Miami International Fashion Week 2013

Everyone is hard at work gettin ready for Miami fashion week .
It amazes me how Kayce comes up with the designs she does .
Last year I said this is the best work you've done. And then I see what's she doing for 2013
She is creating a collection tha is just beautiful and like nothing's she has ever done before.
Kayce is truly evolving as a designer and I am so honered  to be a witness to it .
We hope to see many of our friendson March 20 at Miami International Week .
Tickets are on sale at Miami Internatiol Fashion Week web site.

This video was made a couple of years ago but I still think its a wonderful video.

VIDEOS,VIDEOS,VIDEOS

Kayce Armstrong (our leader)

Hollywood fashion designer turning recycled materials into couture fashion

February 1, 2013|By Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel

HOLLYWOOD — — Fashion designer Kayce Armstrong makes edgy jackets out of discarded advertising tarps and couture fashion out of "upcycled" fabrics.
Hip but eco-conscious, the former model from Ohio has made a name for herself by transforming recycled materials into gorgeous garments.


THE MODELING  PICTURES.

It was the modeling years starting in Ohio , then moving on to New York and Milan were she worked for some of  the worlds top designers such as Giorgio Armani,Vivan Westwood and Blue Marine Working with these great artist only added to Kayces desire to be a fashion designer .
On the days she was hired as a fit model it aloud Kayce the freedom to explore the inner working of some of the great design houses of Italy.

      

  

AOS - Getting to know us

Adopt (Adaptation) - An adaptation refers to both the current state of being adapted and to the dynamic evolutionary process that leads to the adaptation. Adaptations contribute to the fitness and survival of individuals.

Sustain (Sustainability) - Sustainability is the capacity to endure.

Evolve (Evolution) - Evolution is the change in the inherited characteristics of biological populations over successive generations. Evolutionary processes give rise to diversity at every level of biological organization, including species, individual organisms and molecules such as DNA and proteins.<sup>[


And this is what we are trying to do with Fashion .</sup>

I will start by giving you some back ground information on who we are and what and how we do what we do.
If you have and questions ,comments or ideals ,please fill free to ask or post .
Thank you for getting to know Art of Shade (AOS)
 

Art of Shade / AOS Adopt. Sustain. Evolve

Resuscitating discarded tarps, sails and utilitarian fabrics, Kayce Armstrong breathes life into not only the garments she creates, but the fashion landscape as well.
It is the infectious compositions of Armstrong’s creative consciousness that set her aesthetic apart from any other designer, bringing the idea of recycled and re-purposed textiles to high fashion.  The living and breathing textures become wearable pieces of art inspired by an array of natural and mechanical influences. Born of a collaborative union between ecological preservation and unparalleled style,  AOS is the epitome of Green Luxury.