Dressing the Invisible

I have always been working with my hands. My mother is a painter and teacher. I grew up participating in the weekly art classes she would teach the kids in the neighborhood. Growing up I was interested in painting mostly, eventually getting into screen printing through art classes I took at University of the Arts in Philadelphia. I believe this sparked my interest in fashion early on, I liked working more with textiles than a paintbrush. I wasn’t that interested in being a fashion designer, but I wanted to learn how to sew and work with materials more technically. I ended up getting into Parsons and studying fashion design, it was my ticket into New York.