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If you don't know Madame Grés here something to start you off. I remember when I was a student in FIT, hearing about Madame Grés. Then I saw them in person at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.The drape, the pleating, the creativity, it left me awestruck. Then you hear her story. She was a couturier designer with her own house, and then when the German's occupied Paris, that's when her needle to show them (the Nazi's) what she was made of. Read and see more here: Madame Grés: The Art of Draping: https://shorturl.at/pAEL6 Wikipedia: Madame Grés The dress with the Star of David: https://shorturl.at/cFLM5

I gave myself an assignment.  I wanted to make a dress that honors The Lovings.  Mildred was Black and Native American, and Richard was white. They had married in 1958 in Washington, D.C., where interracial marriage was legal. But on returning home to Virginia, they were arrested, jailed and barred from the state for 25 years for violating the state's Racial Integrity Act. The Supreme Court's unanimous 1967 ruling in Loving v. Virginia overturned the couple's conviction – and nullified anti-miscegenation laws in Virginia and more than a dozen other states. Interracial marriage was now legal in every state in the union. I decided to make a dress for June 12, which is now Loving Day. June 8, 2023 June...

It was a pleasure to work with Elisabeth from Washington, DC.  See more from the fitting here.

The creativity is always on fire, when it comes to the Easter Parade (aka The Bonnet Parade). Here are some shots that didn't make it to the video.  

  Walk to Freedom...Take a moment for some calm. Fort Mose Historic State Park is the site of the first legally sanctioned free African settlement in what is now the United States. In 1738, the Spanish governor of Florida chartered the settlement of Gracia Real de Santa Teresa de Mose, or Fort Mose for short, as a settlement for those fleeing slavery from the English colonies in the Carolinas. Read More here https://www.floridastateparks.org/lea... Florida State Parks: https://www.floridastateparks.org/par... This State Park was like heaven. It was peaceful and so beautiful. Thank you to the St Augustine Woman’s Exchange and Peña Peck House who made the trip possible. Music: Epidemic Sound The Bird's World Elm Lake: https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/O...