So overdue... FIG's first annual FASHION SHOW!

So I've been at home for about a week. Because of finals, packing, coming home, unpacking, summer school, job hunting, and more, I haven't been able to update or post pictures from the show. My school (University of California, Irvine in Orange County... "Like The OC'" is a pretty accurate description, I guess, but there's like 500x more Asian people in reality) has a Fashion Interest Group, more of which could be read about here. The article talks about the show (although they get the name of my song wrong--it's "Kiss, Kiss" by Yeah Yeah Yeahs) and quotes me a bit. This is the first time I'm in the paper without actually writing the article! Heh. Anyhoo, as I said in the article, I sewed everything by hand, with the exception of what I finished up with that stitch witchery melty plastic stuff. I suppose that can be an excuse for the lack of complexity in pieces, but I tried to make up for that by painting them. Enough blabbering...

Basically a reconstructed t-shirt (the back is where it gets fancy) with a hand-painted mini.

Weird shot. One-shoulder top with a hand-painted belt with a black mini.

Hooray for grey jersey! Inspired by this season's YSL.

One-shoulder dress with rosette belt.

Hand-painted dress.

Ruched top with safety pin-embellished bubble skirt.

I wish I had better detail shots! I'll try to take some and post ASAP. Actually, I have a few, but Blogger isn't cooperating with me at the moment, so I'll add them later. I should probably get to bed... it's 2:13 am. Today (yesterday, actually) was the first day of summer! Yay! Although that means that the days are getting shorter and shorter... but this day was long enough. Nighty night.