1 p, o 10k 0 by JoAnne Viviano Daily Staff Reporter Students at the 'U' may soon cast aside their Girbaud *and Guess. They may turn their backs on Eddie Bauer, The Gap, and Express. They may soon discover alternate names to wear: Anderson, Lalonde, Smith, Allison, Babcock, Van Do, Van Dyke. These new names belong to students on campus who design their own creations. And while the University provides no for- mal curriculum for fashion de- sign students, from the Art school to Law school, students can be found hard at work over sewing machines and trays of beads, creating their own cloth- ing and jewelry. Art School students term their creations 'wearable art.' "Art is a grey area that can overlap into being - fashion- able," said graduate student Anne Anderson. "But I like to think it's something you can wear forever. It's not in one year and out the next." Anderson designs both wear- able and non-wearable gar- ments. "I just got into, coats. I made one out of paper and a couple out of fabric. I'm. head- ing toward making dresses," she said. Anderson's creative mind finds various sources inspiring. "I get ideas just from things I doodle," she said. "I also get in- spiration from the look of eth-. nic textiles and national cos- tumes." The artist said she does not produce her creations for com- mercial gain but for personal satisfaction. "It's so much fun to be able to wear a piece of art, to be surrounded in it, and have it move when you move," she said. "You become a part of the art." "(My works) all have special meaning to me, which is why I wouldn't sell them," she added. "When making a piece of art, you put your heart into it." Art School junior Suzanne Lalonde holds a different view. "You have to have a source of income. A lot of people still in school don't want to admit that," she said. "There's got to be something commercial about it." Lalonde seasons her 'talent by creating scarves, evening wraps, and shawls using a tech- nique called Arashi Shibori. This Japanese dyeing technique involves compressing paper or fabric by wrapping it around a pole before dyeing. "I don't do traditional Shibori. I've takenI the techniques and personal- ized .hem," she said. The designer was introduced to Shibori five, years ago through a workshop. "It was so hard for me, I was determined to get good at it," she said. Despite her acceptance of the commercial aspect of art- work, Lalonde said she plans to turn her back on the business arena. "My goal is .to turn (my art) into something non-com- mercial," she said. Art school senior Dan Smith concentrates his talents primar- ily on hats and jewelry. "I mostly make (my works) for myself or close friends, to ex- press their enthusiasm in life - or lack of it," he said. "Art is not an object in and of itself. It's an emotional reaction be-. tween the artwork and the audi- ence." Smith's favorite creation is his 'attitude hat.' "It's loose and' conforms any way you want. If you're happy you can make it happy. If your pissed off at the world, you can make it-look like that," Smith said. "People have been very responsive. They see me on the street and say, 'Make' me one of those.'" However, Smith never com- plies to such requests. "I'll do a' knock-off of it, (but all my hats) are from individual patterns I make originally," he said. Designers Fortuni and Erte display the style Smith sees as inspiration. "I ' also look to' 1800's dress and the late middle ages," he said. "All artwork is a regeneration of ideas. I look to the past for most of my infor- mation and reinterpret it." Student designers are not ex- clusive to the art school, how-" ever. .Residential. College sopho- more Matti Allison felt her Elements of Design class stifled creativity. "(The class) crippled my style. They. want you to be very tight, very controlled," she said. there's going to be a lot of work and starving in between." Second year law student Tainblyn Babcock feels 'starving' is not worth it. "I'm not really interested in selling. It's harder than it's worth," 'she said. "A great majority of my work is still in my jewelry box." 'Babcock has produced her own jewelry since 1978 when she traveled to England with her mother. "I found a pair of earrings and decided I wanted cate what you are, it's a loss." The designer has 'been styling 'career, after five,' and ex- travaganza wear for six years. "I like elegance, sophistication, and confidence. Those are the three words that govern my de- signs," she said. She added that Christian Dior and Donna Karan are her favorite design- ers. However, Van Do is not con- fident that her designing will develop. into .a comparable ca- reer. "I'm thinking about pursu- ing it.after I get a masters or a JD, ... later in life after I've es- tablished myself and have fi- nancial support,", she said. LSA sophomore Nicole Van Dyke plans to take a different course. "I want to go to-design school after U of M. I think I'll go to New York," she said. . The woman's clothing de- signer is also considering study- ing in Germany. "My mom is a seamstress (who) went to fash- ion school in Berlin," she said. Van Dyke traveled 'to Berlin last summer, where she 'worked with one of her mother's classmates in a design studio. Van Dyke remembers sewing: her first dress when she was in ninth grade. '"You could have wadded it up and put it in.a purse. It was like a slip," she said.."But it didn't fall apart un- til I got home." "From then on. '(my mom) decided to work with'-me," she added. Van Dyke' said that some of her most prized creations since are renovated from the past. "My mom kept (theater ' suits) she made in the 'sixties. I 'adapted them and now I wear them," she added. Van Dyke's favorite -design- ers are Helmut Lang and ' Azzedine Alai. "They're the most, 'innovative today, the neatest and sleekest," she said. University students just might find themselves looking, at the creations of these seven student artists and designers some day and repeating Van .Dyke's words: "They're the most inno- vative today." - dd4* Anne Anderson designs by. Matti Allison Allison designs women's clothing. "It's definitely very feminine clothing, lingerie styled, but not sleazy," she said. "I like dresses. I think they're very flattering and very femi- nine, especially small delicate- looking dresses that look like slips." Designer Romeo Gigli serves as Allison's role model. "I' like the shapes. He's very unusual," she said. "He's modern and soft at the same time." The designer plans to pursue her pastime as a career. "I'd like to go to grad school in fashion and move to Italy, but I know Noy andrn Nlco7 0oDyke dold by to make them for myself. Ever since, I've been hooked,"' she said. "Sometimes I'll just sit down and make a pair (of earrings) or sometimes I'll see something in a magazine," she added. Babcock's favorite piece is her flag necklace. "It's made by bead weaving. I really like flags so when I bought a bead Idom, I decided to make the necklace with flags," she said. LSA senior Tuong Van Do enjoys creating for others. "I really enjoy designing for -peo- ple. It's a .way to express your- self." "Communication is a vital part of our society," she added. "(Clothing) is a way to,.commu- nicate. If you don't communi- i r 7f Tamblyn Babcock ~t M i grand ope ing! y f Cho You? cam=. -c $ RESTAURANT OAS shop Paris, Rome and Milan- now on campus The fashion capitals of the world are showing their most-wanted eyewear now at UHS Optical Shop, inside University Health Service. 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