Orly Toyber Lasalle College Vancouver Fashion Program Student Shows Us Her Process for Illustrating Winnie Tran Graduate of Lasalle at Vancouver Fashion Week April 25, 2024

Orly is finished her Fashion Diploma, in June and will continue on to get her degree. She came to Lasalle because she heard it was a great school and has really enjoyed her courses. She has learned so much from her instructors. She has volunteered for Vancouver Indigenous Fashion Week and, in her volunteer work with Vancouver Fashion Week, this time, she was backstage helping Lasalle Grad Designer and Lasalle Consultant, Educardo Ramos, who showed his couture collection April 28. Please see my instagram for reels of his runway show and his iconic costume for a dance by Sidney Chuckas of Ballet BC. Again, Lasalle students, and staff are a strong, connected community.

Orly comes from a creative family who strongly support her dream of a successful Fashion Career. In fact, her dad has helped her make videos of her illustration process and came to VFW to see what she would choose to illustrate. We took these photos: (1) me, Orly and Lisa Sanche, (Fashion Design Faculty Lead, Lasalle College Vancouver) 2)Dad, Orly and her friend. Orly is interested in Costume and made Dr. Seuss ones for her sister's school. (Photos by Orly) She always liked drawing and her favourite Designer is Versace. She hopes to show her Grad Collection, "Shadow of Elegance", next year and after completing her degree, would like to gain more work experience in a company such as Lulu Lemon, before building her own Design Business.

Winnie Tran's Collection at F/W 2024 is titled: Testament. See Winnie’s beautiful designs on her instagram @winn_i9

Orly loves the fabrics, colours and multilayering in the design she chose to illustrate. She took a runway photo, drew a simple line sketch and then drew another, filling in details and colour. It’s a preliminary set that would be further developed through various poses and back and front views. Illustration is complex and it takes time and a lot of practise to develop individual style for day to day sketching as well as, in Orly's case, illustrating on the runway.

Thanks for your videos and illustration, Orly! You got your whole family involved with taking photos and dad doing video of you sketching. See more of Orly's work on her Instagram. Excelente! Buen trabajo!