Can You Say Fruit-Cake?

Fruit-Cake Fashion is a term that I invented for fashion that has neither taste nor beauty.

In such desperation to be seen, I often catch women drowning within layers of ruffles, sequins and bows until they ironically get lost among the chaos. Don't get me wrong--I DO love chaos....and there is certainly no one more passionate about embellishment than I am, HOWEVER....fashion is a calculated art...not a blended concoction of scrap fabric and fishing tackle.

Why not control the chaos? Why not take handfuls of sequins, crystals and beads and strategically mold them around the unique and beautiful curves of a woman's figure, in a way that is not only flattering to her shape but tasteful and elegant as well?

Sometimes I find myself looking at fruit-cake gowns and asking myself if there was any thought put into them all--are today's gowns made for women or circus animals?

Here are a few examples of Fruit Vs. No Fruit

Fruit-Cake--no rhyme or reason to the fluff.

No Fruit Here--these gowns are crazy and unusual....but still wildly elegant and tasteful.

Bringing Old World Fashion to New World Kuwait

After having been in Kuwait for over two months now and having observed this country's intense love for fashion and obsession with custom design, I ask, why not design gowns that complement the wearer? What is this trend of "fruit-cake fashion" I'm seeing here, which neither looks beautiful on its own nor makes the women wearing the gown look any more attractive?

A perfect example of my most detested

"fruit-cake fashion"

On the most significant day of her life, why should the gown overshadow the bride? Is there a way to embellish gowns to meet the taste of the Middle Eastern woman but also make her look breathtakingly beautiful?

Of course there is--Christian Dior introduced the world to the concept of timelessly beautiful gowns in the late 1940s and I dare to continue it in 2011.

Oh Kuwait, where has all the elegance gone?

A Collection of Necklines

"The sun, with all of those planets revolving around it...can still ripen grapes as though it had nothing else in the Universe to do"--Galileo

I absolutely adore that quote and try to live by it daily.

And so, an individual with all of life's troubles to ponder and obstacles to overcome,

can still sit and bead fabric with such precision, care, and passion

that it would seem as though they had nothing else in world to do.

How inspiring.

An Old Versailles Sketch....

Versailles 2008

The Beauty of Controlled Chaos

My Newest Piece--a spontaneous little fantasy embodying my obsession with controlled chaos.

As vivid and adventurous as our dreams may become--

they remain forever trapped within the confines of the dream.

Forever a Controlled Chaos

The Dark Dream

The Dark Dream

While the mystery of the dream is always beautiful--it still can be haunting.

Joyous dreams morph into nightmares in a matter of seconds just as good days can turn bad and sunny skies can become overcast.

But despite all of the shadows--the being remains ever beautiful, complex and unique.

Through darkness and light...

beauty remains inevitable

Dream A Little Dream Of Me

DREAM A LITTLE DREAM OF ME

A collection of couture dreams and fantasies

A celebration of one's right to dream and ultimately, see it realized.

Join me in realizing my dream

2011/2012