HAUTE COUTURE & INCLUSION & WOMEN EMPOWERMENT
Jessica Jade is a designer inspired by the Princess Rockstar Fairy Dreamland that lives in her head. Having studied in London and worked in Paris as well as Cape Town, Jessica now resides back where she's from, in New York City. With a background in material design and couture embroidery, she specializes in intricate hand made quality pieces. Jessica is a strong advocate for empowering women as well as body positivity, with a goal of creating couture for everyBODY. Read on for more from her.
Who’s that girl? It’s Jess!
Hello! I am Jessica Jade! I am a proud New Yorker. If you want to know the best bagels and pizza, please drop me a message, I would love to share! My background is in fashion/material design and couture embroidery. I've worked in a lot of places from Paris to Cape Town and have now settled back in NYC with my dog Fifi!
INCLUSIVITY
My garments are for everyBODY! This is so important to me. Representation matters! Everyone wears clothing, why does the rare occasion of a seeing a plus size model or a drag queen on the runway break the internet? This shouldn’t be hot gossip, this should be the norm! We shouldn’t even have model categories for this, it’s so weird. Everyone has a place over here. It’s a safe space and basically like a sleepover party of fun.
Girl Power
I also am a strong advocate for empowering women. It’s very important to me to work with, highlight, and uplift incredible women. I will continue to do this for the rest of my life. Mentoring fashion design students, high schoolers that want to apply to fashion schools, or those that just simply don’t know where to start but want to, is one of the things I am the most proud of. If this is YOU, please please please reach out to me via email or DM on insta. In NYC you have to know someone to get started, I want to be that person for as many people as I can. Stay tuned for more. Thanks for reading my TED talk, over and out! :)