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 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
Here is our fifth interview with Deedee Vicory of D’Lola Couture!
Q: When did you first know you wanted to be a fashion designer?
A: The first time I knew that I wanted to be a Wedding Gown Designer was in 1993 when I designed my first Wedding Gown.
Q: Where do you draw inspiration from?
A: I get my inspiration from all sorts of things….Nature, people, but lately it’s been more by music….
Q: What has been the most rewarding and the most frustrating part of your journey thus far?
A:Aww… This is my favorite part. I just enjoy every step of my career…I live for that moment when a bride looks in the mirror and see’s herself as she is JUST STUNNING! Talk about that take your breath away moment! The most frustrating part of my journey is that I wish I could do more weddings however I have not figured out a way to clone me…
Q:What is your favorite part about designing wedding gowns?
A:I love sitting down with her and hearing about her future wedding plans and how they met each-other. That helps me to get to know her a little more
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!
Here is our third interview with Gino Velardi in anticipation for the Whiteout Fashion Show at Artopia on February 20th! Enjoy 🙂
Q:When did you first know you wanted to be a fashion designer? A:It happened when I first discovered a fashion magazine at age 8! I was immediately seduced by this discovery and knew what industryI wanted to be in. So I learned how to do hair and makeup, styling and production, but I didn’t like to do any of those things for someone else, so I adopted the role of fashion designer. I saturated myself with the knowledge of clothing design. Then I can have
people work with me to realize my vision.
Q:Where do you draw inspiration from?
A:My inspiration comes from music! I listen to specific genre of music and I think of a fashion show and what kind of clothes I would design around that song. I can listen to everything from Patsy Cline to Led Zeppelin. That feeds my vision!
Q:What has been the most rewarding and the most frustrating part of your
journey thus far
A:The reward comes from my family, friends and fans that have supported … Read more!
In anticipation for the Whiteout Fashion Show at Artopia on February 20th, Fashion Denver is interviewing all of the designers being featured in the show. Here is our second interview with Anna Fangenello of AnnaFesta.
Q:When did you first know you wanted to be a fashion designer?
A:I started sewing as a child with my grandmother and my mother. At the age of 13, I made my first outfit from a Brooke Shields pattern that I had altered to my size 12 figure. I was hooked! Pattern making
and clothing the body in proportions that enhanced the female shape became my focus. I wanted what all 13 year olds want – to be pretty, powerful and admired by my peers. By working with numbers, shapes and colors I felt confident in my clothing, which helped me to become more confident in myself
As a teenager, I worked in theaters making costumes for the DCPA and the Shakespeare festival in Boulder. I moved to New York for the first time at 18, working at a costume company and interning with designer MaryJane Marcasiano in Soho. At 19, I lived in Italy working as a patternmaker and sewing in a … Read more!
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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
designer MaryJane Marcasiano in Soho. At 19, I lived in Italy working as a patternmaker and sewing in a …