It’s hard to believe it was all the way back in July of last year that we last worked with Joao Carlos photographing the Romantic Minimalism collection. Recently, while he was making a stop in Toronto as part of his hectic work schedule, we were lucky enough to meet up with Joao again and have him shoot the Fall/Winter 2011 Collection from Jessica Rose Design. Using an almost identical team as last summer, no one let the early March cold and snow get in the way as everyone picked up right where we left off during the heat wave of last July. We feel privileged to be able to work with such a great team with such great energy and everything felt more like a day of fun rather than a day of work!
Posted below is a behind the scenes video of our amazing team in action and the fabulous photos that resulted from the day!
I could not have wished for a better way to celebrate the opening of my new studio showroom than an interview in the National Post! This was actually my first feature, and I am honoured to have had it written by journalist Nathalie Atkinson who has covered many top designers over the years, and to whom I will forever be grateful!
Actually, on her encouragement, I am excited to announce that I am now welcoming visitors to stop by, say hello and see what’s new in the showroom (no appointment needed!) Fri-Sun 1-6pm. Click Here for directions.
After months of dreaming and planning we finally have our first studio showroom, located in Toronto’s Historic Distillery District! Alongside jeweller Lara Bazant, we are excited to invite you to celebrate the opening with us.
Meet the designers, raise a glass, and shop for that perfect special piece!
Saturday, February 19th, 2011 ~ 2:00pm – 8:00pm
The Distillery Historic District ~ Case Goods Warehouse
55 Mill Street, Building #74, Studio #202
Click here for directions and a map
and leave a comment if you plan to stop by!
Jessica Rose Design at the Toronto One of a Kind Show- Christmas, 2010
We’re back in the studio making dress orders like crazy and planning for the year ahead, after a fantastic showing at the Toronto One of a Kind Christmas Show!
It was so great to see return customers enjoying their pieces from last season, and to meet many more new and fabulous women! Thank you to everyone for your feedback, support, and excitement. These are the things that keep us going, and help us design even better pieces for the next season.
The reaction to our new collection was even better than expected, and we nearly sold out of dresses after just the first few days (of an eleven day show)!
Now onto making more dresses to fill up our new studio showroom and invite you all to come see us in the Distillery District in the New Year! (after Kyle and I enjoy a relaxing Caribbean cruise thanks to the world’s best sister and brother in-law :))
I’m just settling back into the studio after an exciting day at the Toronto Fashion Incubator’s Press and Buyers Breakfast! I met so many amazing people- from Elle, Flare, Cosmo TV, the National Post, the Globe and Mail, the Royal Ontario Museum, and even some of my favourite local Toronto boutiques- like Trove!
My display looked perfectly chic thanks to design help from my merchandising go-to Kyle, and my model Deirdre was tall and stunning in the chic layered dress!
Have you been wanting to try on a dress in person, maybe a cozy merino wool scarf, or fingerless gloves? Come visit me at the Pop-up shop at the Toronto Fashion Incubator on Monday, October 4th from 3:30pm-7:30pm! There will be other amazing up and coming Toronto fashion designers- so make it an evening out!
If you don’t mind walking 10 minutes, parking is only $6 or $7 in Liberty Village, on Atlantic Avenue, and you can walk through the GO station to CNE grounds!
Over the past three years we’ve been in business (first as Corpseknit and now as a Resurrection of Romance) the most requested item has been hats! The issue with knitting them on a flatbed knitting machine though has always been in how to shape them properly. To create a 3 dimensional shape- knitting flat, I’ve always just gone for adding more seams- but that of course makes anything more expensive- which I try to avoid whenever I can!
Last October though, in the midst of my busiest time of the year, I took a few days off to go to the Montreal Centre for Contemporary Textiles (MCCP) to a workshop for professional knitwear designers taught by Liz Collins from the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). Having been wanting to take an advanced knitting course at both of those schools for a while now, I jumped at the opportunity!
Another designer in the workshop was attempting to knit spheres- so in working out her design, we came to discuss short row knitting. It’s a technique I’ve know about for creating ruffles and darts, but never really thought about for creating fully 3-dimensional shapes. It involves taking needles in and out of work to build up certain areas of knitting- so the perfect technique to create a shaped hat without seams!
So here it is- the new hat design- finally! Shaped with dozens of small panels along the top to create a beautiful round top, finished with a picot / crochet band, and beaded with swarovski crystals and a beautiful 100 year old black glass antique button. So beautiful!! Available online only- at http://shop.JessicaRoseDesign.com
Modelled by my lovely friend Alex from Nuremberg, Germany- an amazing, redheaded German woman- in Toronto’s Historic Distillery District.
A behind the scenes video of the Romantic Minimalism campaign photoshoot! In the middle of a heat wave in downtown Toronto, we’re climbing barriers around the Honda Indy race track, finishing hair & make-up on the streetcar to race the sun setting, and avoiding security at the Historic Distillery District. . . a crazy day with amazing results!
