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| | Thank you! I'm so honored.
| 10/18/2008, 11:21 PM
| | .jpg) | I'm really excited I could get this honor. Thank you for your votes and all your support. I'm happy and lucky that I could work with great talented people.In the beginning, I was worried all of three finalists would not get along together, like you see on project runway, but Adolfo and Nora are such great people. I was really impressed by their designs and encouraged by all their talent ...
Read More | | Tags: fashion, Designer, Wanamaker, Wakana Koike, It Designer Runway Show, Contest | | | We're almost there!
| 10/12/2008, 04:18 PM
| | .jpg) | Thank you for supporting my new collection. I really appreciate your nice comments and votes. I'm very proud to work with such a great staff to get these fashion design pictures done. Yoshiaki Sekine is the photographer and makeup artist, Aki Maesato is the stylist, and Shintaro Teraoka is the hair stylist. Their hard work helped bring my designs to life. The runway show is almost here! ...
Read More | | Tags: fashion, Designer, It Designers, Contest, Wanamker, | | | Wanamaker 2009 Spring/Summer Collection Look Book
| 10/01/2008, 11:37 AM
| | .jpg) | Finally I could finish making dresses for 2009 Spring collection.My friends helped me so much to complete my collection such as fitting muslin samples, styling, photo-shooting and making short movie.It is not only designing and sawing but also derectting of one brand. I realized that how difficult organizing whole collection is. I would like to say thank you for all this supports.This is...
Read More | | Tags: fashion, Clohing, Fashion, Wanamaker, Wakana Koike, 2009 Spring Collection, Look | | | Wanamaker 2009 Spring Fabric Desings
| 09/22/2008, 12:43 AM
| | .jpg) | I just got my fabrics from the Japanese ink-jet print factory, Seiren Co., yesterday. You might be surprised that I'm getting the fabric so close to the competition. This is normal for a designer who uses original fabrics. Making these fabrics take a long time. First I hand draw the print designs, then I use my computer to make a repeating pattern for the fabric, next I match the repeati...
Read More | | Tags: fashion, Thing, Print design, Japanse factory | | | Wanamaker 2009 Spring/Summer Collection Mood Boards
| 08/31/2008, 01:51 AM
| | .jpg) | The theme for the Wanamaker 2009 spring/summer collection is marine. Print colors palette: beautiful blue skies, puffy white clouds, yellow sunsets, and red stripes. Motifs: ropes, ships, seagulls, and the ocean. Clothing styles: antique sailor uniforms, meticulously detailed buttons, embroidery, sailor collar, cuffs, vintage duffle sack, and cotton canvas fabric. All these key words wer...
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