Designer of the week is Stephen Burrows. Born in New Jersey, Burrows was always fascinated with his grandmother's zigzag sewing machine. He learned how to sew and created his first garment for a friends doll when he was eight years old. While in High School, Burrows took dance lessons. These dance lessons lead to him going to Manhattan to dance at the Palladium night club on Sundays. This sparked his creativity to sketch dresses he wanted for his partners. This would also start his path of bringing fashion to dance.
Burrows studied at Fashion Institute of Technology and began working in the New York City's Garment Center alternating between managing his own business and working closely with luxury department store Henri Bendel. Burrows is well known for his garments being bright colors and having a lettuce hem curly edges. The bright colors became an integral part of New York City disco dancing scene of the 1970s. After graduating from Newark Arts High School, Burrows enrolled at Philadelphia Museum College of Art to become an art teacher.
Being inspired once again by dress forms, Burrows ended up transferring to New York City's Fashion Institute of Technology where he met his future muse Betty Davis. You can say Burrows got antsy. He has no patience with the basic draping rules that FIT professors were teaching. After graduating, Burrows began his career at a blouse manufacturer. His work was starting to be picked up by small shops. Burrows clothes were described as the fashion embodiment of the electric sexuality of this era. The get togethers that Burrows would do would become dance parties. Burrows would dress everyone. Create something in the moment.
Loved by many, his designs continue to inspire others and be talked about through each generation. The list can go on on how many awards he was won throughout the years. He has made his marked on the industry.
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