Annddddd one day later I got this

And in T-Minus 8 days, I will be moving to Baltimore, Maryland to start my new life.  I don’t think I can truly convey what this all means to me as I don’t want to pour my heart out.   As cheesy as it may sound, work hard and your dreams can come true.  I am excited that this is finally the beginning of my professional career.

Oh, did I mention I am going to Puerto Vallarta in 3 days?  Um Yeah. Life is GRAND.

The Designers that took part in the show

Naimah, Allison, and I.  These Girls are Family to Me!

I Adore this girl!

My Beautiful Models

One thing I cant complain about with my new job working for the State is the guaranteed holidays off.  Three day weekends like this are so foreign, I don’t even know what to do with myself.  Since we recently moved to the new townhouse, I was able to go to the storage unit and move over all my old boxes of remnants that have I haven’t seen in the past 5 years, and I keep finding some great little treasures >=]  Like this little number, I have had this fabric about at least 7-8 years, It was in the discount rack at Jo-Anns and It had to be mine.  The fabric texture reminded me of my mom’s old cheong-sam dresses which I have hoarded and have dug out of the trash all the numerous times she has thrown them out.(IS SHE CRAZY?!)  So I decided to just drape this little simple number.  I just love the print, I could stare at it forever.  I don’t want it to scream cheong-sam dress, so It is still in the works, I am trying to decided how I want to finish everything, so here are some in progress images for you:

The dress has some side pockets, but excuse my dress form, she has no butt(just don’t say anything to her cause she is kinda sensitive about that)

Fashion Spark 09 / Raleigh, NC from BECAUSEUS on Vimeo.

Ahpeele (www.ahpeele.bigcartel.com)
Andrea Schmidt
Blue Flame Piercing (www.blueflametattoo.com)
Carolina Wang (www.carolina-wang.com)
Domino (www.jdomino.com)
DRC Clothing (www.drc144k.com)
FYSH Clothing (www.fyshclothing.com)
Goods (www.forthegoods.com)
Katelyn Wells (www.katelynawells.com) with hair accessories by Susan Phelps
LLLavender (www.lllavender.com)
Marie Cordella (www.mariecordella.com)
Metallic Spiral (www.metallicspiral.com)
Raleigh Denim (www.raleighdenim.com)
Revamp (www.avcc-inc.com) with accessories by Good Girls Studio (www.goodgirlsstudio.com)
Tyger Alexis (www.myspace.com/tygeralexis)

Adri is sexy ^_~  Adriana used to be on Fusion with me back in college(eew, the way I just said that made me feel old).  I always enjoy doing pieces more for show, costumes, dance etc.  I feel like you just get to work with a wider range of mediums.  I linked up with Mambo Dinamico through Adriana last year and was thrilled with working with Betto and the crew.  What can I say, I will always have a soft spot for my latin side(nope, don’t have a single drop of latin blood in me, but I can dream I’m back in Buenos Aires anyday).  I enjoy working with their group because they give me a lot of creative freedom.  The first dance I had to design for was for what Betto called “The Break Up” Dance(a.k.a the night after a one night stand, oh me oh my).  Here are some in-progress shots I recently found on my computer.  Thanks Betto for giving a chance to work with them!  I can’t wait to work on more.  For those interesting in Salsa/Mambo Classes in the Raleigh/Durham Area please go check out Mambo Dinamico’s site!

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Those were real swarovski crystals, and damn do they shine.  No camera can possibly do it justice.

They Looked Fabulous on stage!

FashionSpark was a complete Success!!!!!!  I had a wonderful time and was very happy with how well everything went.  I met some amazing people, and it still excites me that Raleigh has so much FRESH talent going on, and FINALLY people will get to see it.  My collection was inspired by aquatic elements.  I took some inspiration from Coral formations, the Ocean, The textures of the oceanfloor and a bit of 18th and 19th century design elements.  I also wanted to mix alot of textures both in Draping elements and different textured fabrics.  These four pieces are part of a full collection I will be working on through the end of the year, and hopefully, begining 2010 I will be having my own show and will be showing my full collection.

Hair Styling by Salon Alter Ego

Makeup by Belle Trachtenberg of Cosmetic Couture

Photography By Chris Charles of Creative Silence

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I am so excited to finally launch this site.  I have worked very hard throughout my career to build a portfolio that will be a direct representation of my work and passion as well as my life and my aspirations.  Thanks to my wonderful boyfriend for helping me achieve this goal and helping me build this wonderful site.  I hope you will all enjoy my work, and please don’t hesitate to contact me with any questions or comments using my contact form.

XOXO,

Carolina

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