What does fashion mean to you?
In my mind fashion has to do much more with style and not with any cloth wearing. In fact I have not really much in common with fashion as most people knew it. I am not a mainstream guy basically I am not fashion designer ether. The thing is that I feel something who wants to go out of me as an expression of an idea but in a real way to wear it. I don’t know if I manage it well so far but it does not seem to go very badly.
What was the first article of clothing you ever designed?Oh something many years ago. I don’t can remember it exactly if it was something in school or at home, for sure it was a dress, mostly clothes for my little sister. She’s very petite and I think that’s why I’m sewing dresses in the same way today. She was my first model standing for hours posing and witnessing my craziness. I will yell at her and she would not speak to me for days but today she’s very proud of me and for me she will be always my number one favorite model.
How long does it usually take you to construct a piece?That depends on many factors. The kind of piece, the size, my mood and of course. I will give tree days margins but a whole collection with everything, clothes, accessories and shoes can hold up to six months especially the fall/winter fashion collection. Sometimes I’m in the middle of a project and I stop it unexpected. I’m a little unpredictable and get easily bored. That’s one of the reasons why clothes of mine are not featured on catwalks.
What do you believe makes a quality article of clothing?
The fabric and seam. It’s simple and to be honest bad quality of fabrics with low percent of cotton or wool are inappropriate as much as bad sewed sutures that can open at any time and we all know that. That does not mean that you have to by very expensive. Today the market is full of bad quality clothes even from brands.
Do you consider yourself an artist?
I consider myself as a producer of a different kind of clothing which involved art. Because I also sew costumes for theatre, musicals and dance shows. Beside my occupation with my needle and thread I also perform art in many ways from paintings to photography and from writing to entertaining. There are times where I don’t really like to sewing, and just something totally different. In few words I don’t have a fashion circle like other designers have. The inspiration comes; I make it, that’s it. So in that meaning to be in general called as an artist is a more secure title. Anyway, I would never consider myself as a fashion designer. I didn’t study anything related to fashion designs.
Do you prefer sketching designs or actually constructing them?
Where can my readers find out more about you and your work?They can find me at my Facebook Page leo theo - fashion home accessories and my website http://leotheo.photofolio.org/
What will you advise young people who are aspiring to go into fashion?I don’t know if I am qualified to give advices but I would say that living now in the century we are, it does not matter which style or genre you follow. The most important is to make fashion represents who you are and also be wearable.
Cheers till next post and carpe diem!