Way back when...

Wow. We're preparing a retrospective here at Tré Lilli - a lot can happen in two years! - and I came across my very first designs today. It is just amazing to see how we've grown. To make these little "sketches", I took images of dress sketches and laid artwork onto the dress silhouettes. Then I photoshopped the dresses onto images of myself (majorly altered as you can probably tell - the silhouette proportions did not fit well in reality). While the process is pretty much still the same, I've learned a great deal about garment construction and my design eye has evolved quite a bit. So enjoy...and stay tuned for a little video that tracks the progress and process of the past two years.

This is the very, very first dress I designed. It isn't far off from what I've been working with recently, in terms of silhouette. I think my designs have matured, but I do love the colors here and below.

Makes me think of the 1940s. Love that little trail of monks. I wonder where they're all heading? The bird pockets are a good idea!

I love this "sassy-mama" sketch. My costume design professor from college - Deb Trout - would be the first to ask, "Exactly how is this garment constructed? What makes that skirt poof out like that?" I guess I'd say, "Chicken wire?"

What a sweet little dress. I'm gonna have to go back and revisit this one...