UPDATES GALORE

So, because of the play I was in (Chekhov's Three Sisters as Fedotik) and finals (which I totally rocked), I haven't been creating as much/posting at all... so here are some updates!!

The FINAL Christmas tree with ornaments: 

Grey 100% Wool Shorts

My sewing space (with my-sized form, my xmas present from Mom):

My beautiful Gutermann thread rack:

Faux Fur Mittens:

Faux Fur Russian Hat:

Faux Fur Vest (with sage plaid fleece lining):

Trees, Centerpieces, and Jackets

I have survived Black Friday. Working wasn't bad, just really busy and the few inevitable customers that get really upset when they don't get their way.

I did buy ONE super deal over the holiday weekend though:

OUR FIRST CHRISTMAS TREE!!!

And I bought a centerpiece for the dining room table.

(I love Wesley creepin' in the background. He looks like a zombie dog.)

AND the jacket that I made over the holiday break:

Suede jacket in orange: my trademark color.

Infamous Ian

My Stories

I have a few stories I've been working on, and I'd love feedback in some of the stories I've written and ideas I have yet to flesh out. If you're willing to help me out, please email me so I can send you a story?

What Happens When it Rains
A short story about a boy's life turned upside-down when his lover disappears. Surreal in a small sense.

The Railroad
A novella about a boy trying to find out who he is and a boy who stands on railroads.

The Party
A novella (?) in the process based on Virginia Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway. Currently being workshopped in a class.

Letters to Claire
An idea for a story about a boy who writes letters to a childhood friend. I think this will end up as a short story, but I'm not sure.

I also want to write  story about Robots. Why? Because I liked Dick's Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep. I have no business writing Science Fiction, but I'd still like to take a jab at it. Science Fiction nerds, I need your help.

Infamous Ian.

Let's talk about books, bab-y!

Infamous Ian's Must-Reads:

Breakfast at Tiffany's, Truman Capote (Favorite)
Pinocchio, Carlo Collodi
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, Philip K. Dick (JUST read this, love it)
The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald
Brave New World, Aldous Huxley
The Stepford Wives, Ira Levin
Cat's Cradle, Kurt Vonnegut
Ethan Frome, Edith Wharton
The Time Traveller's Wife, Audrey Niffengger
My Sister's Keeper, Jodi Piccoult
The Reader, Bernhard Schlink
Mrs. Dalloway, Virginia Woolf (Start with this one, changed my life)

Infamous Ian's Need-to-Reads:
Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen
A Farewell to Arms, Ernest Hemingway
Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov
1984, George Orwell (How have I not read this one yet?)
Three Lives, Gertrude Stein
The Hours, Michael Cunningham
Revolutionary Road, Richard Yates

I'm on a new "Let's read literature so that I know what I'm talking about in my fiction workshop classes and I don't turn into a hypocrite." I love classic literature and I love realism and I love plots that are utterly depressing--it's what I read, it's what I write. If anybody has any good ideas for something I should read, please message me!

+Infamous Ian

New Lover.

100% Leather. Dark brown leather detailing (strap and top closure) taken off of a bag I bought at a thrift store. Still a Bergeron original. :)

Shoes.

Some of my favorite pairs of shoes.

Uggs slippers: for comfy days.

Juicy Couture sneakers: for casual days.

Steve Madden dress shoes.

Aldo dress shoes.

Target rain boots.

Born suede boots.

Vintage boots: My favorite.

The Best Thing I Have Ever Made... Ever

Inside sueded polyester jacketing, outside 100% wool, recycled fox fur hood trim.

Based on this $1695 Burberry jacket:

Pants.

 The faux-leather pants. I know that the angle is awkward, but it was the only way I could get the texture to show up.

The stretch-legging pants. Pretty self explanatory.

Other pants I'm working on: a pair of "scrunched" pants in my Costume Lab at school. Definitely the most unique thing I've done yet--they should be done within the week or so.

COMING SOON: a winter jacket I've almost completed. There's wool, there's fur, and it's based on a Burberry coat I'm in love with. This may be the best work that I've done so far.

Falltime.

I love fall.

I LOVE fall. 

I love fall weather, I love fall colors, and I love love LOVE fall fashion.

Here's what I've done with the beginning of my fall:

APPLE ORCHARD AND PUMPKIN PATCH!!!

Picking apples!                                                                 Me and my fiance, Shane        

The pumpkin I picked out!!!

 

The DELICIOUS apple strudels we got.

Wilson's Apple Orchard=TOTAL success.

We also got something for Wesley...

He loved it. (And now he won't be cold!) 

It made him feel more like a human, so...

He tried to eat our potatoes!

...and wear my boots. 

And now for some things I've made recently:

Comfy Faux-Fur House Booties

Coming soon: black tights, turquoise plaid shorts, black faux-leather pants.

In other news...

An ad for Dior, Fall 2010.
I want NOTHING but this bag.

An imitation is definitely going to be my next project.

Until next time...

Infamous Ian

Work it.

So, this is my blog, hopefully soon to be filled with everything from writing to theatre to fashion to food to movies to anything else I feel I want to write about. So, here's a little bit about me (for those few of you, if any, that don't know me). I'm a Junior Theatre and Creative Writing major, and I'll probably be posting bits of my writing here and there. When I'm not acting or writing, I'm probably sewing. I'm still learning, and I have a long way to go, but some of the stuff I've been making is pretty fun. I live with my fiance, my cat Mya, and our Dog Wesley. 

So, to start things off, here are just a few of my favorite creations from the summer: 

Shown: The Summer Bag set, The Oversized Weekender (which I'm currently using), The Tweed Jacket (Chanel inspired), and The Plaid Shorts (sorry for the crummy webcam shot).

So here's a start... I hope to be updating this frequently with segments of my writing, pictures of fashion I've made, picture of other's fashion that inspires me, theatre productions I love, books I love (or hate), et cetera et cetera. Thanks for reading my short starter! More to come soon!

Infamous Ian's Ideals.