When they love it (he sighs), there is nothing better or more rewarding then that. I get personal gratification from the clients I gain. For this Fashion Week I hope to gain exposure with San Diego seeing soft, eccentric and classy pieces.I want them to be informed of who I am and to build a strong client base here.ĪL: What is your favorite part of the fashion design business? What is your least favorite part?ĪS: The freedom to create.
I make gowns for cocktail events and the opera. Gowns and clientele, that is my destination other than them coming to my place. This is how I got my exposure in fashion. She saw my stuff at Ambush (an art and fashion show held at Horton Plaza). This is my first one! I am so honored that Allison invited me to be a part of it. (Soriano pulls out a hard-stock bio and print of Atelier’s store).You can order and view online at and .ĪL: How many fashion weeks have you been in and how are they different each time?ĪS: (He laughs). In Downtown San Diego, I have a few pieces in the East Village at Dianne O.
I do all the sewing.I use seamstresses and manufacturers as needed, but mainly,I do it all.ĪL: In which stores do you sell your clothing, in San Francisco and San Diego?ĪS: In San Francisco, I sell in Paulo Alto…where I have accessories. With gowns, I plan about one month or two in advance. For Fashion Week San Diego, my storybook follows old inspiration of Hollywood, such as Katherine and Audrey Hepburn, Jean Harlow, Joan Collins, and Veronica Lake…to newstars of Hollywood such as Kate Blanchet, Halle Berry and Anne Hathaway.ĪL: How much time before a show do you need to get your line completed?ĪS: With accessories, I plan six months out. Each collection is normally ten gowns, with five to ten for trunk shows. I go for classic pieces with gowns that can be utilized fifty to sixty years from now. I love harmony and balance…all the senses working as one.ĪL: How many collections do you put out in a year, and how many pieces are there in your collections at one time? How would you say you portray the storybook on your collections?ĪS: Clothing: spring, summer and fall. Loves people and creating art of beauty in terms of fashion, music and museums. And so it begins…ĪS: Creative, sophisticated, classy, elegant gowns, modern, edgy, eccentric, fun, mysterious.
I left that evening looking forward to the upcoming Friday where I could go inside his studio and interview this power-house of creative energy.
#Village called subree full#
Meeting his team was also a treat Monoj and Desi were just as full of life as Andre, with their own personalities and style. This was at the press conference for Fashion Week San Diego, and my first encounter with the designer, Andre Soriano, whom I had been looking forward to interviewing all week. In 300 BCE, when the capital and royal burial ground of the kingdom moved to the Meroe region, the pharaonic tradition of building pyramids to encapsulate the tombs of rulers continued here.Andre Soriano shares his fashion exprience.īursting with flavor, personality and sweetness, I met him in a black and white fur vest, sporting a mo-hawk, holding a cigarette in one hand and a glass of wine in the other and pronouncing my name, Aubreé, as the French would say. The Kushite kings took over and ruled much of Egypt from 712 to 657 BCE. The pyramids get their name from the ancient city of Meroe, the capital of the Kingdom of Kush, an ancient African kingdom situated in what is now the Republic of Sudan.Īround 1000 BCE, after the fall of the 24th Egyptian dynasty, the Nubian Kingdom of Kush arose as the leading power in the middle Nile region. The Nubian Meroe pyramids, much smaller but just as impressive as the more famous Egyptian ones, are found on the east bank of the Nile river, near a group of villages called Bagrawiyah. Nestled between sand dunes, the secluded pyramids seem to have been forgotten by the modern world, with no nearby restaurants or hotels to cater to tourists. Bagrawiyah, Sudan – More than 200km from the Sudanese capital Khartoum, the remains of an ancient city rise from the arid and inhospitable terrain like a science-fiction film set.
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