Lauren Perdue is currently a hardworking slave to fashion studying fashion design at the University of North Texas in Denton. The word "slave" is fitting as Lauren calls sewing "something I could not stop doing even if I wanted to". Ms. Perdue admits in the past she has been a champion quitter, but with sewing, she took on a whole new attitude. This attitude is what drove her to eventually pursue fashion design full force by going to Denton. She made it into the program this past fall as one of only 38 people accepted.
Unlike many designers, Lauren's interest in designing clothes originally was born out of necessity. While attending school at the University of Texas in Austin, Lauren became involved in the UT Madrigals. The Madrigals are a group of students who perform at the Madrigal Dinner every year around Christmas time. Madrigals involves a singing choir of wenches and footmen, a play with a changing script each year, and a delicious four course feast (if you've never been, I highly recommend it). Madrigals required Lauren to obtain a costume that a wench would be proud to wear. Wrought with the task of finding a costume that would fit her figure, Lauren knew she needed to take matters into her own hands. Containing a full figured woman's chest with just a corset requires some ingenuity. This was a defining moment for Lauren. The sewing may have started there but it definitely did not stop there. Out of necessity bloomed a creative passion for design.
