Accomplishments:

• Still Life Courses at The Art Institute of Chicago
• Ray Vogue of Design Graduate with a Degree in Fashion Design- 1984-1986
• Won three top awards (Second Place Evening, First Place Bridal Design and Designer of The Year 1986)
• Attended The Fashion Institute of Design in New York 1986-1987
• Freelanced with Vera Wang (2yrs.while in college)
• Worked on 7th avenue in New York
• Worked 6yrs for bridal designer Paula Varsalona
• Started my own bridal and special occasion company in 1993
• A featured designer in "Jumping the Broom" - A bridal hand book written by Essence Magazine's Harriet Cole.

Magazines:

• Featured in French Vogue in 1994
  
• Modern Bride
  
• Brides Magazine
  
• Brides Today (An African-American Bridal Magazine)
  
• Black Hair Today
  
• Essence Magazine
  
• Signature Bride Magazine
  
• My First National Ad- Wedding Dress Magazine in 1992
  
• Skirt Magazine 2005
  
• Carolina Bride Magazine 2005- Cover Ad
  
• Pride Magazine
  
• Black Enterprise Magazine

Newspapers:

• Chicago Sun-Times
  
• Chicago Defender
  
• The Charlotte Observer

National and International Fashion Productions:

New York, Chicago, Delaware, Philidelphia, Connecticut,Kentucky, Indiana, Atlanta,Texas,California,Bermuda,Paris, and Milan Dresses on The Big Screen: "Coming to America" featuring Eddie Murphy and several indepedent films.

Celebrity Clientele:

Actress Lynn Whitfield, Sarah Lee, Sharrie Actresses Sharri Headley and Valerie Pittford, Natalie Cole, Miss America Kenya Moore,Phyliss Hyman, Magic Johnson's wife Cookie Kelly, Pattie LaBelle, Diana Ross, Mrs Dudley (Dudley Hair Products), Stay Soft Fro Hair Products(Daughter's Bridal Grown), and local News Anchors (New York City, Chicago, and Charlotte)

Charity Donations:

• A featured designer at New York's Fashion Cafe
• Designing a wedding dress for one of the Lost Boys from Sudan Africa
• Donated a gown to "The City Of New York Museum" on 5th ave and 60th St. for "The History of Fashion Exhibit"
• Several Benefit Fashion Shows for The Chicago Fashion League, A Child Place-Charlotte, and other medical researches.

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