Mari Santos is an indie designer from Toronto who does wonders with X-large t-shirts. According to her interview with DIYThing she is inspired by just about everything around her, and her favourite conversations usually involve her 3 year old sister, interesting…She is also working for Urban Outfitters, she will be customizing sweaters for their Urban Renewal Artist Customized Project. As you can see, her final work is more detailed compared to the giant tees, from fun day dress, to a dress with straps, and also strapless night-out dress.

Maria also has ‘The Paper Doll Project’ which is an Art DVD collaboration between her and her good friend, film maker Shaila Khan. “It’s a bit of a critique on feminist theory in interpretive video montage form. We made “electronic paper dolls” that when dressed/undressed would lead to a video sequence that sort of explained why the doll was ‘fashioned’ the way she was. One particular doll, the “Supermom” critiqued the expectations of women during pregnancy, and used “Modern Girls and Old Fashioned Men” by the Strokes featuring Regina Spektor as its soundtrack. That clip can be found here: www.vimeo.com/

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