When I started out as a designer many years ago, I wanted to create loungewear. Beautiful stuff women could slip into after work or a hectic day, feeling transformed yet comfortable. I was influenced by black-and-white flicks from Hollywood's Golden Era, where actresses lounged expertly in penthouses among plush. Modern art also shaped my love of color, and at the time, wearable art was emerging as a newfound fashion niche in San Francisco, with the fog city pioneering the way for the rest of the country. Unfortunately, the few wearable art galleries in the area and beyond had problems with my application of paint onto silk. It was supposed to be more like something silkscreened, done with painstaking care, rather than the direct method I was using. I was crestfallen. So, I turned to my other love — lace. The rest is history.
This story isn't finished, though. I still love to produce loungewear. Loungewear you can wear to dinner if it floats your boat. Loungewear you can put on when visiting a friend or taking a class. My paintings have always inspired me to find another way to showcase them. After all, they're just sitting on my wall, looking pretty and not going anywhere. My fast forward happened when I found a company in Montreal called
Le Galeriste that prints original works of art on fabric. So hallelujah! It's not just loungewear I'm doing. Add dresses, leggings, palazzo pants, tank tops, purses and jewelry into the mix.
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