05/07/2021
“My name is Michelle Hébert [Ay-Bair]. I’m a multi-disciplinary artist and for the past 10 years, ever since leaving community college, I have been an independent fashion designer by trade. I illustrate, paint, sew, film, write, and find that creativity is best experienced boundlessly.
My belief is if a medium calls to you, chase it. When we create, we are conversing with ourselves and others in languages not solely bound by an alphabet.
Since I was 10, I’ve wanted to explore fashion design and become a designer. I didn’t even know what I wanted was called a “Fashion Designer” but something about creating wear- able forms of expression called to me, and I ran after it.
I’ve been lucky in many, many, ways. I am not blind to that. I do not believe anyone has ever achieved anything alone and I decry the myth of ‘self-made’. I see it as toxic and isolating. When someone tells me ‘It’s amazing you did this on your own!’ they may be met with a hesitant smile. I didn’t do any of this on my own. It would not have been possible. I explore the craft of design because of my family, my teachers, my friends, my communities, artists, circumstance, sheer chance, everything.” - featured creative in latest release, Vol III Issue II: BOUNDLESS.
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Thank you Michelle for sharing your beautiful sketches and precious memories 🤍