TABITHA ANDELIN ; SUSTAINABLE SAVVY STREET WEAR AT VFW S/S 2023

TABITHA ANDELIN

TABITHA ANDELIN showed her eponymous fashion brand at Vancouver Fashion Week on the 2nd night, Oct 21, 2023. Andelin comes to VFW from Los Angeles, where she produces her line of sustainable savvy streetwear. I had previewed TABITHA ANDELIN in a post before VFW. I was excited to see this line and certainly was not disappointed.

Between the gap between streetwear and high-end fashion, you’ll find the designs of Tabitha Andelin. The garments are handmade in an atelier in Los Angeles, CA using sophisticated construction techniques and designed for everyday use. Tabitha Andelin is high-end streetwear made for the fashion forward.
Tabitha Andelin’s clothing designs focus on physical comfort, using fabrics that are soft to the touch and taking the time to develop impeccably functional silhouettes. The design aesthetics push you just on the edge of your emotional and personal comfort zone, allowing you to be a bold version of yourself. excerpt from VFW website

TABITHA ANDELIN- A REVIEW

 The TABITHA ANDELIN brand, is synonymous with Tabitha Andelin, the woman. The model tall designer with a fiery ginger mane, wearing one of her creations, spoke to me post-show. On the edge of a crowded runway, Tabitha gave me insight into her clothing and design process. Andelin,  is a native Californian who studied fashion design in Minnesota.

As fashion brands emerged from the Covid-19 lockdown, Tabitha expressed how some positive can come from the negative. “I took advantage of the lockdown to close myself away in my studio and experiment. I wasn’t as concerned with making clothing as developing my process and exploring my artistic expression.”

Andelin’s process, is inspired by fabric and the customer she is dressing. TABITHA ANDELIN is a sustainable fashion brand, and Andelin uses fabric she sources from “everywhere”. A tagline from the brand’s Instagram reads, ” Fashioning clothes from any left behind materials I can get my hands on…”. The question I now ask myself once you gather these materials, where do you go from there?

Where Tabitha goes is to create a brand that serves the discerning, savvy customer she caters to. The ANDELIN TABITHA customer is described as fashion-forward, driven by comfort and style; wanting unique, well structured clothing that fast fashion cannot supply.

The clothing that hits the runway is a Spring/Summer collection that is youthful, fun, and sexy. The first look is a red and white large-scale gingham print fashioned into a cropped top and short shorts. This whimsical look with cap sleeves and a row of buttons running down each side of the bodice incorporates fabric strings, a device that adds movement and bounce and recurs throughout the pieces. A standout look is a blue and white denim crop top and low-rise jeans with accentuated ruffles running down the side seams. The designer’s background as a Californian beach girl and her studies in the mid-west give Tabitha an ability to blend these two perspectives, L.A. chic meets mid-west college girl.

These clothes will take you from the city streets to the festival circuit. The one male model wears a cold shoulder ruffled cropped top with a floor-length skirt. The fabric is mottled, bleached, and original; it is also used in a well-cut mini dress. Repurposed clothing, seaming, print, and pattern add detail and variety to this eclectic capsule collection. The closing dress shows the designer’s skill and creativity constructed from sheer pieces resembling the outlines of leaves, the closing look flows and moves as the wind blows.

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TABITHA  ANDELIN IN CONCLUSION

TABITHA ANDELIN is a sustainable brand that produces small runs of unique and uplifting clothing. Tabitha’s fashion-forward looks are available at pop-ups around Los Angeles and on her website. Tabitha was accompanied to VFW by her family, who all wore her original designs. I was excited to see the scope and variety that seeing her creations off the runway brought. These are clothes that real people wear. I look forward to following TABITHA ADELIN and seeing the future creations, from this fashion-forward designer.

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