And the Winner is....!

I think everyone was floored when we heard the results. Some of the greatest people in the industry in Charlotte sat with me at Bubble when they announced it. The wings didn't place at all, and the wedding gown took Best Designer award, and People's Choice! I'm not disappointed, just surprised! What a great night!

Fashion Week is here! We showed for iWed Magazine on Friday, with our paper wedding gown, and ending with our own HUGE recycled WINGS design on Saturday!

Wedding gown made from hundreds of iWed magazines.

 It's a contest, so I am rooting for both, but the wings had such a big crowd impact, that I'm sure they will outdo the wedding gown. We'll see in another week!

And the wings! 4ft wide closed, and 12 ft wide open!

 Stay tuned for the judges choice!

Simon Fashion Now - Designs Wars

Anno Domini Designs and Christine Nelson from WBTV  teamed up with Autism Speaks for Simon Fashion Now's Design Wars competition on October 19th. We took 1st runner up, and Christine did so great! She rocked that look!

We were inspired by our new friend Brielle, a 5 year old girl who was diagnosed with Asperger's, a mild form of autism. She's a great girl, who loves Willy Wonka. So we based our design on our mutual love for that movie.

We also got a chance to say hi to our fellow blogger and friend Alexis from The Girly Fashionista! (We think she's cool.)

Thanks to everyone involved! We had so much fun, and it benefited a great cause.

 Christine Nelson rocks the runway!

 

 The three of us backstage before the show.

 The participants right before they announced the winners.

 Christine and Brielle

 

Christine Nelson and Fashion Blogger Alexis from The Girly Fashionista

More Great Shots!

Here are some more great shots from Fashion Week!

Charlotte Seen Fashion Week 2012

Fashion Week was AWESOME!!!

We had the rocking cool Glenn Roberson there to catch some really great shots of our models, and the guys did great! When you're done checking out the photos, check out the BTS video, here:

Fashion Week is almost here!

Fashion Week is sneaking up on us quickly! Here are some more shots; some of the fabrics:

 

More from Fashion Week Prep

We've been working SO hard! The Shakespeare Collection is coming together! Here are some images from the studio...

We have a lot of separates this time around, with some awesome jackets and vests, along with two men's looks!

The Viola jacket, sans sleeve, buttons, etc.

Pattern drafting...

 Juliet top. A long silk flowy top - we're adding triple hand beaded straps with Swarovski crystals.

 The Tudor Vest. One of our favorites! It's brown faux leather with a black herringbone trim.

 Kris' runway shirt and Marlowe vest before we added buttons.

One of the watch chains Emily is making for the runway show.

More to come!

Here we are, getting prepared for Fashion Week!

We always create what we call the "stalker wall" (if the police ever raid our studio, they would think that is what it is). It's basically just our sketches, paired with large swatches, and the photos and sizing of the models we've chosen for each garment. The reason we do it like this is because we take the time to really analyze each model to determine which garment would best suit her look. So each model looks like she belongs with the garment. It just walks the runway better that way, and the models tend to agree that we are dead on with our choices "I would totally wear that every day!" and "That's exactly my style!" 

Happy models make our clothes look good on the runway. :)

That's Amanda, pinning up the stalker wall.