Serena Fagence, hot young designer and the one to watch from last year’s NZ Fashion Week, is back from New York and London and is on the lookout for styling and fashion design opportunities. Serena tells Thread what she’s been up to…
Serena Fagence, hot young designer and the one to watch from last year’s NZ Fashion Week, is back from New York and London and is on the lookout for styling and fashion design opportunities. Serena tells Thread what she’s been up to…
I have just come back from working for six months in London and also a week in New York with musician Zowie, It was amazing! I did some fantastic work with London based set/costume designer Petra Storrs. I assisted her with creating props for a Scissor Sisters music video, a nine outfit costume collection for a Beefeater gin party in Madrid and a photo shoot for a New York magazine with Petra. It was such an amazing experience and really broadened my horizons as far as set design and costuming.
I also worked as head stylist for a charity fashion show for Hammerson’s retail business (TopShop etc) and styled nine designer’s collections, being responsible for fittings, sourcing accessories/shoes, overall backstage organisation and running of show. The show was a fantastic success and also helped raise over 24,000 pounds (over 48,000 NZ dollars) for a young person’s charity called Fairbridge.
On the way back to New Zealand I meet up with musician Zoe Fleury aka Zowie in New York city for her CMJ debut. While in New York I styled Zowie for her Nylon magazine photo shoot. Also another Zowie photo shoot made front page of the style section of the New York Times. Also, my custom-made Zowie outfits were used for Zowie’s latest single Broken machine and the Zowie Teaser video.
Now I am back in New Zealand I am on the lookout for suitable styling and fashion design opportunities. Possibly you may have an opportunity in mind or can think of a project I could contribute too. I am up for some new opportunities and would love to hear from you and about your ideas, feel free to email on info@serenafagence.com and to view my designer portfolio online www.SerenaFagence.com and www.myspace.com/serena_f
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JkHIULPURQ Zowie teaser music video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQMcEMbhack Zowie Broken machine music video
http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/10/20/i-want-to-destroy-you-with-sound/ NY Times article
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