Hi!

Hi! My name is Sylvia and I am a senior at Parsons the New School of Design. I'm 21 years old and originally from Stroudsburg, Pennsylania. I decided to come to New York City for college to study fashion design. After three grueling, stressful years of school and a bunch of all-nighters, I am finally in my last year. I'm eager to graduate and at the same time very nervous because I have a long way to go on my senior thesis collection. I wish I had more time......

My senior thesis is a 6 look collection of a womens wear fall/winter collection based on the concept of :Surveillance/ electricity. During my fall semester, I worked on muslins for each garment and adjusted them for fittings. Now in the Spring semester I am working in final fabric and still adjusting my patterns and fit as I finish each look. It can be very frustrating at times because I am constantly fixing the fit of the garments when I actaully want to just start cutting and sewing. This past week I had a fitting for my first look which also happens to be my look for the lookbook. Part of the look conisited of a coat that was a real challenge for me because I had alot of problems getting it to match the original sillouette I wanted . My teacher was influencing me to change my placement of my fabriccolors. I was so confused that I asked for different opinions from teachers and friends. At the end I went with my gut instinct and decided to follow my original idea. The fitting went well besides some adjustments that my instructors told me to do. When I put the whole outfit on the model with the shoes, I was suprised how it looked almost exactly like my illustration. It was a very satifying feeling. Now I am currently working on my second look and have to go buy fabric for my lining.

This week I have a bunch of quizzes, readings, and a portfolio collection( Moodboard, illustrations, flats, and fabric/treatment board due this Wednesday. Now I have to continue more sketching before I start final illustrations.

It is very tedious to juggle my limited time between the senior thesis collection, concepts class(portfolio), univeristy lecture, and business seminar class .