<p>My daughter goes to an expensive prep school where the cost of the prom gets way out of hand, especially designer prom gowns As a costume designer, I have access to many fashion designers, but flat out refused to use them to get her gown. She’s 6’0 tall and sample sizes wouldn’t work anyway.
So she designed her own gown (great I have to admit, with some tweaking I’ll do to it) with the assumption my best friend, one of 7th Ave’s top patternmakers (Donna Karan, Ralph Lauren),
would make out of the goodness of her heart. Nope! (well, actually she would, but I felt she had to find a way to pay her.) Many tears were shed, while my daughter obsessed over this damn gown for an event five months down the road. Turns out she found a way. My D is an extraordinary painter, my friend a big time art collector. My D drew preliminary sketches
for my friend’s approval. She’s been working on a beautiful painting, so beautiful I want to keep it for our collection. It also brought out the best of her talent, so much that I told her she should major in art instead of art history.</p>