Thoughts...

To a designer thoughts can be both an asset as well as a detriment. The last two days they have been both to me.

Why?

I've been thinking more on the prospect of a future TFCD shoot and trying to come up with new designs. The problem that I am having is eveything I am thinking of and putting down on paper in sketches has been done in one way or another. Honestly, how many highwaisted Elizabethan inspired skirts with over sized quartz bead neck peices can be made? I know I can always do the construction with a different spin but honestly the overall outcome will be the same no matter how it is cut, sewn, tacked, worn, etc.

The other side of the problem is I am having an overall vision of how the shoot could be done, which is not completely up to me. Add on the fact that it isnt set in stone yet to be done and I am in a pickle.

Creative inspiration and direction is there as I have finally settled down somewhat in my design aesthetic for my work (a slight fusion of asian meets classic for my high fashion designs). Keeping my design aesthetic in mind I am not truly doing anything unique when I put thoughts down on paper. There is so much being done in the design world that is fused from different eras, countries and cultures at this time that an original vision is hard to come up with.

I also do want to try to go as green as possible in my designs as well which doesnt help things out in terms of materials for high end designs. Yes I can luck out and obtain fabulous vintage fabrics, notions, and supplies but let's face it the bulk of a peice would be new everything. That being said if I look back to my OAC final project for my visual art thesis I have done some pretty green peices already. How much more green can one get than reconstructing an Egyptian crown and neck peice from spices and glue? Or a living necklace of moss and ivy?

Ok so maybe the thoughts I am having are only a part of the real issue and maybe I have to delve into my artistic history a bit more.

Either way, the thoughts are coming which is good but not as forward as I am wanting them to be. Hopefully they will start to be what I am wanting.