Regine Bechtler, innovative Peace Jacket designer, recently embarked on a short but thrilling European excursion. There she found herself in Bilbao at the world famous Guggenheim Museum, gathering ideas and inspiration for her upcoming projects and her new collection.
Regine Bechtler is the ultimate creator. Infusing art, history, fashion,and design – each creation fascinating, unique, and packing its own marvelous story – Bechtler begets inspiration across artistic manifestos. You can view the PDF article here:
Regine Bechtler, sporting a new peace jacket, recently had the pleasure of attending a sculpting class at the Penland School of Crafts that was hosted by the very gifted Cristina Cordova. Ms. Cordova, originally from Puerto Rico, specializes in incredibly expressive human sculptures. In the span of only a few hours, Ms. Cordova transformed a dull lump of clay into an incredibly realistic human figure, seemingly caught in mid-motion.
Not only does she reveal the hidden potential for a soul in an utterly inanimate thing, but Ms. Cordova is also a fabulous cook! The workshop participators were treated to an exquisite taste of Puerto Rican cuisine for lunch.
The whole experience of this workshop was an absolute delight that Regine highly recommends for any artist who takes inspiration from the complexity and beauty that makes the human figure so aesthetically pleasing.
Chicquetta S. President (right), Author of “Pump Power Perpetual & Posh” has written a coffee table book featuring women in Charlotte and surrounding areas. One of the women in the book is Regine Bechtler (left) pictured here wearing one of her military style Peace Jackets posing with the author at OSSO restaurant & Lounge. You can read the excerpt here. There were many others present at OSSO showing their support for Charlotte Fashion Week and the release of the third issue of Four Magazine which Regine is featured in an article. Download the article here. Chicquetta’s book is to be available for purchase during Charlotte Fashion Week. You can Pre-order your copy of her book at www.ipumppower.com to read about how these women became successful, their survival stories, and suggestions they would give other women pursuing their dreams.
Later in the evening, Rita Miles with Charlotte Seen introduced Regine to show off the Military style Peace Jacket that she was wearing. You can see more pictures from the evening in the gallery below.
Look of the Week: The Roaring Twenties–Time for Peace? Time to Party!
It has often been said that history’s most enduring fashion trends always have a tendency to be revived in later decades. This certainly holds true for the Europe’s latest fashion craze for scintillating sequins, long ropes of pearls, feather fascinators, cute cloche hats, and playful fringes sewn onto short hem-lines. In other words, the roaring twenties are making a huge come-back.
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