Designs

Capsule Collection: Immortality

Josephine Dethlefson’s capsule collection Immortality plays on the beauty and journey to peace within the trials of maturing using the exaggerated metaphor of Vampirism to express strength and beauty after experiencing a life altering event. Each look symbolizes a different stage in the story with the cloak being the beginning and innocence, the dress representing grief and impulse, and the matching set communicating acceptance and regaining confidence.

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Flats and Illustrations

The flats and sketches shown are from a three group delivery collection, more information by download. These examples show how CAD flats are turned into fashion illustrations and vice versa. These illustrations are done digitally, but Josephine was taught traditional illustration first and therefore is comfortable in both mediums. For her CAD flats, she uses Adobe Illustrator.

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Natashia Studio Sample

While interning with Natashia LA, Josephine had the privilege of working with Lab Denim’s indigo free, printed denim. The sketch and flat were provided, but to bring the sample to life she draped the skirt and altered a previous pattern for the bodice. The piece is fully lined, boned, and included over 40 hand-hammered grommets.

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Embroidery

During her time at ASU, Josephine was able to study couture embroidery technique with an experienced professor from France. The course consisted of stitch practice exercises then practical application on the student’s insect design. The embroidery subject for Josephine’s work was the Orchid Mantis. Along with stitches, she learned basic beading as well.

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Eli Macias Shoot

Expanding on her background in the performing arts, Josephine has modeled a handful of times (see resume) including for Eli Macias Designs. Although she is most comfortable designing garments, Josephine values fashion and costumes on the body over any other canvas and therefore enjoys modeling.

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Capstone:

Volatile & Venemous

The Clown Queen of Crime and the Green Goddess fall in love. Volatile & Venomous: a love story, based on Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy from DC comics, is a collection telling their story as women gone wild. From doctors to super villains to friends to lovers, it’s a love story reimagined and told in  costumes on a runway.

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Utopian Utility

This plaid capsule expresses her uncompromising understanding of patriotism. Plaids and tartans are heritage patterns inspiring longevity and stability. Josephine explores this and emphasizes the youth of her country and how much change is still possible. Seeing a struggle with identity, she turns to uniforms like coats and vests to inspire stability while using bright patterns and colors to invoke nonconformity and individuality. Superheroes, cartoons, flowers, murals, art: to be colorful is to be good. Utopias are built, and oppressors defied.

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Clown Cold

Short Film

Bringing Collin Thomas’s Clown Cold to life began an exploration of the dreamlike nature of imaginary friends: full of colors and childhood games and media. Beanie’s references include personal childhood memories like Lisa Frank coloring books, the Care Bears, My Little Pony, my first sewing classes and more. Her colors are a CMYK twist on the classic rainbow. Quirky Quinn’s main inspiration is a vivid rainbow, specifically secondary colors as he is the supporting or ‘secondary’ character. For his references, Josephine went even deeper into her childhood and younger, with a play phone, crayons, Twister, stickers, animal sounds, dress-up and the first time I played pretend. From polka-dots to buttons there are curves in each character, creating harmony between the designs despite them being distinctly different people.

Trailer coming soon!

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Coming Soon

More exciting projects are on the horizon!

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