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Trends serve their purpose and are important. Trends expand or contract with the needs or interest of personal identity, groups and societies.

I find it fascinating to be able to see trends through out the world and how they meld into daily life in those areas. Numerous net publications are available to keep me in the know, per se, what is happening in Berlin.

As a designer trends are important to me and I’ve even started a few trends. Some weren’t for everybody but Donna Karen sure loved my off the shoulder look with my glam biker look in 1991 in NYC.

For me it’s the split second of an Era where new advancement in technologies take the given and move it forward. I call it the “a ha”. This happens in each era/century of fashion. That moment when a better way to do something happens with machines and now digital. Inventions always have excited me with the brilliance of problem solving.

For a recent example of era technology, Roberto Cavalli, a very well known designer, changed the way leather was worked. He started as a craftsman from the beginning of his career. In the late 60’s he was hand silk screening and painting on leathers. The Skin hide industry was not decorating and embellishing until the late 70’s. Today skins have every thinkable paint, texture and laser cut available to new, large production and couture and seasoned designers.

As far as what clothing do I like in an era, everything. I don’t have a favorite.

 

 

I would not use the wording venue and showcasing for my work up to this point. I ’ve worked by contacting stores directly, selling buyers, contacting performers and clients that find me by word of mouth. At times dragging boxes up flights of walk ups in NYC.

The venue and showcase concept is now very exciting. This is something I have been working on and will launch in June 2006 with LINE for LineDesigners.com This will be a venue and a showcase for my work and national designers work whom I have met throughout the years of my design business and travels. I will also be taking gallery submissions by designers of their work and choose the best pieces from collections.

All of this will be located downtown in San Diego’s East Village in my studio, which has been private since 1988 and will now be open as a showroom with daily hours and by appointment. LINE:703 8 th Avenue San Diego 92101, 619-962-5582

Myself

This is the beautiful quality of age over time.. Many obstacles along with trends run their course. What is useful stays and what isn't you get over or around. This is what I do with obstacles.