Muslin garments. Inspired by sunlight shining down on sand dunes, fabric manipulations such as smocking and pleating give life and light to garments. 2016.

Photographer: Audrey Rouzer

Model: Anna Makar

Gold and Purple brocade embroidered with thousands of pearls, glass beads, and semi-precious stones. Inspired by the Empirical superhumerals worn in the Byzantine era. 2016.

Photographer: Audrey Rouzer

Model: Anna Maka

Playing with collaging on Adobe Photoshop to create moods and concepts for possible future collections. 2016.

Watercolor ink, micron pen, marker, digital editing. Inspired by the movement of water and the behavior of water's surface tension on the body, this conceptual collection is definitely not for the easily scandalized. 2016.

Marker, micron, colored pencil, digital editing. Inspired by people trying to conform to one standard, but it being impossible as our quirks will eventually show through. Although we all might try to conform, we are all different and complicated beings. Shown by mixing plaids and simple, strange jackets with transparent panels as the "personality" will inevitably show through. 2016.

Polyester, Vinyl, Metal Spikes, Feathers. Three piece outfit, consists of a jacket top with a removable hood and a pair of trousers. Inspired by Medieval legends of dragons. Leather and feather collar decorate shoulders while spikes follow the spine. 2014.

Photographer: Audrey Rouzer

Model: Martha Sparn

Silk Dupioni, Cotton Guipure Lace. Designed and produced core collection using a given fashion staple, hot pants. Found it very interesting to come up with a small eveningwear collection using hot pants. 2013.