Krista Nielson
Biography
Krista Nielson is Salt Lake’s Fashion Expert; as a fashion writer for In This Week Magazine and The Salt Lake Tribune, and a fashion designer with her own clothing line. Krista designs high-end fashion for the contemporary woman. With collections that are sophisticated and modern, her design style is classic glamor with a little bit of sass. Krista also has a passion for shoes. She designed a boot for Steve Madden, which he produced and sold nationally, even naming the shoe after her, the “Krista” boot. Krista has been sewing and designing most of her life and also specializes in custom clothing design.
About the Collection – “Swimwear”
Krista Nielson’s chic beachwear line elevates the swimsuit up to high-fashion. Dive in and explore a sea of possibilities with bright colors, splashy patterns and creative details. Bikinis, bandeaus, as well as the one-piece and cover-ups are unique, fresh and flirty. Perfect for the fashion forward sun lover and attention-getting beach goers. It’s swimwear to look gorgeous in, to create a sensation around the pool in. To purchase Krista’s original swimwear go to www.kristanielson.com
Sophie St. Claire
Biography
Sophie’s extensive sewing, design and instruction experience has taken her all over the world. Sophie has designed and constructed more than 250 couture wedding gowns in the Western United States and abroad. She has also worked in costume design and construction for English speaking theater in Geneva, Switzerland and Ferney-Voltaire, France. Locally Sophie has worked with Utah Opera as a costume technician for three seasons, and at Salt Lake Community College Fashion Institute as an instructor of eight courses including Bridal Design, Corset Making and Visual Merchandising. She also taught five core classes including, Intermediate Sewing, Advanced Sewing, Introduction to Fashion, Buying and Management, and Advanced Design Co-op for four and a half years. Sophie’s past fashion retail experience includes Saks Fifth Avenue, Talbot’s, Britex Fabrics, and Nordstorm locations in Los Angeles, San Francisco and Salt Lake City. Sophie is co-founder of the Association of Fashion designers and founder of the Salt Lake Sewing workshop. Sophie continues to teach technical sewing courses in the private education sector, write free-lance fashion articles for local social and event magazines, is a fashion designer consultant to Alta Moda Bridal Salon and has seminars through the FDA on various fashion topics, sponsored by Yellow Bird Fabrics.
About the Collection – “QWAZA”
Sophie St. Claire will have her début of the Qwaza collection as a featured local fashion designer at Diva’s fashion show Saturday June 19th. The “Qwaza” collection is a ten outfit series of modern, futuristic fashion. The collection’s color scheme uses various crèmes and tans all accented with black. The styling has lots of topstitching, straight lines, pleating, appliqués and bias trim. This collection consists of 21 garments, including dresses, jackets, tops, skirts and slacks. Design influences for this collection include the films Aeon Flux and Speed Racer. This collection is sponsored by; Yellow bird fabrics. www.yellowbirdfabrics.com
Rachael L. Domingo
Biography
Rachael Domingo has been committed to excellence in the field of art and design for over 10 years. She studied fashion design at the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising In LA and graduated magna cum-laude in 2002. she then went on to attend the University of Utah gaining her BFA in fine art and illustration in 2006. Throughout her scholastic career, she won numerous awards and scholarships based on artistic talent. In 2005 Rachael became a founding member of the Black Chandelier in SLC. She worked for three years as assistant designer to Jared Gold and head pattern maker. She Assisted in the growth and expansion of the Black Chandelier specializing in the management of “in house” and over-seas apparel design and production. She has worked on National projects including America’s Next Top Model -cycle 6, and High School Musical. Rachael Domingo is now the Head Designer for the Black Chandelier, and serves as a board member for Artist’s for Global Warfare, (a non-profit org. for humanitarian causes). She continues to collaborate with other talent on creative projects and seeks to use her love for the arts and fashion to share creativity and compassion and awareness globally and in her own community.
About the collection - “Asyu”
“Asyu”, (a feminine Turkish name meaning “ moon water”), is a collection reflecting multi-cultual origins and melding opposite art influences to accomplish a new wearable aesthetic dialog. Japanese art, which is embedded in nature and spirituality is juxtaposed with French 18th century Rococo; Opaque and acute Japanese precision lines must meet the airy lightness off the late Baroque. This collection features reference to the intricate Moth species, responsible for pollinating flowers that only bloom at night, as well as the Turkish stone, Oltu, that is very soft when excavated and only begins to harden when exposed to the air. Both insect and mineral are mysterious and transitional. “Asyu” fabrics and imagery are from an eclectic global offering ranging from Japanese street style to Turkish calligraphy and art Nouveau. Other more obscured Influences in this collection are very elemental, such as pigment, light, water, and sound, emphasizing mood, sensitivity, direction, and movement. www.rachaeldomingo.com
