The Panel, consisting of Elena Sanders, Kathleen McDermott, Christine Liu, Deborah Everett, Alison Safford, James Ellis Coleman, is pleased to announce the winner of
The Word Game Fabric competition
Congratulations to:
JUNE MONTEIRO
Her winning fabricated design will be the featured, culminating piece shown on the runway on Friday May 6th at the 2011 Mobius Wearable Art Runway Show.
Her model will be northern siren http://www.modelmayhem.com/1558923
June Monteiro
Owner and Designer of ENAMOUR
Washington, DC, USA
www.everythingenamour.wordpress.com
company blog with links and photos of both current and past events/work
BIO: Upon graduating from Maryland Institute College of Art with a degree in Fine Arts, June Monteiro interned as an assistant stylist for Kate O’Connor at L.A. Fashion Week. It was through this experience that she knew she wanted to pursue a career in design. After featuring her fun and edgy designs in multiple shows in Boston, Baltimore, Washington D.C. and Cape Cod,she decided to attain her Fashion Design degree from the Massachusetts College of Art and Design.
In 2010, June created ENAMOUR/ENAMOUR SPORT. She was featured in the Rising Design Fashion Show during Boston Fashion Week, where her designs made quite an impression, garnering positive reviews in publications such as the Boston Globe, Stuff Boston, and multiple fashion blogs.
PAST RELATED PROJECTS: "SMARTIE Dress"- made with over 1,100 Smartie candy wrappers. It was shown at the MassArt fashion show, as well as in the Natick Collection in 2008. It was on display at "Sugar Heaven" candy store in Boston in 2010. "BOSTON MAGAZINE Dress" - made with over 70 Boston Magazine covers and 600 shredded pages from the magazine. It was shown at Simon's Mall Fashion Now event, Burlington, in 2010.
DESIGN DESCRIPTION: Using the origin of where the Word Game fabric came from as her inspiration, June Monteiro created the Word Game dress, with traditional Pakistani womens clothing in mind, creating a dynamic wrapped bodice, paired with the american cultural style lines of the chevron.
BRIEF DESIGN DESRIPTION: My design is inspired by the design lines of traditional Pakistani clothing (using the fabrics origin), but I incorporated classic american lines,like the chevron, to blend both cultural styles together.
Ms. Monteiro's winning design:
photo: Justin Moore;
model: northern siren
photo: Justin Moore;
model: northern siren
photo: Bob Raymond;
model: northern siren
photo: Hans Wendland;
model: northern siren
photo: Hans Wendland;
model: northern siren
photo: Hans Wendland;
model: northern siren
photo: Hans Wendland;
model: northern siren
photo: Kristophe Diaz;
model: northern siren
photo: Kristophe Diaz;
model: northern siren
photo: Kristophe Diaz;
model: northern siren
photo: ichifoto;
model: northern siren
from panel member James Ellis Coleman:
ReplyDelete"The dress is very nice but whether the design is art is a subject not for me to decide but I believe cutting a concept in no way destroys it, using an art object as a material of creation transfers art status or confers some artistic legitimacy."
highly recommend June's Enamour blog, fun read, beautiful images; June's Smartie dress will also be in the mobius runway show (will post details in a later entry)
ReplyDeletethank you June!
from guest judge Deborah Everett:
ReplyDelete"June Monteiro's piece generates a sense of layered possibilities, just as a group of words often does. Each 'arm' of the "V" shape on the skirt (chevrons) becomes a row of words, where the word fabric could be positioned to form a phrase. The back of the 'blouse' portion becomes like a writing tablet, where words can float freely. Meanwhile the loose edge of the dress's neck and the 'wrap-around' effect going from bodice into skirt suggests the act of unwrapping, in which perhaps new words, or new layers of meaning might be revealed."