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Jillian Lewis Launches Her Own Fashion Line
 Jillian Lewis, who was one of the three finalists on Season four of Project Runway has teamed up with Brother International Corporation to promote Brother's sewing machines.
Jillian began sewing at the age of 16, on a Brother Pacesetter 2300. She continued to use the machine while she was student at Parsons School of Design, and was used to create her first complete line shown on "Project Runway" Season Four. Jillian says the Pacesetter 2300 "will go down in history" as a huge asset to her for creating clothes to wear to school, developing her senior thesis and preparing for "Project Runway" Season Four.
"Brother has come a long way in 100 years, especially in the last 50. I see my own story as parallel with Brother's," said Lewis. "I share the same vision in the realization of my dreams as a designer and in the history I have with my Brother machine," said Lewis.
Jillian is also launching her new clothing line, which she calls "ultra-feminine, sexy, colorful and unique to my vision." She says her inspiration for the line came from many things, but especially from graffiti.
Jillian offers these tips for women who want to individualize their own fashion styles:
-- Designs should express individuality, personal style, comfort and point of view. As long as the intended wearer feels great in the design, it will look great too.
-- Follow fashion week coverage for Spring 2009 designer collections online and in magazines for inspiration. Never copy other designs, but learn from what trendsetters are doing and identifying as the next hot styles. Also, take a trip to a designer store and study the construction techniques used. Learn from what already exists, improve it, take it further, and think about how designs can enhance the lifestyle of their wearers.
-- There is a lovely artsy trend in fashion right now. Experiment with an airbrush, creating a Georgia O'Keeffe-inspired watercolor wash on clothing and add layers of embroidery with built-in designs from Brother's Innov-is 900D or SE-350 for new textures. These touches can transform a tired wardrobe, but be sure not to overdo it!
-- Toward the end of a season, before the weather changes, it feels time for a new wardrobe. Stretch the use of seasonal clothing with manipulations. I look at everything as raw material. I went through a phase where all of my fiance's shirts were taken apart and made new and unrecognizable for me into tunics and things! I have purchased head bands from the convenience store and embellished them with feathers.
-- One major lesson I took away from my experience on "Project Runway" is that when it comes to creativity and design innovation, the sky is the limit. Any idea, no matter how over the top, is achievable. As long as the ideas are there, so is the opportunity to create. So do it!
You can see Jillian's line at Jillianlewisny.com. You can see Brother's line of home sewing products
here.
Posted on August 28, 2008
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