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Description: Esperanza is a fashion illustration wearing my original design, a Latin dance dress in deep plum, featuring draped fabric gathered and secured with vintage style brooches. “Esperanza” is a Spanish name meaning “hope”.

Description: A couple dancing Argentine Tango, wearing my original designs.

Description: Isadora is a fashion illustration wearing my original design, a backless raspberry velvet Argentine tango dress with high front and back slits and intricate gold bead detailing. “Isadora” is a Greek name meaning “gift of Isis”.

Description: Tajana is a fashion illustration wearing my original design, a blue ombré Argentine tango dress, featuring sparkling flesh colored mesh cutouts, a high front side slit, silver detailing, and a deep royal blue lining. “Tajana” is a South Slavic name that means “to keep a secret”.

Description: Romi is a fashion illustration wearing my original design, olive green pants and cropped jacket with red piping and gold buttons, and red high heeled ankle boots. “Romi” is a nickname for “Ramona”, a name with Spanish and Old Germanic origins meaning “wise protector”.

Description: A couple dancing Argentine Tango, wearing my original designs.

Description: Stella is a fashion illustration wearing my original design, a black Argentine tango dress with red gemstones and gold chain detailing, a drop waist, high side slit, and sparkly black fishtail. “Stella” is a Latin name meaning “star”.

Description: Ailikki is a fashion illustration wearing my original design, a royal blue Argentine tango dress featuring gold and bronze beadwork and red gemstones. “Ailikki” is a Finnish name meaning “holy”, “blessed “, “radiance”.

Description: A fashion illustration inspired by Ogopogo, a legendary lake monster said to inhabit Lake Okanagan in British Columbia, Canada. It is described as being 40-50 feet long, with smooth dark green or black skin, multiple humps, and a head resembling a horse, goat or reptile, sometimes with small horns or antlers. The Syilx Okanagan people have preserved ancient accounts of a spirit dwelling in the lake for centuries. The earliest recorded account by a non indigenous person is from 1855, when a settler reported an unseen force dragged his horses underwater when they were swimming across the lake. The first detailed description of the creature was recorded by pioneer Susan Allison in 1872, and sightings continue to be reported to this day.

Description: A couple dancing Argentine Tango, wearing my original designs.

Description: Seraphine is a fashion illustration wearing my original design, a deep red Argentine Tango dress with sheer black accents featuring a sparkling beaded rose motif. “Seraphine” is a French name meaning “fiery one”.

Description: Farasha is a belly dancer wearing my original design, a green two piece dance costume with royal blue, gold and bronze detailing. “Farasha” is an Arabic name meaning “butterfly”.

Description: Yeraz is a fashion illustration wearing my original design, an Argentine tango dress with a high slit, and wide purple and mint stripes with sparkling silver trim, and a strappy one shoulder neckline. “Yeraz” is an Armenian name meaning “dream” or “vision”.

Description: A couple dancing Argentine Tango, wearing my original designs.

Description: Elowen is a fashion illustration wearing my original design, a green boho style Argentine tango dress with copper, gold and brown beaded accents. “Elowen” is a Cornish name meaning “elm tree”. It symbolizes groundedness, natural beauty and growth.

Description: Nazanin is a fashion illustration wearing my original design, a metallic raspberry Argentine tango dress with sparkling black netting. Her name is Persian, and means “sweetheart”, “delightful” or “lovely”.

Description: Elise is a fashion illustration wearing my original design, a blue dance dress with a high slit, trimmed with red piping and gold ring accents. “Elise” is a French name meaning “God is my oath”.

Description: Satu is a fashion illustration wearing my original design, a black Argentine tango dress with high slits in the front and back, richly decorated with coral and turquoise beads. “Satu” is a Finnish name meaning “fairy tale”.

Description: Azar is a fashion illustration wearing my original design, a deep red Argentine tango dress with a high front slit, sheer sleeves, and front and back cutouts, edged with a colorful exotic design and trimmed in gold. “Azar” is a Persian name meaning “fire”, “flame”, or “scarlet”.

Description: Ember is a fashion illustration wearing my original design, an electric blue minidress with orange and yellow panels and cutouts in the bodice. Ember is an English name meaning “spark” or “smoldering coal”.

Description: Muirgheal is a fashion illustration wearing my original design, a dance dress featuring a navy blue skirt with a high slit, and a sparkly flesh colored mesh top with turquoise and fuschia purple swirls, and matching shoes. Muirgheal is a Gaelic name meaning “bright sea” or “shining ocean”.

Description: A couple dancing Argentine Tango, wearing my original designs.

Description: Amaryllis is a fashion illustration wearing my original design, a teal minidress with a sheer floor length teal overlay and gold accents. “Amaryllis” is an Ancient Greek name meaning “sparkling” or “gleaming”.

Description: Tiye is a fashion illustration wearing my original design, an Ancient Egyptian inspired seafoam green Argentine tango dress with coral, turquoise and lapis accents. “Tiye” is an Ancient Egyptian name meaning “beloved”, “the brilliant one”, “the adornment”.

Description: Simonne is a fashion illustration wearing my original design, a deep burgundy Argentine tango dress with gold trim and sheer gold panels. “Simonne” is a French name meaning “one who hears” or “God has heard”.

Description: Zumurruda is bellydance wearing my original design, a two piece raspberry dance costume adorned with bejeweled gold trim and jewelry. “Zumurruda” is an Arabic name meaning “emerald”.

Description: Chahana is a fashion illustration wearing my original design, a deep raspberry dress featuring gathered, twisted and draped fabric with gold chain accents. “Chahana” is a Sanskrit name meaning “longing”, “desired” or “affection”.

Description: A couple dancing Argentine Tango, wearing my original designs.

Description: Sorcha is a fashion illustration wearing my original design, a periwinkle blue dance dress with jeweled gold medallion trim and straps, and matching ankle boots. “Sorcha” is a Gaelic name meaning “bright, radiant, shining”

Description: Vivienne is a fashion illustration wearing my original design, deep red velvet dance dress and boots with gold zipper detailing. “Vivienne” is a French name meaning “alive”.

Description: Baila is a fashion illustration wearing my original design, a mossy green Latin dance dress with a high front slit, crisscrossed with metallic copper fringe. “Baila” is a name meaning “dance” in Spanish, or “beautiful” in Yiddish.

Description: Ayça is a fashion illustration wearing my original design, a sparkling raspberry Argentine Tango dress with glittering black detailing inspired by wrought iron scrollwork. “Ayça” is a Turkish name meaning “crescent moon”.

Description: Lalika is a fashion illustration wearing my original design, a purple dance dress with sparkly black lacing details. Her name is Sanskrit, and means “graceful, delicate, beautiful woman”.

Description: A fashion illustration inspired by the Jackalope, a cryptid described as a jackrabbit with the horns of an antelope. Takes of this creature are found throughout the American West, as well as Lake Superior. They are said to be rare, dangerous to hunters, and have the ability to mimic the human voice, other animals, and even a chainsaw. My design was inspired by tales of the Jackalope from the American West, and consists of a sage green cotton petticoat dress with brown leather button up boots and corset belt, turquoise and silver Jackalope jewelry, and a brown leather Jackalope headband. Hungry Jackalopes munch on prickly pear cactus fruit, one of their favorite foods, to create the border.

Description: Indira is a fashion illustration wearing my original design, a teal dance costume with a high slit and asymmetrical hemline, and a flesh toned bodysuit embroidered with a copper scrollwork design. Her name is Sanskrit and means “beauty”, “splendor” or “bestower of wealth”, and is an alternate name for the Hindu goddess Lakshmi.

Description: Linnea is a fashion illustration wearing my original design, a lime green Latin dance costume with copper, raspberry and turquoise beaded trim, and turquoise shoes with copper accents. “Linnea” is a Scandinavian name meaning “lime tree” or “lime blossom”. It is derived from 18th century Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus, who developed the Linnean system of classifying plants and animals.