Costume
I started delving into digital design a few years ago, before that it was all pencil and watercolor. While I sketch out all the designs,...
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asabenallydesigns
- Feb 23
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Social Fashion
Maybe I should go into the virtual fashion business? This is reminiscent of the “fashion dolls” that were used by people in the 1700’s to...
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asabenallydesigns
- Nov 28, 2021
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The old Edison Cafe
There is a new restaurant in the old site of the Edison cafe. When I first came to NYC I remember this was the best place to get a quick...
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asabenallydesigns
- Nov 21, 2021
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Adventures.
It must be nearing Xmas time in The city! I’m obsessed with how the windows are 3d collages.
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asabenallydesigns
- Jun 19, 2021
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Back to the drawing board
I am currently in Canada at the Stratford Festival working on a production of The Rez Sisters. It’s been a learning curve designing a...
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asabenallydesigns
- Dec 18, 2020
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My “January Tree”.
Back in 2010 it was a bleak winter, the recession took hold of NYC and I was living up in the upper west side, my little Wes Anderson...
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asabenallydesigns
- Dec 12, 2020
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Theater Design
This is from a page in my notebook from my set design class while I was at Yale. I believe the assignment was The Marriage of Figaro. I...
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asabenallydesigns
- Dec 12, 2020
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Costume Design
I was commissioned to create a costume for a zoom production. The prompt was to make a look for a Native futurism rendition for The ghost...
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asabenallydesigns
- Dec 12, 2020
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Indigenous images
as a designer most of my life is spent researching images, extracting storytelling from people in photographs and paintings. This...
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asabenallydesigns
- Jun 20, 2020
- 1 min
The future of fit.
Covid-19 has changed the theater and fashion world so much. There is a lot of discussion about how we will go forward in creating...
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asabenallydesigns
- May 30, 2020
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Native style: meaning in the moccasins.
There is a lot of history between the indigenous and black communities. I am a humble costume designer, my life is about images and...
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asabenallydesigns
- May 12, 2020
- 1 min
Animal Crossing
The game Animal Crossing has made another comeback during these COVID-Times. What has peaked my interest has been the fashion/costume...
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asabenallydesigns
- May 12, 2020
- 1 min
Design philosophies and musings.
So much about my process is about discovery as well as creativity. In the past few years I’ve started to see myself less as a “Costume...
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