We have a new dress coming out this April. I was given some fabric and asked to drape, and came up with this gorgeous navy gown with a sheer long sleeve and back, with jewel detailing on the sleeves.
It came out so nicely, and we can't wait 'til April to have it in stores. Tell us the moment when you first thought, Wow, I made it.
We sell to Bloomingdales, as well, and I am proud to be where I am and have been proud of where I have been and am going for forty years. I am always being productive and striving for more, though. Do you feel that designing was an innate calling or was it a talent you truly developed after attending the Parsons School of Design? I had an innate calling in having a passion for fashion, but I had to work hard at Parsons to develop it. You are a native Chicagoan currently living in New York City.
Can you please elaborate on the different sort of muse each city provides? NY has an urban chic vibe, and Chicago has a more traditional vibe. Both cities are great in their own way, but there isn't too much of a difference.
My muse has always been Audrey Hepburn. She traveled and fit into any place she lived. People today are embracing a global lifestyle, and it is important for a woman to be fashionable and adjust to any city. Sofia Vergara from Modern Family. She is curvy and gorgeous, and exactly what Kay Unger embraces! What sparked your involvement? I have been involved in philanthropy since I was a kid and my parents set up a foundation for me in The Boys and Girls of America.
The jacket goes with jeans or a skirt, or over a black dress. The pants match anything. I don't subscribe to that Color Me Beautiful stuff. It will draw the eye up," says Kay. They go with a lot of different outfits, day or night. You can even thread them along a grosgrain ribbon and make a necklace. You can put them on a belt, pin them to dresses and jackets, hang one from a chain and wear it as a necklace, or use them as they were initially intended: to jazz up a plain pair of shoes.
They make you stand differently and give you presence. When someone in my office has to give a presentation, I make her wear heels. You don't have to wear them all day. Keep a pair at your desk or in your car. Move the small bag from purse to purse and you won't forget anything. At least that's what happened with Robinson. Women's pants and dresses are always a challenge, not only on mere mortals, but on models too.
That's partly due to body shape and trend variation. Sometimes a tight fit is intended, but individual tolerance for tightness varies too. Fabric also greatly influences fit--a little spandex allows for greater figure differences. Here's a glimpse of fit variations in three pairs of pants and four dresses, all in size 8 except for one size medium dress , on a size 8 model.
Bust 34B; waist 27 inches; hips 37 inches; height 5 foot 8. Isaac Mizrahi sleeveless dress with front vertical slit at the neckline, in percent polyester. How it fits: Too long and 2 inches of extra fabric on each side. Solution: Stylist suggests going down to a small; this is a very generous medium. Michigan Ave. How it fits: Fine, particularly through shoulders. But a bit short for her proportions. Solution: See if hem can be taken down.
How it fits: Right on target. The length and cut flatter her figure. How it fits: Perfectly. No pulling or bunching around hips or bust; no bagginess in armholes.
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