Hi everybody!
Thank you for stopping by, I hope you will like my page here!
I'm a professional fashion designer and a fashion design teacher, I studied in Europe (where I was born :-)) and in Canada (where I moved 8 years ago). I admire fashion as art, in whole its beauty. I believe fashion is one of our easiest tools to express ourselves - our personality and our uniqueness to the world around us. Fashion also defines our relationship to today's society if we want to admit it or not...
As a designer creating for all kinds of customers, I prefer working with a good quality fabrics and all my designs are very well done with a beautiful finishing, nicely wearable but always with a little twist. I'm looking for other fashion professionals here - models, photographers, MU artists and hairstylists for my next photoshoots and catalogues.
Very important to me is also receive a feedback from other professionals, visual artists, photographers, etc. - because at the end of every creative process is how the end customer/client/visitor will like what was done there, if the picture or the dress impressed her/him or evoked some feelings...
I also can offer my designer skills to other people on this site. Although I am very busy and I highly prefer paid jobs (designing is what I do for living), I can also accept selected TFCD/TFP – if the clothes would be my size (4) and I could use them later for other photoshoots. Or if the idea is creative enough to be used in my portfolio.
I love what I do and I hope that I can meet equally passionate people here to share great ideas and to work with.
For more pictures and info about myself please check out my web site
www.janahanzel.com.
Linda C. modeling my collection on the Embassy Fashion Show, on Nov 19, 2009. She is wearing a sheer fabric dress here.
Hair: West End Academy
Make up: Tracey Lahey and Shannon Gaw
Photo: Eric Mercier
Christine in my design, all-silk haute couture dress with hand painted motifs on the skirt.
Photographed by Richard Gibbs
Make up by Tracey Lahey, Shannon Gaw and West End Academy
Recent Fashion Shows:
>>Richard Robinson 2007
>>Richard Robinson 2008
>>Ottawa Fashion Week, May 2008
>>United Way Fashion Show, Sept 2008
>>Fashion Show for OCTEVAW, Sept 2008
>>'Food and Fashion Fusion' event in Mambo! nuevo latino restaurant Fashion Show - Nov 2008
>>Ottawa Fashion Week, Nov 12-15, 2008
>>Suite 34 Fashions - the winner of the "Eyes Wide Shut" Theme, Nov 6th, 2009
>>The Embassy of The Slovak Republic - fashion show Nov 19th, 2009
>>Suite 34 Finals, Dec 4th, 2009
>>Fashion Show for Government professionals, Westin Hotel, Ottawa, Dec19,2009
Alyssa in a silk cocktail dress modeling during the Embassy Fashion Show, Nov 2009
Photographed by Richard Gibbs
Make up by Tracey Lahey and Shannon Gaw
Hair by West End Academy
Other fashion design activities:
Costume design for Kanata Theatre 2008
Children's clothing line for Banao Ltd - Montreal, Spring 2009
Christiana in a medieval times inspired outfit
Photographed by Eric Mercier
Make up by Zena
Media:
A-channel
CTV
Rogers TV
Ottawa Citizen
Canada Exclusive for Air Canada
Ottawa Magazine - Nov 2008 issue
Marianne as a Harvest Goddess, Sept. 2009
Photographed by Eric Mercier
Make up by Tracey Lahey
Hair by Vanessa Passley
