SENIOR COLLECTION

Look 1

MARY

Look 1 includes a deep-v neckline, a high-low hem, and a drop waist seam and is hemmed with a horsehair braid. The flower appliqué is hand sewn as well as the drop pearl detailing.

Made from a polyester crepe back satin fabric.

I am currently working on my senior collection. It is a Spring/Summer 25 bridal line inspired by my take on femininity, and the influential women in my life.

To me, femininity represents intelligence, confidence, resilience, and strength. It’s owning your individuality. I want the clothes I design to feel empowering to the women who wear them and reflect their many strengths.

When creating my senior collection, I wanted my designs to represent all the strong intelligent women I've looked up to throughout my life. Growing up in a small town in Alabama, choosing to go to fashion school was extremely intimidating for me, but they gave me the confidence to dive into this journey headfirst and have been my biggest supporters every step of the way. I’m grateful to my design professors who encourage me to challenge myself every day and with each new design. They saw my potential before I could see it for myself, helping me achieve things I never thought possible for myself. And most importantly, my grandmother, who always encouraged me to dream big, and never limit myself. This collection, “Mary Ellen”, is an ode to her.