fashon! turn to the left! turn to the right! oooh fashion!

here are the runway photos for hackafore's debut collection at mercedes benz fashion week(c):

look 1. sokol m65 jacket. internazionale t shirt. dynamo trousers. had to hide the inter shirt under the zipped-up sokol. a little too much white for my tastes












look 2. bilibin suit jacket. ostern collared shirt. bilibin trousers. this model was christian from lousiana. got to walk out with him for curtain call. apparently he was working for burberry the week before -- good thing he got that practice before he tried on my burberry plaid raincoat suit













look 3. omega red suit jacket. bayrische tank. alexi trousers. love Love LOVE this! i've died and gone to micromesh heaven
















look 4. pathfinder tank. ol' chernomor corduroy pants. wish they would've let me use the internazionale tshirt for this look, but they didn't want ANY branding















look 5. soyuz jacket. volk's short-sleeved collared shirt. bonnie & clyde board shorts -- "only time we wear burberry's to swim!"
















look 6. glavkom suit jacket. kapron collared shirt. glavkom tuxedo shorts
















look 7. gagarin flight jacket. orbiter polo shirt. koshchei shorts. another hidden shirt

















look 8. ronehn baseball t. ivashko 3/4 pants

















look 9. 1917 mackintosh coat. glasnost short-sleeved collared shirt. polaris shorts. this was my favorite model. so suave with a pinch of cool and a dash of bad ass...

update: o, btw, this model is corey baptiste. you might recognize him from dkny's latest campaign. apparently some other people like him as well ;)

thanks to women's wear daily for the photos

Senior Collection!

soyuz jacket

front view of the soyuz jacket.

















front left view.

















back view. lots of piping!

















front right view. chest zips, yeah!

















front inside view. here, you can see all the sealed seams with waterproofing tape. also, that red circle is the placement for eyelet for your ipod headphones















back inside view

tanking up

finished a tank top toile today! the sample was done using pink and purple pastel jersey knits; the final will be in a much "hotter" red/white mesh combo










close up of front side of tank. so many seams!

















reverse side of tank

















side view of the reversed side.

arrested development

development process for a look. started with the vitruvian man, and from there sketched a quick figure for color options. the figure on the right is my favorite version of the drawing through the whole process. somehow i need to make that the final, but it's just so....sketchy :(













penciled figure for final presentation. gotta start somewhere

















after a round of micron inking. i've been using .08 for heavies, .03 for mid tones, and finishing with .005 for stitching details. i like the roughness with the pencils showing through (as do my instructors), just need to find an acceptable way to express that in the final renders....hurm. thoughts?












cleaned up inks. went back over the figure with a tombow brush pen to add some depth.
















rendered croquis in photoshop. pretty happy with the way the fabric came out.
















back to the drawing board; trying to play with silhouette and proportion a bit before the new semester. gotta get it nailed down!