Lake Waconia Coney Iceland can not be immediately conjures up visions of romantic weddings. However, for Chaska native Tara Meier LaTour Linde, who was all the inspiration I needed to create a collection of wedding dresses, so to use a big stir in the marriage.
(See, yes, the same as Parsons in "Project Runway"), the youngest graduate of Parsons The New School for Design started the collection for those who have completed their work during Fashion Week in New York in the Gateway Fashion 11 was created. Now is the goal of starting to Tara Latour - tag couture bride first based in the Twin Cities.
He said: "I am very excited but petrified at the same time," 30.
Elies Johnson Photo photogenic, is part of the firm IncLindemeier wedding dresses adorned with handmade details and a touch of color.
"It is certainly a safe person," said Linda Meier, the bride had to wear his creations. "No ifs, ands or buts.
"It takes a bold bride" color wear continued. "I see it is a bit like me. Do not be afraid of their own efforts."
Form
Linde Meier attended Chaska High School in 1998 and spent some time traveling in New Zealand before St. Cloud State University. He studied dance until you have a bad landing, breaking both legs, ending her dancing career.
"I felt a little lost," he recalls.
Linde Meier has finally focused on the world of fashion.
"All the creative work done for me," he offered, pointing out that they still have the dance coach Chaska High School.
It proved to be popular in the genes of lime Meier - a long time hobby she shared with her grandmother grew up sewing.
"I was there with him with the needle and my Barbie" he said.
Kissing his way again, Linde Meier except for a "serious" semester at the School of Design Rhode Iceland before returning to Chaska, the money will be used for "big school".
"I thought if I do not go for anything less favorable to the schools," he said.
Linde Meier to spend the next two years west of the Academy of Art University in San Francisco.
"I learned what I wanted to continue," he said.
Working at Vera Wang and Saks Fifth Avenue has pointed out, the holes in the wedding market Meier Lima, where they saw "money".
In 2007, requested a transfer as a student at Parsons in New York and was one of the few to include in your program. Then begins the hard work.
"If you survive Parsons, you deserve a medal," said Linda Meier. "I can not imagine anything more difficult."
"Fashion is really an intelligent tracking" he said. "It is food for thought is creative, but also a business. Is a need for both to succeed."
Bridal Gowns
Linde Meier spent his senior year at Parsons creating your bridal collection, is presented in the hope of a new and fresh in the wedding dress. His first step was to find inspiration - "the thread that held everything together."
"For me, it's for personal use," he said.
It focused on Lake Waconia Coney Iceland - the same place that your grandparents met at a dance and fell in love.
Although the island once hosted vacation is now a shadow of himself, said Linda Meier, who still has something to love.
"The ruins - there is something romantic about them," he said. "There is a sense of mystery. It's almost like the stories you can make up."
He found his inspiration, sketches Meier Linde 120, which over time his collection of six dresses are - as a woman in her family, she felt, embodies the spirit of the dress called. Linde Meier began translating the two-dimensional drawings into three-dimensional garments.
"At this stage, less creativity," he said. "You are the solution, because the body needs to support them.
"None of my eyes turned, as I explained," he said.
Answer to your entire collection has been very positive.
"We took it very well," he told the jury comments.
His models were impressed by the clothes.
"In the last assembly model, to speak and began to mourn," says Linda Meier. "They had that reaction for a bride."
Meier Linde credits at least part of their success in the consciousness of the female form.
"My clothes are feminine and complement the natural curves" he said. "I do not believe in wedding dresses to carry hard to believe."
"It's [wedding dress] [a woman] fundamental piece of clothing," said Linda Meier. "It must be what they feel better."
The bridge
Meier Linde is with all the great feedback they get satisfaction in their collection, especially given the fact that their non-traditional designs of clothing.
"Mine is the white dress," he said. "Color is an important part of my girlfriend."
His creations are also some major attention. Meier Linde said one of her cheap wedding dresses being considered for use on "Gossip Girl" and the other was already a celebrity wedding are coupled.
Meier Linde is stunned.
"This is the daughter of a small town of Chaska, is the bridge between the world of fashion and the world of the married," he said.
Linde now Meier is ready to take advantage of the good reviews. She is beginning to fund research and conduct their own label - is to stop production in the Twin Cities with a showroom in New York at anchor.
"New York is not what I gain my inspiration, why not here?" Said.
"I do not take the Midwest to me," Linde said Meier. "This is my biggest inspiration."
She hopes her clothes in the market over the next six months and is already in preparation for his next collection of zeal.
"I found two things I love - fashion and dance - at the age of 30 years," he said. "I'm very happy."
