TXA Paris 2022

I’ve had the greatest opportunity to study abroad in Paris, France in the summer of 2022. I studied French Fashion History and Techniques where I was able to work in an intimate sewing atelier, visit showrooms, artisan studios, museums and learn from industry professionals. At the end of the program, we had a final project that could be related to anything we learned while in Paris. As a fashion design student, I decided to design two looks based on my experience with the Seine and the culture/lifestyle of Paris.

Inspo

While in Paris, I was lucky enough to live right next to the Seine. When I’m not in class and have leisure time, I would enjoy walking to the Seine to relax and people watch. It was really inspiring to see various groups of people of different demographics all collectively gather to socialize from day to night.

The river itself was very beautiful especially when the light hits the rippling waves to create these iridescent blooms of light in the water. In juxtaposition to this, there was also a lot of trash in the Seine which I was also inspired by. Specifically, there was a bag from a grocery store I saw in the river that was the exact same one that my friends had in their Paris apartment and I thought it was funny. Pollution in its most graceful form.

For my first look, I definitely took inspo from the grocery bag I saw in the river that was similar to my friends’.

The top was very reflective of the bag, with a cute twist on the orange.

The skirt is also in reference to the bag; it’s an overall skirt that has this “baggy” volume.

I also wanted to do a print that looked like the water in the Seine. Nice green with interesting movement.

And the extra diamond embellishment is to resemble the sparkle and shimmer that you would get when the light hits the Seine.

For the second look, I wanted to capture more of the movement or flow of the Seine as well as highlighting more of that shimmery sparkle from the river.

I’m using the same print again, but this time I want the diamond embellishments to be scattered across the dress to really get that effect of light reflecting off water.

Here are the final two looks together. :)

The name is in reference to “C’est bon,” which means “it’s good” in french. Seine Bon!