The Waackers: Dimepiece submission project 2010

In January 2010 I, Kumari Suraj, sat down with our crew stylist, Raquel "Bambina" Cabrera, to brainstorm a new photo shoot for the women of The Waackers Dimepiece partnership submission. The outcome was a “Tongue n’ Cheek”, LA Funk meets Waackers Couture, industrial masterpiece created by Raquel. Raquel "Bambina" Cabrera being a graduate of FIDM with a degree in Visual Communications has an incredible eye for style and thinking outside the box. Her ingenious creative "know how" was just what the group needed to pull off this shoot. Www.dimepiecedesigns.com

The following is Raquel's take on the project.

"When putting together the looks for this shoot I decided to use random industrial pieces creating an edgy, sexy look that would appeal to DimePiece.

Different elements were incorporated into each look. Be it anything from chains to broken glass, tulle or rope. To go from looking at a photo of a model with a tiger mask and lethal nail (see dimepiece website) to seeing my ladies embrace the new vision I created for each of them was uplifting. I feel like this group embodies the essence of Dime Piece. Not because of it’s fly clothes but because when I see your vision I see our dance, Waacking.

Here’s a breakdown of my favorites looks. On Coco (Celeste), I broke apart box cutters then attached the razor blades to a leather strap and wrapped the strap around her shoulder and waist as a belt. This look had to be my absolute favorite for the complement of the ridged metal and the softness of the lace and pearls. For Q (Quinetta), I smashed wine bottles to glue the various chunks of glass onto a pair of satin gloves. (These were officially dubbed as her battle gloves!) With Yoda, I attached broken chain links to a piece of black leather trim. I then placed giant black and white feathers in between the links. The trim was wrapped around her neck to appear as the neck piece for her top. My most challenging piece was Tiffany’s top. I wanted to make a bustier out of newspaper clippings so I took the pages and folded then like an accordion. From there I cut out the clippings, shaped it to her body and hot glued the piece together. Who know I could do origami!"

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