Meet Isabella Rose Taylor.

She’s the 12 year old designer who took Austin Fashion Week for a spin.  She’s the tween who was just named a “Rising Star” at the 5th Annual Austin Fashion Awards.  Yep, she’s one to be watching.

And her collection is one to be watching.  Check out these pieces from her current summer collection:

We love them all!!

Be sure to follow Isabella Rose Taylor at her website, on Facebook, on Pinterest, and on Twitter.  She’s going to accomplish great things!!

Emerging Tween Fashion Designer to Launch Second Line

Austin, TX—Fashion designer Isabella Rose Taylor knows exactly what a girl wants. Her fall line of fashion forward tops, bottoms, dresses and accessories for tweens due out next month has captured the attention of the fashion world and she was recently named a “Rising Star” at the 5th Annual Austin Fashion Awards.

However, Taylor’s success stems from more than just a passion for fashion. She knows what tween girls want to wear because she is one herself.

At just 12 years old, Taylor has already accomplished more than those three times her age. Not only is she making a name for herself in the fashion industry, but she is also a published writer and poet and successful artist whose work has been featured in sold out gallery shows throughout Texas.

Often referred to as a tween prodigy, Taylor’s love for art began at the age of 3 and has been a profound influence in her fashion designs ever since with her first line launching in February 2012. Not surprisingly, her motto is “if art had legs it would be fashion.”

“My clothes are inspired not only by my art, but by colors, shapes, poetry, travel and the beauty of everything around me,” says Taylor. “I want to create tween couture and that doesn’t just follow tween fashion trends but is also comfortable, glamorous and distinctive.”

Taylor’s current and upcoming fall collections are available on isabellarosetaylor.com.

http://online.wsj.com/article/PR-CO-20130520-904785.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

Check out my runway video produced by Joel Calvin, click on the link below !!!  It is awesome

http://vimeo.com/66033032

Blood, Sweat & Glitter . . . . . .

I was so thrilled last night during the awards ceremony for 2013 Austin Fashion Week when Matt Swinney, AFW’s founder, mentioned one of my tees featured during my runway show.  He made reference to “Blood, Sweat and Glitter” as what it takes for designers and organizers to put out collections and an event like this together.  I wasn’t expecting it, but I’ve gotten a lot of interest in that tee, and I’m honored that many of my friends want to wear it.  It makes me happy because there are two meanings to BSG.  The first one is easy, after all I am a designer and I LOVE fashion, AND it does indeed take blood, and sweat to get to all the glitter.  However on a deeper level, to me “blood” represents the physical body, the action that has to take place for things to get done.  At some point (and to quote Nike) we just have to do it! Sweat symbolizes hard work.  You have to work HARD at your goals to achieve your dreams- only working hard at what you love is not that bad… Finally “glitter”, yes it is fabulous fashion glamour, but on a deeper sense, it is the ethereal, our dreams and ambitions.  Those come from within and I think we need to dream BIG, to believe that we can do anything that we can dream about.  I was raised to believe this.  My mom was raised in a small city in Canada and she wanted to see the world.  She finished high school and she left Canada to see the world for two to three years before heading to college.  She had an adventure and lived an adventure.  My father grew up poor in Mexico, but he imagined a greater future, and he created his reality.  He’s a successful doctor, but he continues to dream big and he’s on the brink of making healthcare safer.  The point is that my little tee means a lot more to me, and it’s message is worth spreading because it’s true. BSG to you all.