I’ve had an interest in fashion since I put on (and refused to take off) my first pair of sparkling ruby shoes the moment I could walk. It was such a joy to join the design team at Suffolk Dance to help create their apparel collections for ballet dancers. Our goal was to breathe bolder, fashion-forward designs into a typically traditional, subdued industry. With a design team of 3, it was a huge but exciting task to design 11 fashion leotard collections per year.

The following images are from some of my favorite collections I helped design through the years. I was able to design prints, create technical drawings of leotard bodies for sewing patterns, choose trending colors, and then creative direct photoshoots, work on sets to capture the vibes of every look, and finally edit the photos to really help them shine.