User Profile

(to read the entries click here but please read below first to learn what the project is about, thanks!)
fbook: Annie Jackson (all my LJ entries are reposted to fbook so if you use that more than LJ you can follow me there)
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My goal is to make fashion design and technical education accessible for everyone!

I have been making clothing and watching runway shows since I was very very little. I remember making a Jessica Rabbit costume when I was 5 out of a shaggy toilet seat cover! When I was 7 I rocked a sideways ponytail and a long tshirt with a belt as a dress. When I was 10 I made a bathing suit way too sexy and revealing for a 10 year old and wore it into the lake where it immediately fell apart on contact with water (I remember running out to my towel clutching the pieces of fabric to my body totally mortified).

I fervently made things until I was in grade 11 when I abruptly stopped and started to believe that fashion is just a hobby and I better get a "real job". I didn't sew and I started to believe I had no skills and no talent. I spent more than a decade chasing various careers which did not make me happy and yet still through all those years seeing a runway show on tv made me stop in my tracks. I constantly bought books and read on the Internet trying to teach myself but the information was difficult to find and what I did find was really overwhelming for me...I really just did not know where to start and so would constantly file it away as a silly fantasy.

A few years ago an opportunity to move to another city presented itself. In this new city I was able to find a couple classes which got me started and a talented couturier who took me under her wing. Now that I am on the other side I see how easy it would have been for me to learn if I had been presented with something that was not overwhelming. If a website or forum existed where there were lots of people to answer my questions (rather than finding semi-related sites with advanced sewers and corset makers where I always felt like I did not belong).

I want to enable others to learn what they want to learn by making information and education about all aspects of fashion and textiles accessible to everyone and connecting those who share a common passion and desire to learn.

Follow along with my posts (links above) to keep track of what I am doing and help me with questions I have when I need to reach out to the community for ideas. Read the first entry in the journal also to get a better understanding of the project.


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My areas of specialty:
- Custom couture patternmaking (I'm obsessed with the perfect fit)
- Patternmaking in general
- Draping
- Couture sewing
- books (I have well over 100 books in my personal library -- mostly textbooks, about a third are patternmaking)

My sources of inspiration:
- Shapes
- Subtle textures
- Wrought Iron
- Masculine Imagery
- Bustles
- and of course much more!

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