On a recent Saturday I walked into a comfy light-filled apartment on Rittenhouse Square filled with fashion treasures. Melissa D’Agostino Fashion Textile Design was in the house with a closet full of riches. Woo-hoo! The weekend treasure hunt was on!
Melissa D’Agostino is a young Philadelphia designer who crafts one-of-kind pieces using Shibori hand-dyeing techniques and locally sourced materials. Her dresses make any woman look heartbreakingly, traffic-stoppingly gorgeous. She also features stunning head scarves, wraps that moonlight as curve-hugging skirts, and tunics that don’t make the wearer look as if she’s wearing a slipcover. The dyes are universally flattering colors from nature. The collection, as her calling card says, is “a seasonless collection hand dyed and sewn in Philadelphia to celebrate the spirit of our client.”
Melissa’s background is in sculpture; she earned a BA in Sculptural Fine Arts from the Moore College of Art and Design. She learned to weld before she learned to sew. She’s warm and talkative, and her enthusiasm for her designs and her customers is infectious. Check out these pics from the event, check out her website at
melissadagostino.com, then try to convince me that you don‘t want one of her pieces!
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| Melissa at the Trunk Show |
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| Unknown Guest |
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