The document describes two photo shoots for DAMchic Magazine. The first was inspired by Impressionist art and psychedelic 1960s-70s art, featuring clothing from a imagined collaboration between Parcels & Peanuts and BAPE brands. It aimed to blur the lines between painting and photography. The second took inspiration from Baroque art and 2010s streetwear, highlighting how black culture icons broke traditions to create new worlds and how anyone can be a champion of their own life by going outside their comfort zone. It featured a linen suit spray painted blue and sewn by the author.

3. THIS PROJECT WAS FOR MY CAD CLASS WHERE I TOOK
INSPIRATION OF MY BRAND PARCELS & PEANUTS AND
IMAGINED A COLLABORATION WITH THE CLASSIC STREET
WEAR BRAND, BAPE. I TOOK THE DESIGN AESTHETIC OF
LOGO MANIA AND APPLIED IT TO 1950ʼS STYLE VACATION
SHIRTS, A RAIN JACKET, A BOMBER AND SHORTS. PATTERN
PLAY WAS CRUCIAL TO THE PROJECT AND
SO I PLAYED WITH SIZE AND PLACEMENT
KEEPING IN MIND HOW IT WOULD BE
ACHIEVED IF THE PROJECT WERE TO
COME TO LIFE.

4. AS CREATIVE DIRECTOR OF THE
STORY AND PHOTO SHOOT I
WANTED TO CAPTURE THE
EXPRESSIVE FREEDOM OF THE
IMPRESSIONIST MOVEMENT IN
ADDITION TO THE PSYCHEDELIC
ART OF THE 1960ʼS AND 70ʼS.
DRAWING VIEWERS TO QUESTION
WHAT CAN BE ACHIEVED IF THEY
DRAW OUTSIDE THE LINES AND
ATTEMPT TO FIND THEIR OWN
CONCLUSIONS ABOUT ART, STYLE
AND LIFE. THE PHOTOS ARE
MEANT TO BLUR THE LINE
BETWEEN A PAINTING AND AN
EDITORIAL FASHION PHOTOGRA-
PHY ENTICING THE VIEWER TO
TOUCH AND FEEL WHAT IS IN
FRONT OF THEM EVEN THOUGH
THEY MIGHT BE CONFUSED AS TO
WHAT THEY ARE LOOKING AT
“Outside The Box” for
DAMchic Magazine

5. THIS SHOOT, FOR THE FALL 2021 ISSUE OF DAMCHIC,
TOOK INSPIRATION FROM THE BAROQUE ART PERIOD AS WELL AS
THE STREETWEAR MOVEMENT OF THE 2010ʼS. BREAKING ORTHO-
DOXY CAN RESULT IN A FULL ON REVOLUTION, AND THAT IS
WHAT EXACTLY WHAT STREETWEAR HAS BECOME. BLACK CULTURE
HAS TAKEN CENTER STAGE WITH ICONS LIKE KANYE WEST,
LIL UZI VERT, POP SMOKE,
MIGOS, COUNTLESS OTHERS
DOMINATING THE PUBLIC
CONSCIOUSNESS. ALL OF THESE
PEOPLE BROKE TRADITION TO
CREATE THE WORLD THAT THEY
WANTED TO LIVE IN. I WANTED
TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THIS SAME
POWER IS IN EVERY ONEʼS
HANDS AND ALL IT TAKES IS
CHOOSING TO BE A CHAMPION
OF YOUR LIFE AND YOU WILL
ATTRACT EVERYTHING YOU ARE
AFTER. THIS LINEN SUIT IS RAYON
LINED AND SEWN BY MYSELF.
COLORATION COMES FROM BLUE
SPRAY PAINT, A REBELLIOUS ACT,
OVER A MENSWEAR TRADITION.
“Did You Realize?” for
DAMchic Magazine

6. Life begins at the end of
your comfort zone
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