Official Runway Day is Set - Saturday, March 22nd 5:30pm

MARK YOUR CALENDARS! Saturday, March 22nd at 5:30 PM the Design Lab Sacré Coeur Collection will be premiering during Nola Fashion Week at the Shops at Canal Place.

Let the countdown begin...just about TWO WEEKS left (and 5 days overdue for a special baby delivery, thank you Gunner, for allowing me to tie up some last minute loose ends!) We're in the zone at this point, getting all our fittings wrapped up this coming week (WE HOPE!)...finalizing hair and make-up, music, shoes, accessories etc...adding the last details to all of our garments - Some of our last minute details include custom embroidery that will adorn several of our pieces...take a look at their beginnings, process, and a few other happenings this past week below...

Just another Thursday at the Design Lab...What to do when you're 2 days overdue for labor and having contractions? Patternmaking and sew-ups, of course!
Kristy thinks I'm crazy...AND probably wants to kill me for putting this pic up of her :) but I had to show off her spider-monkey shoulder yoke ;)



Runnin SERIOUS thread...

beginnings of something magical...come find out what on March 22nd!

We're counting down the days, and we hope you are too!

The full Nola Fashion Week Schedule can be found here; they're still working out some kinks on the site, but individual show tickets should be available soon.  They're $25.00 per show, and the proceeds are going to a great organization that has really stepped up and supported the rapidly growing fashion industry here in New Orleans.

Don't forget to mark your calendars and save the date! Saturday, March 22nd, 5:30pm!

It's in the details...

Started with inspiration, created custom embroidery designs through Embird Software, and we watch our pieces come to life

Each garment that's in our upcoming collection has something unique to offer that you really cannot find anywhere else.  We've talked a lot about our custom printed fabrics (which can be seen in our previous posts), but we're also adding details through custom embroidery.  The 2014 Fall Sacre Coeur Collection by the Design Lab is heavily influenced by the religious iconography that is infused throughout our city's culture, history, art, architecture, and overall presence here in New Orleans.  Images and inspirations of Mary and the Sacred Heart are found throughout the collection through many different details, and we cannot wait to share each and every detail with you during Fashion Week in New Orleans March 15th - 22nd, 2014.  Stay tuned, we'll be fitting models all this week, so we should have some great posts and images very soon!

Custom Fabrics...more than just prints...

Expanding on our custom prints, we also have several other unique fabric traits going on in the upcoming Sacre Coeur Collection here at the Design Lab...custom embroidered pieces will be seen throughout the collection as well...check out our design process using this AMA-ZA-ZING Brother 6-needle embroidery machine (Marcella is one lucky lady, and we're so thankful/lucky to be able to use her machine throughout this collection!)

Check out some sneak peeks of preliminary fabrications...HOPING (fingers crossed) to be showing off our custom prints and embroidery at the upcoming Art Show this Saturday, February 8th (see our previous blog for deets about the art show)...just the tip of our embroidery iceberg...get ready to see MUCH more about this amazing machine and our crazy experiments...

a little troubleshooting in action...setting up embroidery hoops in an experimental way...

"it's alive!" testing out our experiment...

just the tip of the experimental iceberg...

 

print placement for each specific pattern piece is crucial!

 

Come check us out on Saturday, February 8th!