December 2011
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Lorna Leedy, Andrea Loest, and Amanda deLeon Trunk... →
Our latest collections will be on view and available for purchase and special orders at Mallory Page this Saturday.
October 2011
7 posts
NOLA Fashion Week Recap: Andrea Loest | invadeNOLA →
More reviews from Fashion Week
Andrea Loest Presentation →
Sporty menswear and high-concept patchwork dresses... →
Andrea Loest Spring/Summer 2012 Collection... →
Tickets to fashion week! Please come out and see it. I’m presenting my project, Fair Fit, a customizable garment system that allows a client to create your own unique dress.
New Orleans Fashion Week: Designer, Andrea Loest →
Here is a link to an interview I did that discusses what I’m showing on October 18th for fashion week. Come out and see the collection, I’m presenting 30 new pieces.
NOLA Fashion Week returns with workshops and... →
September 2011
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Connective Currency
This week I am in Marfa, Texas visiting my friend Lorna Leedy and working at her store Fancy Pony Land for the trunk show for Alabama Chanin. Marfa is a portal for thought explosions, its not just the “lights” but its about the people who are pulled here. Each time I’ve visited, I’ve been able to experience a shift in my consciousness surrounding the situations I’m...
January 2011
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New site - check it out!
http://www.andrealoest.com
At the start of the new year, we start to reconsider and then create the plans to newly configure how we present ourselves as public individuals. For me, 2010 was a very private year after graduating from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, finally ending the 3 year arduous quest to earn my MFA. And then almost a week after graduation,...
Interactive Economics
Participation and the Retail Installation
The speed of business is faster than ever. As our use of technology evolves to make our lives more efficient, the basic needs of food, clothing, and shelter have been reduced into fast, easily acquired and digested models that allow us to purchase and go back to living life without having to really consider our decision making process. Retail can be a...
Parts and Assembly
Opportunity Shop Installation
This system of garment fragments proposes new potentialities for the garment, as an object to use and interpret, as remnants of existing garments are reconsidered into new parts to make new wholes. Collage has a history of being deployed as a protest against the commodity. In this project, the material resonance and history of these garments, collected from rural...
