Sarah Crystal

Sarah Crystal's interest in textiles started at a young age, when she would use unconventional materials from around the house to make new outfits for her Barbie dolls. Since then Sarah has developed her work into both conventional and non-conventional pieces. By high school Sarah already had a strong understanding of fabrics and how to sew them into appropriate garments. In April of her sophomore year, Sarah won an award for each of her two pieces in Plano, Texas' Live Green Expo. In this recycling convention she entered a dress made of recycled vintage stained outfits into a new look. Sarah also entered a rain coat made from plastic shopping bags.

Sarah then applied and was accepted into The Galleria of Dallas's Fashion Camp. Here she spent two weeks learning from local professionals in the fashion industry and helped style a runway show for the Galleria's stores on tax free weekend. This encouraged Sarah to move to San Francisco and study textile design at the Academy of Art University. She has spent this opportunity soaking up as much information as possible to prepare her for a job in the industry. Here she has expanded into working not only on fashion fabrics, but also papers and interiors.