Margaret May Designs

Fashion – Nashville

Hey hey! I'm Margaret May, a recent graduate of MTSU. While jumping into the work force I'm trying to get the word out on my designs. A little bit about them (and by default me) I've been designing for several years, starting with my brother's Halloween costume when he was in the 8th grade and I was a 10th grader. His disco king costume won 1st place in the contest! Fast forward to now. I've been designing since then, editing and figuring out what works best for me. I've figured out that I love doing cocktail and evening, dresses mainly. I have a very structured design aesthetic, but I love volume. To achieve a happy medium in these two things I use a lot of pleats, in some conventional ways and other not so conventional ways. Bold colors make me happiest, although I love a good pattern every now and then. As far where my design inspirations come from, this is my favorite part! There are three things in life that I splurge money on, not including fabric. These are food, travel, and most important- music and live concerts. Whenever I sit down to design something I choose an artist or band that I want to listen to, and listen to them for months. I listen to other music too during that period, don't get me wrong, but my main focus is my band of the moment. I then pick a location; London, New Mexico, Rural Tennesse, New Orleans, Savannah, all kinds of places I've visted and use the architecture and the "feel" of the city to get these designs. Hopefully you can get a feel of my style, my music, my loves through my work, which you can see here: www.margaretmaydesigns.wordpress.com www.facebook.com/MargaretMayDesigns Enjoy!