consist of 2-4 garments and/or accessories (total). The pieces in a line of clothing should have a similar inspiration and should have a cohesive presence (think of it this way: often, if someone likes a particular line of clothing, they purchase multiple pieces and they should coordinate somewhat).
Another aspect of the challenge will be to create an identity for yourself. Give your "company" and line a name-design a tag or business card that represents this.
Your budget and other details will be announced next week, but start thinking about what you want to do.
TIPS: Time is always an issue in Project Selvedge, as in the real world. Build your line accordingly. Some pieces should be simple basics and some should be some more complicated and "stand out" pieces.
Also, wear ability is an issue with a line of clothing as opposed to runway fashion.
I recommend choosing more than one model for the fashion show-it gets crazy and goes fast and having multiple models will make everyone's life easier.
Let me know if you have any questions!
Thanks for all your work and inpiration. The fans of Project Selvedge (even the ones not directly related to contestants:) LOVE the event and the amazing things you guys come up with. I hear compliments on your work daily-so thanks for making it a success.
FINAL CHALLENGE
For the finale you will be making a line of clothing. Your line will need to consist of 2-4 garments and/or accessories (total). The pieces in a line of clothing should have a similar inspiration and should have a cohesive presence (think of it this way: often, if someone likes a particular line of clothing, they purchase multiple pieces and they should coordinate somewhat).
Another aspect of the challenge will be to create an identity for yourself. Give your "company" and line a name-design a tag or business card that represents this.
Your budget and other details will be announced next week, but start thinking about what you want to do.
TIPS: Time is always an issue in Project Selvedge, as in the real world. Build your line accordingly. Some pieces should be simple basics and some should be some more complicated and "stand out" pieces.
Also, wear ability is an issue with a line of clothing as opposed to runway fashion.
I recommend choosing more than one model for the fashion show-it gets crazy and goes fast and having multiple models will make everyone's life easier.
Let me know if you have any questions!
Thanks for all your work and inpiration. The fans of Project Selvedge (even the ones not directly related to contestants:) LOVE the event and the amazing things you guys come up with. I hear compliments on your work daily-so thanks for making it a success.
Friday, March 20, 2009
fantasy meets runway.
CHALLENGE FOUR:
Your challenge for this week is to get your inspiration from a literary character or passage from a book. Choose from the list below or pick one of your own.
This is a FASHION DESIGN competition so don’t make me a snow white costume. Your garment needs to be high fashion with a flare of inspiration from your favorite character. Bring a book or passage to the show and be prepared to tell us why you made the choices you did.
Garth from Shakespeare and Co will be here next week to help us judge your garment.
You can use anything you want for supplies and we encourage the use of non-traditional materials, you’ll have $30 at Selvedge to spend in addition to whatever else you decide to use.
Good luck!
Some ideas:
Dorothy Gale (The Wizard of Oz)
Daisy Buchanan (The Great Gatsby)
Pussy Galore (Goldfinger)
Blanche Dubois (A Streetcar Named Desire)
Alice (and Wonderland)
Ophelia (Hamlet)
Hermione (Harry Potter)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Lord of the Rings
Your challenge for this week is to get your inspiration from a literary character or passage from a book. Choose from the list below or pick one of your own.
This is a FASHION DESIGN competition so don’t make me a snow white costume. Your garment needs to be high fashion with a flare of inspiration from your favorite character. Bring a book or passage to the show and be prepared to tell us why you made the choices you did.
Garth from Shakespeare and Co will be here next week to help us judge your garment.
You can use anything you want for supplies and we encourage the use of non-traditional materials, you’ll have $30 at Selvedge to spend in addition to whatever else you decide to use.
Good luck!
Some ideas:
Dorothy Gale (The Wizard of Oz)
Daisy Buchanan (The Great Gatsby)
Pussy Galore (Goldfinger)
Blanche Dubois (A Streetcar Named Desire)
Alice (and Wonderland)
Ophelia (Hamlet)
Hermione (Harry Potter)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Lord of the Rings
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Sunday, March 15, 2009
Saturday, March 14, 2009
PROJECT SELVEDGE CHALLENGE THREE
We are excited about our new president, but even more excited about our new fashionable first lady. For the next challenge imagine that Michelle Obama is coming to Missoula, she likes to support local designers and is choosing between the 5 of you for her outfit.
It isn’t easy being a fashionista. Recently in the news there has been some controversy regarding Michelle Obama and her fashion choices. Some say her lack of sleeves is the "wrong style at the wrong time." Others say applaud her "complete confidence."
You will be expected to weigh in on the controversy with your garment.
Your supplies are: 4 yards total from set fabrics and $20 for other fabric and supplies at Selvedge.
Make it fabulous as you will be strutting the runway at the Missoula Art Museum next week.
It isn’t easy being a fashionista. Recently in the news there has been some controversy regarding Michelle Obama and her fashion choices. Some say her lack of sleeves is the "wrong style at the wrong time." Others say applaud her "complete confidence."
You will be expected to weigh in on the controversy with your garment.
Your supplies are: 4 yards total from set fabrics and $20 for other fabric and supplies at Selvedge.
Make it fabulous as you will be strutting the runway at the Missoula Art Museum next week.
SHOW: THURSDAY, MARCH 19 @ THE MISSOULA ART MUSEUM
Good luck!
Good luck!
Sunday, March 8, 2009
Saturday, March 7, 2009
Meet the Project Selvedge Contestants
Here are our Fabulous Project Selvedge Contestants!
Rachel
Meagan
Kathryn
Ingrid
Gretchen
Chanel
Alison
And the winner is.................
Rachel for her fabulous crochet bikini
Friday, March 6, 2009
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
NEWS FLASH!
A quick Project Selvedge update (read more about our fashion design competition below-under the felt valentine how-to).
We are teaming up with the Missoula Art Museum's hipster art event Artini for the third challenge, so one of the fashion show dates has changed. (From Friday, March 20 to Thursday, March 19).
More importantly: Betty's Divine has added their amazing prize to the list of fabulous things that the overall winner will bring home. Ready? A $125 gift certificate to Betty's Divine (yesss!), but that's not all-they are also throwing in a Brazilian wax and an oil change (both by professionals, don't worry). I kid you not. I mean-who doesn't need that?!
All that and $500 in fabric-why wouldn't you apply?
We are teaming up with the Missoula Art Museum's hipster art event Artini for the third challenge, so one of the fashion show dates has changed. (From Friday, March 20 to Thursday, March 19).
More importantly: Betty's Divine has added their amazing prize to the list of fabulous things that the overall winner will bring home. Ready? A $125 gift certificate to Betty's Divine (yesss!), but that's not all-they are also throwing in a Brazilian wax and an oil change (both by professionals, don't worry). I kid you not. I mean-who doesn't need that?!
All that and $500 in fabric-why wouldn't you apply?
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