FAN PAGE LAUNCHED!

Hello guys I just launched my snazzy new Facebook FanPage for Rock the House! I am quite excited to drum up some fans. Here is the link

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Rock-the-House-Clothing/125433577530068?sk=app_190322544333196

My new Spring/Summer line The Alexander and Laika Collection is underway and here are a few looks from it.

It's a very whimsical line and one of my secret inspirations for it is the album Funeral by Arcade Fire and more specifically their song Neighborhood #2(Laika) where I borrowed both the names in the line from. What I love about that song and the album is the beautiful combination of adventure and whimsy that I feel when listening to it. It's a strong inspiration in my work for this line.

SHOP!

I have gotten around to putting a few things up on Etsy. Theres only one of each with the exception of one item so you better not wait!

http://www.etsy.com/shop/Briannin?ref=seller_info

Not Dead.

Just moving, and the moving is almost complete. Between finals, Christmas, and moving I really haven't had the time to make good use of this site but I will, eventually. Just hold tight.

The Harriet Top

Tada, new shirt. This time I'm showing you a few work in progress pictures as well, unfortunately they uploaded in descending order and I'm in too much of a rush to fix that. So this is all you get today but I'm sure the pictures speak for themselves anyway. I gotta go now, my friends impatiently waiting to get dinner.

Playing a Little Catch Up

I can now show you the sweet fruit of my horrid and exhausting month of October and what Ive been up to so far in November.

Lady Gaga Caution Tape Body Suit.

Doing this was no easy task. I first had to make fabric out of a role of caution tape by sewing together pleats and cutting those up to sew them back together as 5" rotated squares for one side and for the other sewing unpleted strips of caution tape to pleated strips. Then I called my unsuspecting client over and kept her 3 hours where I literally formed the entire thing around her. I cannot explain how I did this, all I know is it was done under the apparently effective cocktail of stress, desperation, exhaustion, and determination. The next day, I put in the zipper and satin lining(without any patters, also dont know how I did that) and she picked it up later that night.

HUZZAH! FINISHED!

She did her wig and wrapped the caution tape around her head and leg and such and apparently this website(name on the bottom left of the picture) snapped a photo of her. Needless to say she was very happy, and so was I because I stuck it through to the end and I MADE IT BABY!

The very next day I went to the Fun. concert(check em out, their newbies with tasty talent) rather exhausted but happy I had time to enjoy myself.

Also I went out and bought clay, I love sculpting little things. Ive been meaning to do this to make wall ornaments and other things and then I found myself making what is soon to be a necklace.

Its all foresty, mushrooms, logs, squiggly green plant things. I need paints though, its a work in progress.

Then I sold a few Megan Tees I needed to get rid of, I put em on sale. I dont believe Ive showed this before but the first time a customer buys something from me they get a unique cloth shopping bag with my logo on it. Heres two examples.

AND IVE JUST FINISHED A NEW SHIRT LAST NIGHT!

My model will be coming tomorrow and Ill show it then. I also got the whole work in progress in pictures to show you(drafting, pinning, cutting)

Well thats it, were all caught up to the present now. Check back tomorrow for the shirt : )

Bleh. Checking in.

Okay, I'm tired, I'm sore, and I'm taking a break. Its been a crazy busy month and thats why Ive posted nothing in a long time even though Ive made my first pair of jeans and some costumes for customers. I took a too many responsiblites and Ive just hit a wall, I only have a little left to do but after that I'm just going to relax and go crazy making all the lovely clothes I can imagine( and post them of course).

However I must address my disappointment that Gretchen won Project Runway. I was really rooting for Mondo, but I do admit Gretchen did really good.