Dancing with the Survivors: Bridget Sullivan
It's been such a wonderful experience designing a dance costume for breast cancer survivor, Cheryl Perkins. My challenge was to create a dress that adequately reflected her resilience, strength and exuberance for her swing dance routine! My dress for Cheryl is inspired by impressionist ballerina paintings by Edgar Degas. I love using recycled materials for my designs. I started with a light blue dress I bought at a thrift store in New York City, and dyed it. Then, I painted t
Fabulous, Fantastical FashionSpeak 2014!
It's hard to sit down and compose a blog post about FashionSpeak as there is more to say than you have time to read. First and foremost, we have to thank our sponsors because without them, this day wouldn’t be possible. Thank you to Taubman, Bedrock Real Estate Services, Kenwal, StyleLine (RIP), TDIC, Buddy’s, Sips, US Foods, ZIMs, Emerald City Designs, M1 Gear, Flagstar Bank, B2 Consulting, Styleshack and Ke Event Designs. We also must thank the volunteers – the day played o
