Hafia Hafia and Autumn Autumn, Kate, Catherine, Quentina Kate It has been about 8 years since I last produced a fashion show and it was like riding a bicycle. The same familiar feeling takes over, joy. I use to amuse myself with glossy magazines that my mother would collect from friends. Imagination ran rampant at a young age of five. My mother spoke highly of these women on these pages and she admired the models in their beauty and intelligence. The celebrities of her time were actors, singers, artists, writers, authors, judges and they were all beautifully coiffed and featured in these magazines. I soon obsessed with these glossy pages, as well an escape from my reality just as my mother escaped hers. I read veraciously and saw that all these women had a vision of being their own person in their own terms. These women were the product of feminism and now my mother emulated them and she wanted it for her three daughters. As I grew up, I distinctly reme...
Karrie Morales was born Ja nuary 6, 1986 , in San Luis Obispo, California. Karrie didn't become an artist, she was born an artist. Since the moment Karrie could hold a pencil she was drawing pictures, from the start she had dreams and ambition of becoming a well known artist, all around the world. She studied the arts every year in school, growing up and took many classes but those classes limited her creativity. She had a vision of every project they gave her but unfortunately her teachers did not agree, unable to see outside of their box. However, Karrie refused to give up on her dreams, so she kept pursuing art throughout her school years and kept on with her passion. In her ART pieces, K arrie uses every ounce of emotion she feels from her traumatic and elusive experiences to fuel her motivation and throws it into her pieces. Here today , Karrie...
Ici Radio Canada, CBC interview http://ici.radio-canada.ca/widgets/mediaconsole/medianet/7618087 It seems like million years ago since our last fashion show at the Atlantic fashion week in 2016 when this photo was taken (above). The winter 2016 collection was called "Ode to Nova Scotia," RESPECT NATURE by keikaikoadesigns.com It only feels like that because we were going through some upheaval in our personal lives. This year for 2018 we are calling our collection "RESPECT" this will be about respecting each other as human beings. That no matter what may be the color of your skin, sexual orientation, who you worship and what your gender is, this demands respect, compassion, and understanding. That we are all connected, and we must unite for a better community and life for our future generation. Our collection "RESPECT" will consist of gently used clothing that would otherwise fill the landfill or sit at a thrift store, will be repurposed, up...