Fabiola Arias, a recent graduate Parsons began her creative focus in one direction….the Fine Arts. Her passion was to be a great artist, and painting continues to be very much a part of her life. However, after being awarded a Japanese scholarship, then given to only four young designers, her artistic passions shifted to fashion design. Fabiola, only in the business for a couple of years now, has created a unique limited collection of daytime and evening dresses that are built on her love of painting. The texture of her brush strokes are apparent in her designs. Her concept, while mastered now by her team and manufactured in New York City, sounds simple but must take great expertise and craftsmanship to execute. She buys yardage of beautiful organza in bold colors and then cuts it all up into various sized petal-like pieces to make her designs. She says the secret is a masterful template that her makers can follow. All the principles of creating a great canvas are translated into her creations of exquisite dresses that really must be seen to be appreciated.
