Candace French Design
Fashion Design Workshops
About Candace
Candace French teaches fashion design, pattern making and construction for RISD/CE's Young Artist Program, the Providence public and private schools as well as for the Candace French Design workshop.
In her early career, she created the first collection of spandex featured in Fiorucci in 1979. At the time, she designed punk rock clothing in New York for bands: Blondie, The Cars, New York Dolls and many others.
Candace French creates costumes for the stage having recently completed Alice in Wonderland, Wind in the Willows, The Emperor's New Clothes, Snow White and Antigone. Pictured: costumes created for the production of Emperor's New Clothes, Nathan Bishop Middle school.
Costumes for the stage
Exhibited here at the Woods Gerry gallery Rhode Island School Of Design
Candace French creates costumes for the stage having recently completed Alice in Wonderland, Wind in the Willows, The Emperor's New Clothes, Snow White and Antigone. Pictured: costumes created for the production of Emperor's New Clothes, Nathan Bishop Middle school.
Candace's recent design work has included high performance rowing wear for https://www.resoluteracing.com/store/z-gear , the original rain cape, a collaboration with https://www.cleverhood.com/ and the specialized chefs apron with https://www.chezpron.com/
Her collections include custom wedding gowns, women's fine couture, leather motorcycle suits, bike wear for kids and interior soft furnishings for Anna French; https://www.thibautdesign.com/AF/catalog/collections/all
Candace creates stage costumes having recently completed Alice in Wonderland, Wind in the Willows, The Emperor's New Clothes, Snow White and Antigone.