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Tamara Maroño Garza
bfa fashion design

Kent State University

Graduates: 2024

Specialisms: Apparel / Atelier - Pattern Cutting / Storytelling

My location: New York, United States

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Kent State University

Tamara Maroño Garza

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First Name: Tamara

Last Name: Maroño Garza

University / College: Kent State University

Course / Program: bfa fashion design

Graduates: 2024

Specialisms: Apparel / Atelier - Pattern Cutting / Storytelling

My Location: New York, United States

Website: Click To See Website

About

Tamara is a born and raised Mexican designer who is interested in the correlation between garments and the physical body. She was raised in a family of ballet dancers and went on to become one herself. From a young age he was aware of the power of costumes to enhace a performance. Whether that performance be a person giving a presentation, walking down a street, or doing ten foutes on stage, seeing fabric in motion drew her deeper into the storytelling ability of clothing. Because of this she likes to observe the mannerisms of people to inspire her garments. As well as challenge the idea of unwearable wearable clothing. Challenging the people who come across her work. She hopes that her designs allow wearers to question why their garments are the way they are.

My focus for this thesis is the body, garment and the deepening relationship between the two. I like to observe how a person walks, breathes, bends, etc. and through those movements it shows the power clothing has over the body.Therefore, by imposing a transformative experience onto the body through garment design, will a deeper relationship between clothing and body arise? This collection challenges the body’s movement. Because when the body is met with certain challenges there is usually an internal dialogue that begins with the wearer. Questioning if that is where they should place their arms or if that is the right direction of a garment. I wanted to magnify that experience and create garments that enable that internal dialogue.