Former Fanshawe student designs and creates a look for Christina Aguilera

Aisha Javaid INTERROBANG

Sebastian Taborda Guarin, a Fanshawe fashion design graduate (class of 2014), and current creative director and designer at Atelier Guarin, has designed and constructed looks for Christina Aguilera.

“I am a designer of Colombian background, and I had been talking to her stylist about the possibility of creating a look for her. I wanted to take part in this new musical era she was starting, as this is her comeback into Latin music after 20 years. After a little back and forth, the opportunity finally came at the last minute, one day in November.”

Guarin explained the quick turnaround of the project.

“I only had 24 hours to complete the look and get it to Vegas overnight for a Friday morning delivery,” he said. “I was able to design and create a leather look consisting of a jacket with a corset hook closure at the front, with hand beaded and sequined sleeves with a raised shoulder, and hand beaded, rosaries dangling at the sleeve cuffs. The look was inspired by a