Crunch Time..

The new line comes out in a matter of weeks! What do i have left to do to prepare? Clean up and redesign the webstore a little bit, do many many many photoshoots with my C.TA models, and to be honest, i REALLY need to redesign the website and maybe even the myspace. but im not doing the last two just yet. Not only am i launching the spring line but i'll also be finishing up my last week of college at FIDM! I graduate the day before the line launches. So right now i'm finishing school and running around like a maniac doing photoshoots! It's so chaotic. It's weird to me that i seem to thrive on it.
Today i did a photo shoot with Dorian Shadow.. i was really lazy and tired the night before and was tempted to cancel.. but i didn't and im so glad. I feel great that i pushed myself to do it, and not only was he very nice but we also made some great photos! Heres a few: to view more check out the C.TA Myspace Page.

Theme was shedding blood... we dubbed this set "blood money"

Planning..

The Spring line of C.TA comes out on March 21st.. thats creeping up pretty quick. I've had one photo shoot so far with my lovely friend and model Liane aka Layla Page. It turned out pretty hott. the theme of the new line is Tattoo's so i dubbed it the name "Tattoo Addict". And since i'm trying to bump everything up to a whole new "professional" level, i decided to make a consistent theme for all the photos. The theme is "shedding blood". Like when you get a tattoo, get in a fight, murder, suicide, piercing, etc etc.. I have another shoot planned for Saturday with Dorian Shadow. I really need to schedule the rest of the shoots so i can start redoing some of the advertising. hmmph.. so much to do and so little time.

Let me introduce myself...

Another blog, another attempt to chronicle my life via the web. I guess I'll start out by introducing myself.
My name is Chelsea Tavis, but I'm better known on the web as Tragic Glamour. At the moment, I'm 19 yrs old, finishing college at FIDM, the fashion institute of design and merchandising in San Francisco, where I'll be receiving my AA in Graphic Design, and I do some things on the side. Okay, A LOT of things. I started my own clothing line in May of 2006 called C.TA Glam Couture. Right now it basically consists of graphic tees, but as soon as i get the funding I'll be expanding. I'll be producing my own couture designs that will be made to custom fit the buyer, and after that, I'll "fill in the gap" and start producing clothing I design from scratch.
The skies not exactly the limit for me, it's more of the goal. I plan to have this clothing line filled with stuff I design personally. Clothing, accessories, jewelry, etc... To further introduce it to the world, other than online, which is where i sell my stuff now at www.cafepress.com/ctaglamcouture, i plan to open my own boutique. In this boutique i want to feature my own line as well as other lines i love by designers that compliment my line. In this boutique i will introduce my couture creations and feature a couture section where buyers will be fitted for their couture purchases. I personally can't wait to get this going, but I'm building my empire online in the meantime until the economy gets somewhat better.
I took graphic design because i was interested in it and i knew i would need it to help further my business. I want to be able to do everything for my business so that the vision i want to portray is truly mine and not of a third party. I do the photography for my clothing line, as well as on the side for models, bands and sometimes just for fun. In those photo shoots i do all the makeup, unless the model prefers to do their own and i also do makeup for many photographers across the Bay Area as a freelance job.
As you can see, i don't stick to one "pool". I like to dip my feet in a little of everything. Most people say i do too much, but it's never enough for me. That's a good thing business wise, but bad in the long run, since i need to tell myself to slow down sometimes.
I guess that's enough of an intro for right now, keep looking back and follow me along to learn more about me as i take my steps, creating my own career and building a Tragic Glamour Empire.