Greetings from New Zealand where my first solo exhibit, TechStyle opened earlier this week at the ST PAUL St. Gallery. I am here for an artist residency through Colab (similar only in name to Collab the shared studio space I work from in NYC). Stop by to see the exhibit, or make a reservation to [...]
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0Date: Jan. 6, 2011
Getting electronic garments to CES’s FashionWare fashion show across the United States is a challenge. The garments are made out of hand sewn silk chiffon and shipping them in a box where they would be tousled and folded for days would ruin them. On the other hand bringing homebrew electronics that are duct taped into [...]
Date: Dec. 13, 2010
I’m excited to be assisting with the curation of Fashionware, the first fashion show at CES (the Consumer Electronics Show). The show is produced by Living in Digital Times and Mommy Tech and will have a selection of fashion ranging from corporately produced on the shelf garments to experimental prototypes. I finished up sketches this [...]
Date: Aug. 25, 2010
Radar made a great video of the Fairytale Fashion project. They captured some really beautiful shots and showed some of the work behind the collection. It’s always crazy behind the scenes. We filmed this whole video in one day at three different locations! There was a video crew of about 8 folks, 2 photographers, a [...]
Date: Aug. 24, 2010
Finally, I met with a nice vendor who makes really high quality components for companies ranging from Michael Kors to Disney! They even sent me back to my office with a huge library of components. And I have a very promising appointment with a leather supplier tomorrow, and some appointments later in the week. Things [...]
Date: Aug. 13, 2010
Image courtesy of premierevision-newyork.com A few weeks ago I hit the fashion trade shows (Texworld and Premiere Vision) to start the search for components. I had a really discouraging time. It turns out that when you tell manufacturers that you want to put electronics in clothes, some of them A. think you are crazy and [...]
Date: Aug. 9, 2010
It’s time to start designing from the ground up. For a fashion designer that means finding vendors who will supply the zippers, snaps, rivets, toggles, buttons, etc.. Designers usually deal directly with the manufacturer or with an agent who represents different factories. Today there are very few American based vendors, most are overseas (wish I [...]
Date: Aug. 4, 2010
When I was on Project Runway there was a “clothes off your back” challenge where you had to make a new outfit out of everything that you were wearing. We were all wearing wireless microphones and I wanted to hack mine and put it in my garment. This prompted a discussion with Tim Gunn over [...]
Date: Aug. 3, 2010
I love my hacker space NYC Resistor. It’s very grassroots, full of energy. Working at Resistor is what I imagine working in the garage where the computer was invented would have been like. But as I am getting serious about selling my designer fashion line, I was having trouble getting in the right mindset. In [...]
Date: Jun. 15, 2010
ARRL Field Day is June 26-27th, it is a national event during which radio operators promote ham radio by setting up stations and transmitting in parking lots, open fields, etc. To celebrate, my hacker group, NYC Resistor is throwing a ham radio party where we will be making contacts, giving demos, and dancing. Remember, hams [...]