Michelle Rose landed on Earth on December 2, 1982, starting her journey on this planet in the suburbs of Chicago, Illinois. Growing up with a crafty mother who once designed her own bespoke dresses in Singapore, Michelle spent many hours as a child doing needlepoint, sewing outfits for her dolls, and embellishing countless t-shirts & jean jackets. Michelle's father passed down his vintage record collection, his nostalgia for the art & commercial design of his teenage years in the '50s & '60s, and the analytical brainpower of an engineer.		Although no historical documents have been found to prove it, it's been said that somewhere along the time continuum Michelle's pivotal decision to become a fashion designer came from the realization that it simply wasn't in her genes to become a willowy high fashion model, her intended way to become part of the fascinating world of fashion. She resolved to make her destiny as a designer instead, a move that made her understand that not only did she want to wear beautiful clothing, but that it was inevitable that she would give people a piece of who she is through her own designs. So Michelle spent four years at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, the most interdisciplinary art & design college in the US. There she was free to experiment and study as many subjects as she wanted. She ran wild, learning patternmaking, typography, graphic design, photography, screen printing, painting, color theory, and art history. It is perhaps for this reason that Michelle can't choose just one medium and is so painstakingly forced to combine & play with them all.
	After school, Michelle stayed in Chicago for a few years, working on fashion's retail side as the manager of a vintage clothing & furniture boutique. Here she honed her business savvy and gleaned more fashion knowledge firsthand from the best-made garments, absorbing lessons in time-honored sewing techniques, extreme styles of the past, and designer signatures.
When Michelle moved to Los Angeles, California, in November 2007, she threw herself into a new and exciting place, what she deemed the real land of opportunity. For herself and so many other artistic individuals, LA is a veritable mecca for creativity. Here Michelle has grown and transformed exponentially, thriving on new discoveries made every day.		Michelle currently works full-time as a design assistant at one of the garment industry's top private label houses. Her favorite part of the job is that her day-to-day demands are always different, challenging her to adapt to new situations and priorities quickly, and requiring her to execute dozens of separate but integrated tasks. It is with this tenacity and talent for taming chaos that Michelle is able to complete nearly all of the functions of her own company herself.
	Michelle lends her unique skill set on a freelance basis to many different types of projects and applications. Please get in touch via e-mail to discuss collaborations and freelance opportunities.
Michelle's great loves and most perpetual sources of contemplation, exploration, and inspiration include // Sixties culture, futurism, rock 'n' roll, kitsch & the everyday, uniforms, youth & childhood, science & mathematics, the city, robots, nature, the occult & the supernatural, space, love, and happiness.		Ever on both sides of the argument, Michelle's dual nature often translates into her work as contradiction. The result is the union of duelling angles: hard vs. soft, cheery vs. morbid, sexy vs. innocent. Color plays an essential role in Michelle's designs. She frequently uses the spectrum to define style lines, attract attention, and express emotion. Michelle's love of clean lines and good design, principles of the Mid-Century Modern era, inhabits structured, conceptual, mathematical pieces that satisfy her desire to promote, and provoke, thoughtfulness in fashion.
	Michelle Rose Studio // 123 S Figueroa St, Suite #1416 Los Angeles, CA 90012-5491 michelle@michelle-rose.com