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Equillibrium Interview For Whiteout Fashion Show

February 16, 2016 B. shigglesworth Leave a comment

Meet Deb Henriksen creator of Equillibrium. Deb is one of the talented designers being featured in the Whiteout fashion show at Artopia happening this Saturday! You can purchase ticket to the show here and use promo code fashiondenver for a discount!

Q:When did you first know you wanted to be a fashion designer?

A:I committed myself to being a fashion designer in 1998, when I started planning the creation of Equillibrium.

Q:Where do you draw inspiration from?

A: My inspiration comes from whatever hits me in the gut to design from… nature, calls to action for sustainability or humanity, a genre of music, my lifestyle as a boarder for over 23years, various cultures, urban environments, people, and of course ColoRADo.

Q:What has been the most rewarding and the most frustrating part of your journey thus far?

A:The most rewarding is the respect and reputation I have built for Equillibrium and the support Denver has given the brand. The most frustrating is how much time, talent, and capitol it takes to make a little money… sales are always the biggest challenge. As a sustainable brand it is obvious consumer behavior doesn’t quite fully walk the walk … Read more!

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YOCISCO Interview for Whiteout Fashion Show

February 12, 2016 B. shigglesworth Leave a comment

Here is our sixth interview with one of the designers being featured in NEXT SATURDAY’s Artopia Whiteout Fashion show at City Hall. Gabriel Medina, creator of YOCISCO underwear, is the only underwear designer being featured in the show!

Q: When did you first know you wanted to become a fashion designer?

A:I’ve always known I wanted to do something big and I think becoming a fashion designer was a natural progression. I spent 17 years in male entertainment and underwear modeling and virtually wore every brand of underwear out there. I launched my first Ciscoheadshot

venture, an online men’s magazine in 2008. Including my daughter in the business was important to me but she was very young at the time. So, as she was growing up, I took fashion courses at the Art Institute of Colorado. I learned to channel my creativity
into apparel design, something I had never done before. It was the catalyst to creating my own line. I found a great manufacturer in the Denver area that helped me produce my first collection and in 2013, YOCISCO Underwear was born. My daughter now handles social media for the brand and also helps with creative direction for collections

Mona Lucero Interview for Whiteout Fashion Show

February 9, 2016 B. shigglesworth Leave a comment

Here is our forth interview with one of the designers for the Whiteout Fashion Show at Artopia Denver! If you’re still in need of tickets, you can purchase them here and don’t forget to use promo code fashiondenver for a discount!

Q: When did you first know you wanted to be a fashion designer?

A: It was a natural progression. I always loved fashion and began to read a lot of fashion magazines in high school. In college, I had a friend whose mom used to give her a credit card to buy things from the old May D & F and she would buy Polo Ralph Lauren, Halston, Liz Claiborne. I began to analyze what made designer clothing special. As I was finishing art school, (I was one of those art students who dressed eclectically) I began to wonder if I was going to be able to make a living as a fine artist. I had fallen in love with fashion, so I made the decision to become a designer – I thought I could make a living from selling my designs easier than my art. Of course, I also saw it as another form of creation that I … Read more!

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Denver Bespoke Interview for Whiteout Fashion Show

January 26, 2016 B. shigglesworth Leave a comment

With ArtopiaDEN less than a month away, Fashion Denver is doing interviews with all of the designers being featured in the Whiteout Fashion Show! Our first interviewee is AJ Machete, creator of Denver Bespoke and Denver Dressmakers.

Q: When did you first know you wanted to be a fashion designer?

A: Lianna (the co-designer) and I met at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn where she was studying fashion and I was studying sculpture and photography. I was always very interested in style, whether in literature, fine art or clothing, but didn’t get into designing clothing for many years.

In 2008, Lianna and I were talking about moving out of NYC but there weren’t a lot of fashion jobs in the middle part of the country, and not

many jobs that would be the equivalent of her job as a knitwear designer for Liz Claiborne. So I started designing clothing and sewing and was essentially able to hire her away from her job (although at much lower pay!) and we were able to move to Denver and keep doing creative work.

Q: Where do you draw inspiration from?

A: We start from the perspective that bespoke and couture clothing is

Featured Babes on Bocce designer {Aura Lavender}

August 31, 2015 bshigley Leave a comment

Designer Interview: Aura Lavender

Questions asked by Brandi Shigley | Fashion Denver

1. What one memory do you remember that sparked your interest in the fashion world?

When I was 5, my mom taught me to sew by hand for the first time and, I made clothing for my tiny dolls. It kept me busy in my bedroom after school for years. Eventually I gave my dolls and everything to my nieces.

2. What is the mission of your business?

The main mission of Broccoliandcrystals is to provide vegan options for our wardrobes. I also design the clothes in such a way that focuses on the color therapy aspect of clothing. Of course, I’m really passionate about the cruelty free aspect too, like including vegan furs. Recently I’m working on adding an ADD/ADHD focused shopping experience to the mix since those with ADD/ADHD brains work slightly differently but also very creatively. Although Broccoliandcrystals clothing is really for anyone who wants to put color in their wardrobe with classy silhouettes or some that are Avant Garde silhouettes, knowing its vegan.

3. What do you think of our fashion community in Colorado?

I think the fashion community in Colorado is perfect. It’s … Read more!

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