“Designer.”
“Yes, Tim?”
“We know you had a long illustrious career as a freelance textile designer in NY before you studied Graphic Design at Yale, and we know you still have passions for pattern and fabric.”
“Yes Tim, that’s very true.”
“Well, we have a surprise for you….”
“Yes?!!”
“The February 21st issue of The New York Times Magazine is loaded with textile patterns and for this challenge in addition to making your usual cover look, you can shop the whole magazine for any prints and materials to work with that strike your fancy.”
“Wow, how exciting!”
“Spring is here and we want you to celebrate the explosion of flowers you’re starting to see in Portland with pattern and color and exuberance. We’ll take a ten minute shopping trip to Food where you’ll have a budget of $6.00 for the Seattle edition of The Sunday New York Times.”
“Ten minutes?”
“Ten minutes is plenty of time! Come, come everyone, we’ll have a fabulous shopping experience!”
“Designers, your ten minutes are coming to a close. Make sure you have everything you need.”
“All right Designers, time’s up. Bring your purchases to the register and check out with the lovely Ashley.”
“OK everyone, is everybody finished? It’s time to go back to the workroom. Thank you, Food.”
“Thank you. Thank you”
“All right, I see you have lots of materials to work with that you’ve gleaned from inside this week’s New York Times Magazine. Of course your cover look will be separate, but feel free to mix any of the other patterns for your additional looks. I caution you as always to not let your work get too costumy, but I do want you to enjoy mixing up these elements.”
“OK Tim, thanks, I’m on it!”
“Designer, how’s it going?”
“Well, Tim, I think it’s going well.”
“With so much to work with, I think it’s important that you use your editing eye. This dandelion wallpaper is fabulous, but it’s out of focus so probably won’t be as useful as some of the other patterns.”
“I know, I’m having second thoughts about the leopard skin too. I thought I might use it for a cape or trim but even re-appropriated, it still sends a message, and I don’t want to condone working with fur when there are so many other terrific options.”
“All right Designer, I’m going to leave you to it. Good luck on the runway. I hope you end up with show stoppers and not train wrecks.”
“Thank you Tim, me too!”
…………………
“All right Designers. It’s time for the show. I’ll see you on the runway.”
“We think your cover look is lovely, but we hear you have more for us in store this week.”
“Yes, Michael. Here are the rest of them.”
“Designer, I see you’ve done one of your typical romps through fashion history, and you’ve been around the world a few times in your mind as you were working on these pieces.”
“Well yes, Heidi, that’s true.”
“This is a fun collection, Designer. I see a movie marque in there, Machu Picchu, some adorably tiny heels on the red booties in the Tim Burton number, along with a large scaled knitted shawl inspired by Twinkle or Teva Durham. Also, you made a couple of interesting hats to top things off…. You’re IN Designer. You can leave the runway.”
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