Historic Costume at Palazzo Moranda, Milan, Italy

As part of our Fashion Tour for Mesa College, we visited the museum at Palazzo Morando. This museum houses art and costumes from the late 1800's through the turn of the century. Here are a few examples.

















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Art Wear in Milan

I am in Italy with our 18 fashion students from our college. Yesterday, we saw a special exhibit called Capi d'Opera at Palazzo Moranda. Various artisans were at work. Amongst other things we saw amazing fashion by haute couture designers, including garments made of silk, wool felt and other materials.















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First Project .... done.

The first step to designing is learning how to put clothes together. Our students must take Fashion 130: Construction.

Here are some of my construction students, proudly holding the 'child's dress' they sew as a first project.

The dress is no a small feat; they learn how to do the following:

Hong kong, clean finish and overlocked seam finishes

Zipper

Facing

Collar

Puffed sleeves

Yoke with gathered skirt

Elastic casings

Machine-Stitched Hems.

Graphics on the street

I recently saw this on someone's car.

Made me smile.

Now.. some color

And so... now for some color.
Again, the sunset over the Pacific in the distance.

Black and White

Sometimes, in a world of color, there is nothing more intriguing than black and white.

Here are a few shots of black and white 'ish..

The Latest Fashion Accessory... a Python "Boa"

So, here it is... one of my 'fashion finds' from my travels to Vietnam. Travel with OAT provides lots of adventures, and here I am trying on a new accessory. Here is my Python "Boa". What is a boa? It is a long fashion scarf, generally made of fur or similar. What is a python? Well, it is a snake, found in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam.


btw.. the lump you see on the left side of the snake, was his snack, a duck. Supposedly, the snake can eat it whole, and digest it for the next two week period.