Alexis
Day:
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Day:
them.
I would
them
draw
ar
them.
I would
cut cut
them
out out
and and
draw
arou
bodies
paper
dolls
creat m
bodies
of of
the the
paper
dolls
and and
create
have
external
inspirations
before the the
Did Did
you you
have
any any
external
inspirations
before
dresses.
is what
started
dra
So So
that that
is what
started
me me
drawi
heading
to college,
where
envision dresses.
heading
to college,
and and
where
did did
you you
envision
imagining
dresses
a very
simple
imagining
dresses
in a in very
simple
way w
your
affinity
with
fashion
to lead
at that
time? and and
your
affinity
with
fashion
to lead
to at to that
time?
what
I thought
paper
dolls
should
be we
what
I thought
the the
paper
dolls
should
be wearin
a start,
then
w
you you
see. see.
So So
that that
was was
a start,
and and
then
when
HIStory…
HIStory…
opportunity
to come
to New
York
had had
the the
opportunity
to come
to New
York,
m
mother
came
in the
50’s,
I was
arou
mother
came
in the
50’s,
and and
I was
around
It was
movies,
what
I got
obsessive or or
It was
the the
movies,
but but
what
I got
obsessive
something
at that
time,
something
like like
that that
at that
time,
and an s
with
I can
draw.
I started
drawing
with
was was
that that
I can
draw.
I started
drawing
and and sent sent
course,
with
comi
for for
me. me.
Of Of
course,
with
me me
coming
I made
an endless
amount
of paper
dolls.
I had New
I made
an endless
amount
of paper
dolls.
I had
New
York,
I thought
I was
going
to see
York,
I thought
I was
going
to see
Ge
hundreds.
have
these
families
paper Kelly
hundreds.
I’d I’d
have
these
families
of of
paper
Kelly
running
up and
down
dancing,
da
running
up and
down
dancing,
tap tap
danci
dolls,
I would
draw
them
in every in Time
dolls,
and and
I would
draw
and and
put put
them
in every
in Time
Square.
That’s
whole
fantasy
Square.
That’s
the the
whole
fantasy.
B
dress
I could
imagine
to put
them
dress
that that
I could
imagine
to put
them
in. in.
In In I was
I was
fascinated
with
of the
shop a
so so
fascinated
with
all all
of the
shops
those
days
they
comic
books
those
days
they
had had
two two
comic
books
that that
I I what
what
people
looked
in New
York.
T
people
looked
like like
in New
York.
Then
would
would
buy. buy.
One One
was was
enrolled
to go
to school
at FIT.
When
I w
enrolled
to go
to school
at FIT.
When
I went
called
‘Patsy
called
‘Patsy
I would
draw
endless
amounts
of dr
FIT, FIT,
I would
draw
endless
amounts
of dress
Walker’ well
well
Walker’
in notebooks,
so when
I went
to the
inte
in notebooks,
so when
I went
to the
intervie
there
were
3 of
there
were
3 of
at FIT
with
of these
books
with
of
at FIT
with
all all
of these
books
with
all all
of the
them, ‘Millie
‘Millie
them,
dresses
I was
admitted
Because
m
dresses
I was
admitted
in. in.
Because
my my
moth
Model’,
The The Model’,
couldn’t
afford
to send
to full
sch
couldn’t
afford
to send
me me
to full
day day
school
‘Patsy Walker’
Walker’
‘Patsy
to work
a bus
a place
called
had had
to work
as a as bus
boy boy
at a at place
called
Ho
‘Katy
Keene’.
and and
‘Katy
Keene’.
Harden,
which
an automat
in the
and and
Harden,
which
was was
an automat
in the
60
They
were
American
They
were
American
work
there
in the
to scho
I’d I’d
work
there
in the
day day
and and
go go
to school
comic
books
were
comic
books
were
night.
However,
when
I w
night.
However,
when
I was
they
paper
they
had had
paper
school
I was
s
school
I was
in in
scho
dolls
dolls
in in
with
some
very
tal
with
some
very
talent
students.
of
students.
One One
of the
happen
to be
happen
to be,
a
later becam
bec
later
famous,
St
famous,
Steph
B u B r u r o r r w o
and and the
was was