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Danielle-Designer Girl

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About Me

*WARNING...the following work below (art, fashion, poetry and fine art photos) is COPYWRITTEN by ME or by the Photographers that I worked with...DON'T TAKE WITHOUT ASKING!*
My name is Danielle Leigh Davis; I am a graphic artist/illustrator and a fashion/costume designer. I currently work as a senior graphic artist/designer/art director for the clothing company "LA Movers" (I made over 5 million dollars in sales for my division from my artwork and designs just this past year). In the past, I worked as a freelance graphic artist for the companies "Tru Gossip", "Awake Clothing" and "Total Access" (our clients have ranged from Hot Topic, Fred Segal, Wet Seal, Mervyns, Torrid, Forever 21, Urban Outfitters, Target, Nordstrom’s, Dillard’s, Maurice’s, Dots, Macy's, JC Penny's and Sears). I also have worked as a merchandiser for "LF Stores" (a chain of high-end clothing boutiques across the US). Some of our Celebrity Clientele: Eva Longoria, Misha Barton, Nicole Richie, Jessica Alba, Heather Locklear, Lindsey Lohan, Jessica Biel, Pairs and Nicki Hilton.Within the last 5 years I’ve started my own Rock and Roll Couture clothing line "In Listed 4 Love". I've been a semi-finalist for the hit TV Show 'Project Runway". I have also done costumes designs and illustrations for the “WE Network”, the Miss World Beauty Pageant Competition "Miss Jamaica", the play "God of Vengeance", the movie "Age of Kali" and "The New Salem Witch District" a graphic novel. I also had the honor of designing an Oscar dress for Julie Bob Lombardi (editor of "Super Size Me"). I have also appeared on the TV Show "Fashionista" on My Music Plus TV. As a Fashion Stylist/Art Director, I’ve done editorials for Zink, Eurotuner, TIGI, OYE, Maxim, Playboy, BPM, 944, Kirv Records, Michael Antonio Shoes and LF Stores. I've also worked as an assistant stylist on the music video "Girl" for BECK.As a producer, I’ve produce my own Fashion Reality TV Pilot for September Films with Drew lesser (the co-executive Producer of Bridzilla’s). I’ve also produce all my own fashion shows for LA fashion Week "Fashion for a Cure" for “The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson Disease” in conjunction with Zalman King Productions and "Fashion fro Peace" a charity fashion/art show that raised money for the families who have lost love ones in the Iraq war.As a fine artist, my biggest artistic honor (myself portrait was exhibited in the US Capitol for a year) and I received a certificate of artistic merit from actor Tom Cruise, Ex-President Bill Clinton and the Endowment of the Arts. I have also done portraits for actress Meg Tilly and her ex-Husband John Calley (former Sony Pictures CEO and Producer of "Closer" and the "Da Vinci Code").
I am very big into causes like the environment and charities. I love photography (fashion and documentary). My favorite photographers are Mary Ellen Mark and Herb Ritz. My favorite Artists are Mucha, Warhol, Bosch and Saul Bass. I also love to write poetry, going to rock concerts, plays and reading books on psychology. I tend to go hiking, jogging, swimming and dancing on my days off. My addictions are boxing matches, the History Channel, the Discovery Channel, HBO shows, rose bowl and jet-rag dollar day.
MY DISLIKES (READ BEFORE ADDING ME)! Self absorbed people who only care/talk about themselves. People who have nothing to say about the world we live in (educate yourself... and stop watching Reality TV & reading Gossip Magazines). I also tend to dislike people that never have an opinion on anything or lack passion about a cause (I don't care if people think differently than me...I just want them to care about something). I also dislike people that blame other people for their own F@*ck-ups (people need to look at themselves sometimes and realize they must be the change they wish to see...and it all starts with the man in the mirror first). There also comes a time when you have to grow-up and stop blaming the man, your parents and society for your own mistakes. I also don't like overly needy people (people need to get a hobby...develop a creative/physical outlet of some sort...instead of wanting people to fill that void....learn to "Love Yourself"...instead of expecting people to love you). I also don't like girls or guys that abandon all their friends once get a boyfriend or girlfriend (but as soon as they break-up...they end up calling you every 20 minutes wanting to hang out...that is just not cool). Finally...I really dislike over dramatic people...I don't want self induce drama in my life (if i wanted drama... than I would watch "All My Children"). *PLEASE DO NOT ADD ME IF THIS IS YOU...or if you send SPAM, PROFILE TRACKERS, WHORE ME BULLETINS, PORN and STEAL OTHER PEOPLE'S ARTWORK-PHOTOS.

My Interests


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Project Runway finalists. “Project Runway,” the upcoming fashion-themed reality television show from the Miramax Film Corp. and Bravo, selected 25 finalists from a recent Gen Art–sponsored casting call in Los Angeles. Finalists include: Shpetim Zero, Christopher Kreiling, Corinne Grassini, Daniel Franco, Kaya Fesci, Gabriella Muttone, Varell + T, Nikki Chu, Sarah Elias-Benton, Keith Aritomo “Keifla,” Meghan Noland, Jan Warnock, Kendra Gratteri, Chuck Stolarek, Pol’ Atteu, Sara Feinberg, Marina Toybina and Ashton Hirota, Shaun Santos Samson, Uriel Saenz, Alison Kelly, Adele Mildred Pederson, Roxanne Jitomir, Danielle L. Davis, Adrienne Infante, and Olivia Plyler. Sue Wong was among the judges in Los Angeles. “Project Runway” producers will select participants from open casting calls held in Los Angeles, Miami and New York. For the television show, 12 designers will be chosen to present their work weekly to a panel of designers, editors, photographers and stylists. The designers will be winnowed down each week until the final three participate in a runway show during New York Fashion Week in 2005. The judges will choose a final winner, whose designs will be photographed by Elle photographer Gilles Bensimon. The winner will also receive a prize package that will include a retail showcase, launch support and a mentorship from the Banana Republic design team. http://www.apparelnews.net/Archive2/070204/News/newsfeat.htm l

I'd like to meet:

"My Role In Life"

Life, It really is a funny thing. I think the wisest thing that I ever told a friend...was that I perceive life as this huge theatrical production and every day is audition day. Sometimes I do think... that we spend half of our lives searching for that perfect role and sometimes we just don't find it. It's almost as if we are all so desperately trying to be that star...hell sometimes I think I rather be the director.

GOD, do you realize how easy my life would be...if I could yell action every time things were going great and then be able to yell cut, right before I make a jackass out of myself. But I guess life was never meant to be so easy in a world were black and white is still divided. True and false can only equal maybe. And where love is no longer a fairytale. Because your hate has consumed and your lies have damn you...but yet the truth can still set you free.

And yet, the only thing that I honestly do know...is that for the last 4 years of my life...My strength has been my religion. My scriptures have been those little memorable quotes from my friends that I can put inside a fortune cookie. My communion wafer a pop tart. My wine a cup of black coffee with two packs sweet and low. And my confessional has been a theater audition (I can yell, I scream, I can laugh, I can cry...and they listen to me). And my God as been my conscience...my inner voice deep inside...which tells me what is right and what is wrong. I guess this who I am....and I guess this my role in life.

By Danielle Leigh

"Who Am I?"

To whom it may concern: You could have asked me a simpler question? Like the meaning of life perhaps? But WHO AM I? A paradox, A puzzle, A million dollar question...with no answer pending? I feel like a child! An inquisitive two-year old whose favorite word is why. Why am I here? Why was I born...and why should I care? I know I am not a savior...nor do I pretend to act like one! I have not escaped this world unscathed from sin. I'm not perfect...just human. But I often do think about the purpose of life and it's importance. The brotherhood of man...Peace on Earth...and the Exploration of Man. That mankind has been to the moon and back. We have explored outer space and yet our inner space within...still remains uncharted sometimes. I look at myself in the mirror and I see Alice. A little lost girl trapped in world of Mad Hatters...or the ones that I have created in side my head (searching for a Wonderland). Does it exist? Is it a dream? Or fear, fear of smashing through that looking glass in order to find it. So WHO AM I? A Paradox, A puzzle...A million dollar question with no answer pending? My mind is blank and my cheat sheet is filled with only question marks. I have all these questions that are still left unanswered and yet I feel like I have one more minute left to go, before my audition to this world has expired...and I still don't know who I am? So Who Am I? I honestly don't know, but what I do know...is that I am person that believes you should seize the day and live for it. That life is not about someday, but is about today. I am not afraid of failure, but I am afraid of looking back twenty years from now and being only left with the phrase "What if". Life is not about "What ifs" it is about self-choice and what you do with that choice. And my dream, though it may not be as elegant as Dr King's. Is that one-day I will not be judged, evaluated and discriminated based on what I look like on this sheet of paper in front of you. But instead as an individual that challenges you try to figure out the pieces of that puzzle that define the person within. So who am I, does this answer your question?

Sincerely, Danielle Leigh

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My Crew
I have many talented friends

Danielle

Andrea

Coco

Joe

Raul

Nick

Kathryn

Fahmina

Benjamin

Candy

Christina

Kenzie

X

Chi

Bruno

Trishell

Darren

Kimberly

Jasmin

Adam

Music:



I LOVE Music!! Some of my favorite music artists are Radiohead, Beck, Lamb, The Postal Service, Portishead, Massive Attack, Prince, Pink Flyod, Pat Benitar, Simple Minds, Peter Gabriel, Kate Bush, Dead Can Dance, The Police, Def Leppard, Heart, Stevie Nicks, U2, Bob Marley, Led Zepplin, The Killers, Bjork, The Darkness, Bowie, Billy Holiday, Tori Amos, Velvet Underground, Iggy Pop, The Beatles, Jet, Patsy Cline, Duran Duran, Amiee Mann, Berlin, Guns and Roses, ACDC, Yaz, Coldplay, Tricky, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Garbage, The Cure, The Smiths, My Bloody Valentine, The Clash, Oasis, Travis, Tears For Fears, Blondie, Mazzy Star, Madonna, No Doubt, Sigur Ros, Lords of Acid, Nirvana, Sublime, Gorillaz, The Shins, Johnny Cash, NIN, White Stripes, Marvin Gaye, UNKLE, Sneaker Pimps, The Go Go's, Goldfrapp, Gomez, Outkast, Smashing Pumpkins, Missing Persons, Oningo Bongo, Echo and the Bunnymen, Geneis, IAMX, Phil Collins, My Bloody Valentine, Suede, Cream, The Dead Kennedys, Le Tigre, Blonde Redhead, The Stars, The Who, Psychodelic Furs, Human Leauge, Elefant, Shinny Toy Guns, Nina Simone and Interpol.

Movies:



I LOVE Movies!! Some of my favorite movies are Chinatown, Spider-Man 1-2, One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest, Midnight Cowboy, The Graduate, Fargo, Raising Arizona, Blade Runner, Empire Strikes Back, Raging Bull, Bonnie and Clyde, Lolita, Clock Work Orange, Full Metal Jacket, God Father 1-2, Scarface, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, All About Eve, Some Like It Hot, Moulin Rouge, Rushmore, Bottle Rocket, The Royal Tenenbaums, Big Fish, Benny & Joon, Edward Scissorhands, Pirates, Bringing Up Baby, City of Lost Children, Casa Blanca, Run Lola Run, The Professional, Closer, The Usual Suspects, In The Name Of Father, The Breakfast Club, Pretty In Pink, Some King of Wonderful, Say Anything, High Fidelity, The Outsiders, Blue Velvet, The Darjeeling Limited, Fast Times Ridgemount High, Pan's Labyrinth, Clueless, Knocked Up, Raging Bull, Finding Nemo, Lion King, and Kick-Ass VXF Films/Animation.

Television:


Robotech, Voltron, Thunder Cats, Transformers, Twin Peaks DVD Set, Six Feet Under DVD Set, Scrubs, Dexter, Heroes, South Park, Simpsons, Top Model, Amazing Race, Dancing With The Stars, Chuck, Pushing Dasies, Weeds, Big Love, American Idol, Sopranos, Sex in the City DVD Set, Entourage, Discovery Channel, Cold Case, Law and Order, History Channel, AB Fab, The BBC, VH1 The 70’s, 80’s 90’s Strikes Back.

Books:


I love to read poetry (by all the greats), yes I really do like Shakespeare, The Classics Novels (that I was force to read in Jr High and High School…but now have grown to love them). I love Philosophy, Psychology and History books!!! Magazines that I tend to read are Anthem, Black Book, Zink, Nylon, Flaunt, Swindle and Vice.

Heroes:


My Family, My Friends, Albert Einstein, Gandhi, Bono, The Dalai Lama, Mother Teresa, Martin Luther King Jr, Cesar Chavez, Mohammad Ali, Audry Hepburn, Bob Marley, Edith Head, Anthony La Molinara, Mucha, Christian Dior, and Johnny Cash.

My Blog

YEAH! Good News...Another TV show for Danielle (The Discovery Channel)!!

I’m so excited!I just got the call today from another TV Producer (I guess they lovemy work)...so as of right now (they want me to design some fashionillustrations for some celebrity for a red c...
Posted by Danielle-Designer Girl on Wed, 09 Apr 2008 10:26:00 PST

YEAH! Good News...Another TV show for Danielle (The Discovery Channel)!!

I’m so excited!I just got the call today from another TV Producer (I guess they lovemy work)...so as of right now (they want me to design some fashionillustrations for some celebrity for a red c...
Posted by Danielle-Designer Girl on Wed, 09 Apr 2008 10:26:00 PST

I will be in New York or Italy (during July 8th-July 14th)

My work is giving us a week off during the summer (around the 4th of July)...so I have decided to take a real vacation...so I will be going to either NY or Italy from July 7th-July 14th (mainly becaus...
Posted by Danielle-Designer Girl on Fri, 04 Apr 2008 10:00:00 PST

Happy Easter, Passover, Good Friday and Saint Pattys Day

I just want to wish you all a very happy holiday season. I’m usually on top this...but I’m just in total disarray this year!  I guess, I’m just not used to all these holidays co...
Posted by Danielle-Designer Girl on Sun, 23 Mar 2008 09:31:00 PST

Just wanting show you guys some love:-)

Here are the nominees for cutest picture of the year...it's a tough one this year!Just wanting show you guys some love:-) XOXODanielle...
Posted by Danielle-Designer Girl on Tue, 11 Mar 2008 11:45:00 PST

Dear God....(back in my crazy days)!

This is insane shit.... we use to do so many crazy videos back in film shool (I think this was for video for my ex-roomate Christina's film class)...I just found out the other day she put on youtube.....
Posted by Danielle-Designer Girl on Tue, 26 Feb 2008 12:47:00 PST

How to make an entrance when your not invited!

Without a doubt my favorite disney villian...she was such an evil bitch (god I loved her)! ...
Posted by Danielle-Designer Girl on Tue, 26 Feb 2008 12:36:00 PST

My TV Show Airs Again Sunday March 16th 12:00pm ET

To those of you who didn't get to see it the first week it aired onthe WE Network...here is a second chance to see my TV Show: it'scalled "Unforgettable Celebrity Wedding Gowns". It will air again onS...
Posted by Danielle-Designer Girl on Mon, 25 Feb 2008 12:28:00 PST

REMINDER: My TV Show Airs Feb 11th at 10pm on WE network!

REMINDER...my show that I did illustrations for is called "UnforgettableCelebrity Wedding Dresses" and its airing on WE at 10pm on February11th (it's the same channelBridezilla's is on)....here is the...
Posted by Danielle-Designer Girl on Mon, 21 Jan 2008 07:34:00 PST

Final Celebrity Wedding Illustrations for the WE Network

For those of you that don't know...I was asked to do Celebrity WeddingIllustrations for the WE Network (A.K.A The Women's EntertainmentNetwork). They wanted these illustrations to look like highfashio...
Posted by Danielle-Designer Girl on Sun, 30 Dec 2007 12:57:00 PST