Last weekend several cast and crew members from Camp Kickitoo attended the San Diego Black Film Festival to watch the premiere, walk the red carpet, and attend the awards ceremony. I am pleased to announce that Camp Kickitoo won the Best Comedy Award! Now I have to print out a copy of the award certificate to hang on my wall.

SDBFF Certificate Camp Kickitoo

Camp Kickitoo Cast and Crew

I dream of a musician wearing my designs someday and with BurdaStyle’s latest contest that dream could come true. BurdaStyle is teaming up with Style X to offer a design challenge to have your design worn by a musician performing at one of the largest music events in the United States! To enter, BurdaStyle members must post one fashion sketch and one mood board as a project, detailing their dream rock star fashion look. All submissions must be uploaded by February 7 at 11:59 p.m. 5-10 sketches will be chosen by BurdaStyle, BERNINA, and Style X. On February 8th, BurdaStyle will announce and contact five winners. Each winning designer will then be given the opportunity to create a one-of-a-kind look for a well-known musician featured at SXSW Music! Winners will be responsible for sourcing their fabric and notions. The winning looks will be featured on the Style X runway and editorial coverage on the BurdaStyle blog.

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Style X Design Challenge 2012

I received some awesome news this week from the directors of Camp Kickitoo, the film is officially completed. The film is being submitted to film festivals in hopes of finding a distributor. After submitting to festivals there is talk about setting up a private screening. For now I received an IMDB credit and my design featured on the movie poster!

Camp Kickitoo poster

The director shouted “That’s a wrap!” on the set of Camp Kickitoo at 2am Tuesday morning. It was a long, strenuous day of filming and sewing designs on the fly. The wedding and performance scenes were filmed at the Sky Lounge on Congress Avenue. I provided a wedding dress and performance look for the lead actress and wardrobe for several other actors. I’m really excited to see the final cut; the director is anticipating on having it completed by September to submit to some major film festivals. It will be such a thrill to see my designs on the screen and name in the end credits!

Yahel, Scene 4

Detail shot

Scene 4 Rehearsals - Behind the scenes



Five days from now I will be anticipating the phrase, “That’s a wrap!” on the set of feature film Camp Kickitoo, directed by Ric Sternberg and Mike ‘Sully’ Sullivan. Nearly two months ago I was hired on to create specialty costumes for several key characters in the film. I still have several designs to hammer out in a few days time but everything is coming together nicely. I’ve had the opportunity to work alongside Caroline Pruett (Wardrobe) for the past few weeks. Caroline has been in the industry for over 30 years. That being said I’ve learned lots of tips and the ins and outs of what it takes to be in the wardrobe department on a film set. Check out the most recent film she worked on as a key costumer “The Tree of Life” in theaters now!

Camp Kickitoo - Clapper

Camp Kickitoo Cast

Caroline Pruett and Yahel Johnson

Yahel Johnson as "Wanda"

Jessica Obilom as "Jasmine"