About Me
Hello!
Welcome to my site.
Here you are seeing all the designs, pattern drafting and sewing I have done for my own HUEYLOSANGELES label. In 2017, I was contracted as a designer/pattern maker/sample sewer for a start-up menswear label Dead.Than.Cool. At this start-up my additional responsibilities included mentoring interns and assistants, sourcing and production management, and hiring PR firm to help with the product launch. I also spent 3 months working for a LA based 'forever 21' type of womenswear label doing pattern knock-offs and sample sewing.
Being able to teach others my skills is a privilege I am honor to undertake whenever the opportunity arise. I believe apparel arts, and the fashion business as a whole is an important curriculum, because it is one of the few careers that combines both the creative and the administrative together, a skill that can extrapolate toward many other industries.
I love fashion not for what and how clothes make me feel but for the craft of creation. There is a quiet beauty that I find in creation. The entire process is pure joy to me, from conception of an idea, to sketching, creating a pattern, and making a sample. That is why I am a designer.
Like most fashion students, my studies were mostly focused on womenswear, but I like the constraints and challenges of creating menswear. There is a concrete line that determines what is appropriate between men and women's fashion. I want to work toward knocking down that line and soften it, a collection at a time. My philosophy is to add elements that are not often used in menswear, but maintain a familiar silhouette of what men see as acceptable, and thus wearable.
I want to propose a little bit of art and beauty in each piece that I design to offer a new and bold narrative for those who are on the edge of culture, art, music and fashion.
I hope to hear from you. Feel free to drop a message into my inbox.
Best,
huey