Tuesday, February 1st

Day 1

Set it off

Oh, hi! Today starts the busiest month of the season for me. I’ve talked a bit about who I am and what I do, now join me as I am engulfed by the daily frenzy of NEW YORK FASHION WEEK and Winter Market!

I’ve spent the past 5 years building my brand my own way, challenging the seasonal buying structure, trying my best to ignore the flashy lights and overall culture of the fashion industry that I am not a part of. Now, I am restructuring and playing by (some of) the rules. So here I am showing RHLS Fall/Winter 2011 at Capsule in Las Vegas and NYC for the first time; scrambling to finish samples, shoot my look book, produce our fashion show and generally enjoy the madness of it all. Today I’ll be dodging slushy puddles in the garment district in my LBD, hunting for last minute fabrics.

Ultimately, the extravagance of fashion week does not represent everyone in this city. All month long, I’ll be wearing my LBD as an example of the positive potential of fashion. My goal is to raise $5000 for City Harvest, enough to bring healthy food to one after school program for an entire year. But, breaking the cycle of hunger takes more than food. The money I raise will also assist City Harvest in providing community-specific nutritional education.

Here comes one crazy month of marathon work days! I’m looking forward to utilizing fashion week obsession and converting it into change. Wish me luck!

Comments

Lepas

wow. This dress has a lot going on. It will be interesting to see what you do with it!

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gillmi

Love the picture 4 – hidden fabric is such a surprise – am loking forward to see what you can do – its ashort month too ! Good Luck.

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Rachel tagged this Tri-…per-…fecta

Yeah, wow is that I’m thinking. I’m impressed. Good luck!

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closet pique

i am digging this. good luck!

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mono

this dress is really amazing….can’t believe how versatile it is!!!

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ammakke

Wow!! Very impressed with your motive& You look amazing!Good luck for the days to come&my Donation is on your way in a day or two for this very DESERVING cause..

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Farmer Beth tagged this Great Start!

Great cause. Great dress. Great triangles. Looking forward to what you do with this.

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Farmer Beth tagged this Ooooh, a Thneed

Remember? From Dr. Seuss’ Lorax? It can be everything you want it to be. Only this one actually saves the Truffula Trees.

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noa tagged this this is gonna be fun…

cool dress!!!

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holly

o.m.g! that’s a frock. does it work back to front also?

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Betty Anne

Love the dress already! I can’t wait to see what you do with it over the course of the month! <3

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sarah

thanks everyone! especially the first contributor, woohoo! this month is gonna be fun

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summer tagged this oh the possibilities

i’ve seen your designs on etsy! LOVE LOVE LOVE. i’m super excited that this month’s pilot is YOU! this dress looks like it has major transformation potential.

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Ruby tagged this trianglez

Woah. Cool dress. I checked out your stuff too…will Kelis be making a guest appearance?

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heather Olson

Are you Little snotty from Roffio hearts little snotty?

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sarah

hey heather, yes, thats me…. lil snotty.

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canadiangirl tagged this 3-point extravagatious!

Oh, yes…this is going to be fun…

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Irini

Wonderfully creative dress design. Can’t wait to see the rest of the month.

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Izzy tagged this Unexpected Fun!

Good luck! That dress looks cool 🙂

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Payal tagged this Welcome!

Wow, this is going to be fun! And that last photo cracks me up. Princess Warrior boobs! Oh and I lurve your glasses.

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Ashe

Welcome Sarah. Your dress design is great. I’m eager to see what you do with it. Your actual lookbook is fun already. Is that a hot dog suit? Is the video related to your cause?

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Kristy tagged this excited for you

What a fun design! I love that you get a month to dress you – I don’t doubt that it will impact how you dress others. And I’m really jazzed about your mission. Ethically conscious food practices and the same for clothing make a really beautiful pair!

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adsieg

Love it! So awesome!!

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SarahO

A lot of personality in this dress – could be challenging to accessorize – can’t wait to see how you meet the challenge.

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Wendie

Welcome to UP! You have a great cause, and the dress is really interesting. At first, I wasn’t sure, but after looking at its versatility, it’s growing on me. Can’t wait to see the full spectrum this month. I LOVE when the 2 bottom panels are unzipped & the bottom is a full skirt

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elisabeth tagged this welcome

picture 4 da bomb

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lovenati tagged this Smart!

i want this convertible masterpiece!!! i want it in many colors! i want to be able to take different pieces from different colors and zip them together to make a multi color’d dress!!!

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