2010 Designers page 2

Keira L. Flood

Bio: Hello World! My name is Keira Lashan Flood and I am 20 years old. I am a junior at Meredith College where my major is Fashion Merchandising and Design-Design Concentration and my minor is Marketing.

I am from Ahoskie, N.C. where I was born and raised but I have been living in the Raleigh/Durham area for some time now. I discovered my interest in designing at the age of 12 when I began to develop my first collection of sketches in a blue notebook that I still have and use to this day. At first my mother only taught me to hand stitch and hand sew things that needed mending and then I started cutting up and recreating my old clothes to make new ones. I am extremely grateful for the opportunity to be in Redress Raleigh this year for the first time! I love the idea of taking everyday items found in the home and using them to construct garments. Fashion can come from anything around us with the right ideas and proper direction and execution. That is why for my collection I am using some of my grandmother’s old curtains to construct my pieces. Instead of throwing out things when they get old we can use them to make new items that can be useful to us. It is my responsibility to use my creativity to come up with new ways in which I can help protect my planet by being less wasteful and environmentally conscious.

Lindsay Kay

Bio: I grew up in Raleigh, NC and attended Broughton High School where I originally decided I wanted to go to school for fashion.  I went on several trips with school to New York City with the fashion classes I attended at Broughton and decided that I wanted to be in that field in some way.  I am currently a senior and Fashion Design Major at Meredith College.  I have one semester left and will be hosting my senior show at Meredith in May.  I’m a new designer and the only design event I have participated in was the Whole Foods “Bag Out in Style” event in downtown Raleigh. I made a dress entirely out of recycled plastic bags held together by various materials.  It was a great experience and fun to see what other students had come up with. I am so excited to be a part of Redress Raleigh! This is the first fashion show I have ever had my designs in.  Many thanks to family and friends for the help and support that has gotten me to where I am now.

Rima L’Amir

Bio: Through my studies in fashion development at NCSU and involvement in political activism, it has been my mission to challenge the fashion industry’s exploitation of the environment and workers of the world.  One of my favorite quotes from the Situationist International is, “We need to make the world more rational–the necessary first step in making it exciting.”

As a designer, I would like to create in a manner that is aesthetically stimulating and eco-friendly, rather than ubiquitous and unjust.  I am thrilled about participating in Redress Raleigh for the first time, and hope that my collection will reflect a collage of recycled past and sustainable beauty.
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Grace McFarland

Bio: Grace was born and raised in the Triangle and has recently relocated to Boone as a freshman at Appalachian State University. After having a great experience with Redress Raleigh in 2009, she is excited be a returning designer for this year’s ecologically conscious fashion show and is grateful for having been given the opportunity to participate.

Grace has been interested in design and the fashion industry for many years, but as an advocate of reducing our impact on Earth, she has had an aversion to the wasteful methods fashion design can utilize. Hoping to stay active in the local fashion community, she is optimistic that using Redress Raleigh’s principles will get the message out that fashion can exist without being harmful to the environment.

Grace will be creating collection of dresses that make use of recycled fabrics and eco-friendly production processes. She has gathered thrifted and recycled fabrics that will be dyed using all natural resources and reconstructed into new, wearable products. As a supporter of eco-consciousness, she is looking forward to sharing this revolutionary experience with other local designers who have a similar appreciation for the planet.

Christy Michal

Bio: As a designer in Redress Raleigh I hope to create a collection that is exciting and innovative. I want the collection to be a fantasy on a runway.

One of my favorite aspects about fashion and art is making the surreal real. I am excited to implement the Redress Raleigh principles in my collection. I’m thrilled to showcase that beautiful clothing can be made from eco-friendly materials and methods.

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