Skirts on Whyte: Skirt Design Challenge

Melissa Squire

Maria Dolores Sanchez Sanchez, LOLA
Costume & Graphic Designer

Lola is a Mexican designer that works as mascot builder, costume designer, and occasional photographer. Lola finished her Fashion Design Diploma at NBCCD, New Brunswick and got her Graphic Design Degree at the Technologic University of Mexico. Lola won First place at the “21th NBCCD Fashion Show” 1st Year Challenge, and her piece was showcased at the Fredericton Beaverbrook Art Gallery and Saint John George Fry Gallery.

Lola believes that art performance is medicine to the heart and she wants to create costumes that bring happiness and freedom to artists that wear them. She is passionately working hard and expanding her horizons by getting experience in the costume design world. Lola wants to be a designer that “See with perspective, live with ambition, create with passion, and move with freedom”.

Beverly Gan

A multi-disciplinary artist and educator whose journey began in the gilded halls of fashion before she delved into the enigmatic world of costume design. A graduate of Istituto Marangoni, she has since woven her artistry into the fabric of esteemed projects across a spectrum of mediums including short films, theatre, advertising, and music videos between the UK, Canada, and the United States. Beverly is also the founder of two clothing labels and The House of Sew.

Joanne Ngo