Jillian Lewis Launches Her Own Fashion Line
Posted on August 28, 2008
Jillian Lewis, who was one of the three finalists on Season four of Project Runway has teamed up with Brother International Corporation to promote Brother's sewing machines.
Jillian began sewing at the age of 16, on a Brother Pacesetter 2300. She continued to use the machine while she was student at Parsons School of Design, and was used to create her first complete line shown on "Project Runway" Season Four. Jillian says the Pacesetter 2300 "will go down in history" as a huge asset to her for creating clothes to wear to school, developing her senior thesis and preparing for "Project Runway" Season Four.
"Brother has come a long way in 100 years, especially in the last 50. I see my own story as parallel with Brother's," said Lewis. "I share the same vision in the realization of my dreams as a designer and in the history I have with my Brother machine," said Lewis.
Jillian is also launching her new clothing line, which she calls "ultra-feminine...colorful and unique to my vision." She says her inspiration for the line came from many things, but especially from graffiti.
Jillian says fashion designs should express "individuality, personal style, comfort and point of view." She says one major less she took away from her Project Runway experience is that the sky is the limit when it comes to creativity and design innovation. She says, "Any idea, no matter how over the top, is achievable. As long as the ideas are there, so is the opportunity to create. So do it!"