Jeans! Everyone Wears Them, Everyone

Jeans! Everyone wears them, everyone loves them. Jeans have the power to dress down a fancy shirt or with the right accessories become stylish evening wear. Jeans can have sequins, glitter, or fur appliques to make them femme and funky, or they can be torn up, shredded, or stone-washed for street wear. Jeans are no longer just lumberjack wear: they are a full-on fashion statement. I know a lot about jeans because I have been decorating jeans for years, by painting and spray painting directly on them in a dazzling array of colors. Many of my friends are wearing jeans that I have custom-designed for them. Denim has essentially been my canvas, an ideal way for me to express myself creatively. For the past fifteen years, I have been studying art formally in school, learning the fundamentals of drawing, color composition, photography, and digital design. Now I plan on fusing my artistic background with my passion for denim.

My main goal is to own and operate a successful, dynamic jeans-wear company, designing the fashions myself. To do so, I will need more training in the practical matters of fashion design and in the fashion industry. I am seeking entry into the Fashion Design program so that I can fulfill my lifelong dream. Otis offers a uniquely focused program that will challenge me to expand my boundaries and explore new ways of envisioning fashion design. While at Otis, I can collaborate with fellow students and professors on design ideas and learn how to best execute my visions. I already possess a passionate eye for jeans, a definite vision of how each pair can be as personalized and unique as a work of art. What I hope to gain while I am in the fashion design program is practical knowledge: how to start a fashion business, how to network with other designers, garment manufacturers, the fashion media, and publicists. At Otis, I will work with other students who, like me, will be passionate about their creative work but who are also seeking ways to prosper from their talents.