**Rehcy Vonne First Collection**

Some pictures from the 2010 collection.

Hope you like!!!!! :-)

(Photos by Okeye Mitchell)

Preparing for the 2011 Collections & Show

Alright, here is my tentative schedule for the next five months. We are shooting to have the 2011 Creative Ambitions show in March. Eeeek!!! Five months to complete the Rehcy Vonne & Rehcy 2011 collections!

October-

*Complete preliminary sketches

*Edit Rehcy Vonne Jeans fit

*Create new jeans muslins

November-

*Pattern & sew 40% of collection

December-

*Pattern & Sew 80% of collection

*Pull out hair & age 10 years in a month! lol

January-

*Complete 100% of Rehcy Vonne collection

*Design Rehcy accessories

*Complete 30% of Rehcy accessories

Febuary-

*Model search/auditions

*Complete 100% Rehcy Accessories

I know it's ambitious, but I've done it before!

Now let's see how it close I stick to this schedule...

Daily Concern: Why does time fly by so dang quickly?!! Sheesh!! Give me a break!!!

"Whether it’s the best of times or the worst of times, it’s the only time we've got."

Quote by Art Buchwald

Getting Ideas Down, Basic Sketches, & Illustration

In this post I've placed the beginning steps to a collection made only for my portfolio.

Wanting to combat the "looking not so hot because I was in a mad rush delirium this morning" syndrome, I sketched out a collection that would look sexy, sophisticated, and go from morning to evening out but remain quick and easy on those mad dash mornings.

Two amazing dresses that I bought years ago helped inspire this collection. The dresses both have fantastic fabric that feels wonderful, and, no matter how long they are twisted up at the bottom of my suitcase, they never wrinkle!! This rocks because on a mad dash morning, who has time to iron!!! (The dresses are a polyester, rayon, spandex blend.)

OK, enough raving about my two superstar dresses...

When first designing a garment, I get a general idea of what I want it to be. Next I sketch several different versions of that idea, then pick the one that's best. Demonstrated in the two following sketches of two different dresses.

After I've decided which version I like best, I may do a quick sketch like the following one, to better decide how I want the garment to fit. At this stage, I usually do not have colors in mind, just a fabric type and garment flow. The theme of the collection is also forming at this time. The theme at this point will simply be a feeling, emotion, or idea i.e. comfortable chic.

Next I sketch out the final croquis and decide colors as shown in the first image. For this collection the base colors are navy blue, a blush, a warm gray, accented by a jeweled tone fuchsia. (Note: The colors you see on your screen may not be exact matches to the original illustration.)

After the colored illustration, flats will be created and color variations decided. Flats are either hand drawn or created in Adobe Photoshop or Illustrator.

Scanning into Adobe Photoshop for final editing comes next.

Layout and background will be done last, and finally I place the collection into my portfolio.

And there you go, all the steps to illustrating a collection!!!

First Steps to a New Collection

Liv Crayola 1.5inch Binder

The binder I bought for the 2011 collection

Today I thought I'd give you the first steps on how I create a collection.

* Step 1 Each collection has it's own binder, used to keep original copies of sketches, stylists' contact info, inspiration pictures etc. This keeps everything organized and easily accessible.

* Step 2 Inspiration searching-- Internet, movies, inspiration notebook, literature, history, and people

* Step 3 Preliminary quick sketching to get ideas down

* Step 4 First cuts of sketches

* Step 5 Going through personal collection of fabrics to see if any fit in the collection, noting what fabrics need to be purchased

* Step 6 Draping or flat patterning, whichever is appropriate, the Muslin A for the first garment

* Step 7 Muslin A pattern adjustments

*Step 8 Create Muslin B

*Step 9 Muslin B pattern adjustments, decide if third muslin is needed

* Step 10 Fabric and notions shopping

* Step 11 Cut, sew first garment

* Step 12 Repeat steps 6-11 for other garments in the collection

Those are the first twelve steps to creating a collection. The next ones include sketching and creating accessories, finding a show venue, advertising, getting hair stylists, make-up artists, model auditions, fittings, photo shoots, runway practice, runway type selection, hiring set designers, caterers, selecting music...

And every bit of stress and work pays off when you see the models strutting down the runway!!

Possibilities, Inspirations, and 2011

Picture from the Rehcy Vonne shoot.

Completely unedited, but Lauren is so amazing that she really doesn't need it!!!

(Dress Rehcy Vonne 2010, Shoes courtesy of my little sister's shoe collection, Earrings from Rehcy 2010) Photography by Okeye

Entire day was spent searching the abyss we call the Internet for inspiration for the

2011 Rehcy Vonne and Rehcy collections. It truly is crazy how many hours can go by searching for inspiring pictures on the web. Wow! However, found some kick-butt ideas! So the time spent was definitely worth it!! Can't wait to get started on sketches for the upcoming collection!

Daily Concern/Note: Seeing this Silver Mercedes nail polish by Pure Ice on my nails when I'm working keeps me fired up for designing! Love it!!

"It's kind of fun to do the impossible."

Quote by Walt Disney

Gearing up for 2011

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Hey hey Everybody!!

I know its been forever since I last posted, so here's what has been going on...

First, I had to cancel the showing with the SBDC due to unexpected events.

Second, I have edited several of the pictures from the Rehcy Vonne photo shoot. Some of the pics are posted on the Rehcy Vonne website. www.rehcyvonne.weebly.com

Thanks again to Okeye for doing the photography.

And lastly, time to gear up for the 2011 collection!!!! Working on the themes and inspiration now. I'll keep everyone updated!!

Workin' on dreams...

"If you can find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn't lead anywhere."

Quote by Frank A. Clark