ARIELLE ROSE
Creative Raw Fashion
Santa Cruz, California

When we wear something, we imbue it with our energy. It comes to tell a story of our essence. Scattered like leaves fallen from a tree, the lost discarded pieces, but unlike leaves, fabric takes much longer to decompose or never does; Fast fashion is taxing our environment.

As a child, I loved the design, and would constantly be creating with scraps of old clothes. As an adult learning of the waste, child labor, and poisonous chemicals that go into modern fashion left me with little to no interest to be a part of it until my trip to Europe.

One of my challenges was when I was invited to the Big Sur Fashion show, whose theme was no fabric, only recycled materials.
I began to make dresses from wine corks, branches, leaves, anything I could find. A friend gifted me her chicken feathers and I turned them into dresses. Toured around for years doing fashion art shows and creating one of a kind fabric pieces always ethically sourced and sustainably made. You can see my works in the store at Wallflower Boutique in Santa Cruz CA.

Read my full story at www.SFSFWI.org/designers

B. Unique One-of-a-kind statement clothing for everyone
San Francisco, California

Bay Area native, “B” is a thrift store fashionista and a couture fashion enthusiast. Being raised on a farm with limited stores and funds to spend, she struggled with expressing herself through clothes at school.
Being the creative, non-wasteful wanting to make a statement type, she began seeking out thrift stores for unique pieces to manipulate and recreate to make into the edgier looks she fell in love with on the runway.
B now travels throughout the United States and around the world collecting second hand clothing to recreate couture inspired pieces; one-of-a-kind statement clothing for everyone!

B believes everyone should express themselves freely while also helping to preserve the environment.

My attitude and my fashion are the same. Be whatever you want to be!

~ B. Unique

Rose Delfino – Creative Recycled & Repurposed Designs

Bay Area Body Painter and sustainable repurposed fashion designer Rose Delfino is one of the most eclectic and esthetic designers of this time. Taking recycled, used, and repurposed materials and then putting them into the hands of Rose’s Insanity, you are going to end up with something no less than breathtaking.
From dresses made of used Lotto tickets or used Japanese lanterns; sit back and be prepared for your eyes to be amazed.