As the world began to find its footing in the fresh new world of quarantine living, a land of frustrating video calls and internet purchasing. I took part in a residency that turned virtual, as to adapt to the new social circumstances. It offered a bit of directional focus, especially when it came to revolving in quarantine. Our focus as a collective of creatives was … Continue reading F.R.V.R. x FREEDUMBXX : virtualGALLERIA
We finally have our second champion of the underbelly, Barbara “1 Wing” Dallas. Caught up with her for a fashionable hunt, as she rolled through the underbelly like a zesty tumbleweed. Check out the full spread in the Underbelly gallery! sadbaddies; Barbara “1 Wing” Dallas Continue reading sadbaddies; Barbara “1 Wing” Dallas
In the underbelly, we have recently launched the first phase of season.3, the third installment of the upcycled fashion brand underbellysociety. Starting with a couple simple staple pieces, hand-painted and assembled by the head of house, Nicholas Ridiculous. With a focus on the newly designed manipanic logo, consisting of intersecting smiley faces sharing one mouth that shows two conflicting emotions. A representation of our modern … Continue reading season.3: freedumbxx
I recently did a little photo shoot for some new upcycled pieces I have been working on during all the isolation downtime, I got some awesome help from a fellow creative and alumni of the Seneca school of fashion, Denisse del Carpio. The pieces featured are mainly a hemp poncho, and a fisherman’s raincoat. This is the first shoot for my budding series titled; freedumbxx. … Continue reading QUARANTINE// D A Z E
The Creative Connection I have been leading and facilitating an upcycled fashion based workshop for youths in transition. Bringing Free2Be, a program helping youths transition out of the child welfare and foster care system, together with an organization I work with called VIBEarts, who bring creative workshops to underserved communities and their youth, to bring the first of my CreativeCnnction workshops to life. The first … Continue reading CC; scrappaxx
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Education is a big part of life, and it is not something finite, but everlasting. It is cliche to say but we should always be learning in life. In regards to formal education, I have spent four years studying the art of fashion design at Seneca College in North York, Ontario. I finished two programs, a 1 year, and a 3 year program, which both … Continue reading College; Fashion Arts
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This is my final collection to end my studies of the fashion arts at Seneca College. Over the course of the final year we were tasked to conceive the themes and inspiration for a ten look fashion line, then we were to actually create 2-4 of the looks from that line. Those 2-4 looks were then compiled with my fellow student-designers’ lines into one grand … Continue reading L8.BLOOMER
As an attempt to bring together young creatives from all different walks of life and different skill sets to form a collective, I created third.i.tired, with the assistance of my friend Stefana. The goal is to have a platform for young people to come together to collaborate on different projects to help build everyone’s portfolios, and to complete work they are proud of. It is … Continue reading third.i.tired
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