I recently found out about the designer Stella Jean. She is Haitian-Italian and makes some of the most beautiful, interesting, crazy fun clothes I have ever seen. She uses a mix of menswear and gorgeous textiles from across the globe, with heavy influences from Haiti and tradition African prints.

I love this mix, and after seeing her work, I threw away the drawings I had done for Alissa’s second dress. I didn’t like what I was doing with this awesome piece of cloth. The print is bright pink, with giant yellow flowers. It’s loud, in the best way. The first drawing I did was ok, but it felt like I was trying to mute the print, which I don’t like. So I tossed it aside and I’m now trying to do something that shows off the gorgeous chaos of the fabric.

The inspiration from Stella Jean

My take

Yeah, so those top pictures are a lot prettier. I know this. But she went to design school already, and she’s Haitian and Italian and I can’t being to compete with that. Final draft up in a few weeks.

All pretty photos are property of Stella Jean. The crappy cell phone pics are mine.