:: Sketches to Avatars ::

Original fashions for Ratava's Line were designed and drawn by students at the Fashion Institute of Technology, located in New York City. The drawings were then translated into 3D using a variety of software and tools by Interactive Arts students from Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, Canada. Below is a preview of what can be found in Ratava's Line...

David Aliperti Fashion Design Student at the Fashion Institute of Technology, NYC	Kevin Lai Interactive Arts student at Simon Fraser University, BC

Hadas Rubinovich Fashion Design Student at the Fashion Institute of Technology, NYC	Kevin Lai Interactive Arts student at Simon Fraser University, BC
"Keeping my feet on the ground and my head in the sky, my dream is to bring my love of art into the fashion world. For me, fashion is a way for us to stay connected with our fantasy world." ~Hadas Rubinovich

Mark Joseph Fashion Design Student at the Fashion Institute of Technology, NYC	Addison Feng Interactive Arts student at Simon Fraser University, BC

FIT student Leon Gourevitch live at the NYC event modelling his original
designs with the avatar version (created in SFU, Vancouver) behind him
which is projected in from the specially created 3D virtual world.