It was an Official Selection to both the Sunscreen Film Festival and Love Your Shorts Film Festival in 2018. It is now available in its entirety online and I'm happy to share it with you here.
Movie Poster for Eugene Alexander: The Fashion of Eugene Stutzman
Whitney Houston is memorialized in a Life magazine cover wearing a Eugene Alexander dress. Original photoshoot for Time magazine in 1986.
The design that started it all: the water lily jacket, by Eugene Alexander in 1982.
The film reveals the lasting impact of the couture dresses created by the fashion design team of Eugene Stutzman and Alexander Wallace in the 1980s and 1990s. Framed by a fashion show fundraiser for The Goshen Theater in Goshen, Ind. on September 23, 2017, the film explores Mennonite fashion designer Eugene Stutzman’s experiences dressing Hollywood customers, his dressmaking inventions used in his factory in Sarasota, Fla., his endeavors after leaving the fashion industry, and how his dresses have a second life through the Eugene Alexander Hope Foundation.
A singer interrupts a wedding procession in a scene of the 2017 fashion show at Goshen Theater in Goshen, IN.
Eugene, surrounded by the show’s models, receives a standing ovation after his fashion show at Goshen Theater in Goshen, IN
2018 Eugene Alexander Exhibit at Goshen College’s Abner Hershberger Art Gallery
Stutzman stepped beyond the constraints of Mennonite and Amish convention while also drawing upon that tradition for both his style aesthetic and manufacturing choices. DutchCrafters believes in the value of quality craftsmanship and authenticity with the customer. DutchCrafters was founded on these Mennonite and Amish values; just as the fashion of Eugene Alexander continues to hold its value decades after creation, Amish furniture is built with a longevity that makes it a family heirloom. Jim Miller at DutchCrafters Amish Furniture saw the connection between Stutzman’s choices and the DutchCrafters brand and made it possible for Stutzman’s story to be told. We also think it’s just a great story. Please enjoy.
In June of 2023, Goessel selected my logo design to serve as the new city logo moving forward! After spending my formative childhood years in the community, it means a lot to know I'll have a place in its future as well.
In the 2010s, MEDA's Sarasota Network Hub leveraged connections in Havana, Cuba, to lead educational tours in Cuba. I had the opportunity to travel on this tour in 2018 in order to produce this video and promote further tours to Cuba.
How do you show potential customers what the shopping experience is like at your business? Ask a customer to tell them herself! In this testimonial video, Meegan of Meegan Jowdy Interior Design discusses the ways DutchCrafters fit her needs and delivered for her client.
What is Poly Furniture? Learn all about it in this 1-minute animation video I produced for DutchCrafters Amish furniture. This video served as an introduction to poly furniture and an informative video
In June of 2023, Goessel selected my logo design to serve as the new city logo moving forward! After spending my formative childhood years in the community, it means a lot to know I'll have a place in its future as well.
I was invited to lead an inter-team task force to develop a recommendation to update and improve the Shop the Look section of dutchcrafters.com. We completed the task ahead of schedule and with buy-in from every relevant team.
One of the highlights of my employment at JMX Brands was the opportunity to design a logo and full visual identity for the new brand Eco Friendly Digs.
Working with developers and a marketing team, I designed the new DutchCrafters home page and header, with an eye on making it both engaging for visitors and optimized for search engines.
In the 2010s, MEDA's Sarasota Network Hub leveraged connections in Havana, Cuba, to lead educational tours in Cuba. I had the opportunity to travel on this tour in 2018 in order to produce this video and promote further tours to Cuba.
How do you show potential customers what the shopping experience is like at your business? Ask a customer to tell them herself! In this testimonial video, Meegan of Meegan Jowdy Interior Design discusses the ways DutchCrafters fit her needs and delivered for her client.
What is Poly Furniture? Learn all about it in this 1-minute animation video I produced for DutchCrafters Amish furniture. This video served as an introduction to poly furniture and an informative video
My teammate Beth and I wrote the script to the Ultimate Guide to Furniture Styles, an extremely popular educational video on YouTube and on our website, dutchcrafters.com.
I took these photos over the past 5 years or so for clients, family, and personal use. All photos taken on my Sony a6300 mirrorless camera.
I took these photos over the course of 4 years in central Florida and at Niagara Falls. All photos taken on my Sony a6300 mirrorless camera.
