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Guest Post: Daniel Feld & Wesley Nault of WesFeld on Week Two
Read More[Video Feature] Project Runway’s WesFeld Wins With Four Different Shades of Poly Organza in One Design
Submitted on Feb 1, 2010
It took four different shades of poly organza and hours creating detailed piped paneling to achieve this winning look. In this short video, the Plastics Make it PossibleSM design contest winners talk about their inspiration for this detailed design.
Category: Fashion & Design • GenArt New Garde
When You’re Designing With Plastic, Any Look is Possible
Submitted on Feb 1, 2010
Plastics Make it PossibleSM design contest winners Wesley Nault and Daniel Feld (Project Runway) are creating a line made entirely of plastic-based materials. Luckily for these two talented designers, plastics form the foundation of many of the most dynamic, functional and fabulous fabrics in use in fashion today. Watch as the WesFeld designers descr [...]
Category: Fashion & Design
For WesFeld of Project Runway, Fashion Design Means Undergarments Too
Submitted on Feb 1, 2010
Beyond the dresses that Wesley Nault and Daniel Feld (Project Runway) are creating, the winners of the Plastics Make it PossibleSM design competition are also creating custom garments to be worn underneath. Here, WesFeld shows how they create their own Spanx®-like bustier to make the women who wear their dresses look and feel great.
Category: Fashion & Design • GenArt New Garde
Plastic-Based Fabrics Give These Former Project Runway Designers Colorful Options
Submitted on Feb 1, 2010
This poly-chiffon gown from Plastics Make it PossibleSM design contest winner WesFeld (Project Runway) is in an eye-popping iridescent hue that we can’t wait to see more of in their upcoming line: set to debut at GenArt’s New Garde show for New York Fashion Week.
Category: Fashion & Design
WesFeld Dress Designs Get Paneling and Structure from Poly Organza and Plastic Mesh
Submitted on Jan 28, 2010
WesFeld partners Wesley Nault and Daniel Feld (formerly of Project Runway) show us the plastic mesh and poly organza that helps one of their winning designs to maintain a structured silhouette while simultaneously appearing light and airy. Watch the WesFeld designers describe creating haute couture “armor” with plastic-based fabrics in this short [...]
Category: Fashion & Design
Plastics Make it Possible Design Contest: A Selection of Submmitted Looks
Submitted on Jan 25, 2010
Due to overwhelming response, the deadline to enter the Plastics Make it Possible fashion design contest has been extended to Friday, December 11th!
Category: Fashion & Design • GenArt Fresh Faces in Fashion • GenArt New Garde
[Video Feature] Sneak Peak: WesFeld Hard at Work
Submitted on Jan 25, 2010
Plastics Make it PossibleSM went to Brooklyn this week to check in on design contest winners, Wesley Nault and Daniel Feld of WesFeld. While we busily snapped photos and filmed the duo at work, Wes and Daniel hardly took their hands off of their pencils! The two are busy sketching and sewing and have made [...]
Category: Fashion & Design • GenArt New Garde
Guest Post: Daniel Feld & Wesley Nault of WesFeld
Submitted on Jan 25, 2010
Hi, We’re Daniel Feld and Wesley Nault, also known as WesFeld, the design team that won the Plastics Make It PossibleSM designer competition. The response we’ve been getting over the first few weeks, since winning, has been so wonderful! We are so excited to be part of this and begin our journey to New York [...]
Category: Fashion & Design • GenArt New Garde
UP-AND-COMING DESIGNER DUO “SEWS UP” COMPETITION CELEBRATING THE INNOVATIVE USE OF PLASTICS IN FASHION
Submitted on Jan 12, 2010
ARLINGTON, VA (January 12, 2010) – Plastics and plastic-based materials continue to rule the runways as the hottest trend in fashion with top designers featuring sky-high Lucite® shoes, lots of sequins and plastic minis in their latest collections. Plastics Make it PossibleSM, an initiative sponsored by the plastics industries of the American Chem [...]
Category: Fashion & Design • Press Room
Meet the Plastics Make it Possible Design Competition Winner: WesFeld
Submitted on Jan 7, 2010
After sifting through 161 entries, 322 looks, and more than 5,000 online comments, we’re proud to announce that the design team of Wesley Nault and Daniel Feld (together known to the fashion world as WesFeld) are the 2009 Plastics Make it PossibleSM Design Competition winners! The contest, launched by the American Chemistry Council and Gen [...]
Category: Events • Fashion & Design • GenArt New Garde
