carousels and rose-gardens

Here are some more photos from my senior collection photoshoot with my lovely model/cousin Kaleigh!

(funny story:  we were definitely not supposed to be in this private garden, but we couldn't resist the roses!  a moment after I took this photo, we heard the door to the building start to open and we took off down the street.)

I love that this carousel has a turkey.  How often does that happen?

Isn't she beautiful?  Thank you for modeling, Kaleigh!

Hope you're enjoying this beautiful summer day!

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carousel

Yesterday my beautiful cousin Kaleigh and I did a little photoshoot of one of my senior thesis collection looks.

It was so wonderful to see Kaleigh walking around the city in this look.  It's one thing to see your pieces on dress forms, or on models during a fitting, but to see the clothing I made out in the world was such an incredible feeling.  She was the best model I could have possibly asked for.








And we had so much fun!  These are just a few of the hundreds of photos we took, but I was too excited to share them with you to wait!  I'll be posting more of them soon.

Have a lovely Sunday!

Model: Kaleigh Young
Fashion and photography: Julie Rose Romano

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bon week-end ♥

On Sunday I went on a walk to do some errands...

These beautiful ornamental pear trees are blooming all over the city.  I love them!  So pretty!

...including picking up macarons...

chocolate, french riviera, and strawberry thyme

and then I came home and sewed for the rest of the day.

Except when I was taking breaks to nibble the macarons.

one of my errands was getting that yarn!  yarn-getting errands are ok with me.
also, the chocolate macaron was delicious.  the strawberry thyme one was, too.
the french riviera one?  not so much.  although to be fair, I'm not sure what it was supposed to taste like because I bought it strictly based on prettiness.

And this morning in my senior collection class, I got to see the results of my weekend-of-sewing.

including the two back panels (already finished), the bodice of this dress has 60 rows of fluting.

This was the single most time-consuming element of my entire senior collection, so progress should be much quicker now!  Yay!

I hope your week started off well too, and that you have a lovely Monday evening!

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senior collection updaaate! ♥

Hi there lovelies!

Just a little update on how my senior collection is coming along...

Today we had our first model fitting.  We were able to put our pieces, in either fabric or muslin, or a combination of the two, on three sweet and beautiful models to test the fit.  It was so exciting!  My fitting went well-- my pants need a few adjustments, but that isn't too surprising considering that they'll be worn by a real, live person after being draped on a stationary dress form.  One piece that really came to life on the model was my burgundy-and-white gingham dress, the one that will be fluted at the bust and has a full skirt.  I made the crinoline (an underskirt made of stiff netting, to give the skirt lots of body) and attached it to the outer fabric over the weekend, and it looked just how I hoped it would-- full, flouncy, and fun!   I made another muslin of the sweater out of a fleece blanket the same weight as my sweater-knit so that I could make any fitting adjustments, too, and now I'm ready to sew of the pieces in their final fabrics!  Yay!

Here's the original design illustration from my portfolio.

To go along with all the senior collection festivities, I'm offering a special promotion in my Etsy shop.  Enter the code 'SENIORCOLLECTION' at checkout to receive 20% off your entire order.

Are you working on a fun, creative project?  I'd love to hear about it!

It's always great to read the words of people who love their art.

to read more about my senior collection, check out this post.

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