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Student pursues fashion after making clothes with grandmother

Cash's first piece she made was a flowered skirt that she made with her grandmother. The two still sew together today. Cash entered the skirt into the fashion show because she thought it would make her grandmother happy.
Cash's first piece she made was a flowered skirt that she made with her grandmother. The two still sew together today. Cash entered the skirt into the fashion show because she thought it would make her grandmother happy.

Editor’s note: This is a mini-series containing four stories leading up to the fashion show on March 20 at the L.A. Pittenger Student Center Ballroom.

Olivia Cash, a freshman majoring in fashion merchandising and apparel design, started sewing quilts with her grandmother at a young age. She eventually moved on to making dresses with the help of grandmother.

With her family’s support, Cash’s hobby has developed into a passion.

Cash started out adjusting dresses that were given to her in elementary school. She would draw any adjustments she wanted to make, then her grandmother would help her with making those changes.

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Cash gets her inspiration from everything. The idea of "taking something that has already been made and making it my own" is how her inspiration starts. She will start thinking of how it can be something else, which she still practices today. Cash is thinking of other dresses she has that she might recreate during the summer.
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Cash's first piece she made was a flowered skirt that she made with her grandmother. The two still sew together today. Cash entered the skirt into the fashion show because she thought it would make her grandmother happy.



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Along with the flowered skirt, Cash also entered a white pair of pants and a red skirt with black lace. The red skirt was a final project for her senior year of high school. The pants were a class project. "I was so nervous because I've never made pants before," Cash said.



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This will be the first fashion show in which Cash has taken part. Cash will be backstage to be sure her garments are being worn correctly. She will also be making an appearance on stage wearing the pants she made. As a three-sport athlete and cheerleader in high school, Cash doesn't like being the center of attention and is nervous about the appearance in the show. However, Cash isn't letting the nerves stop her from getting on stage. "If I didn't take this opportunity to get up there and be myself, I think I would regret it," Cash said.



Along with making clothing, Cash has made hair pieces. The left one is from a formal in junior high school when she wanted her shoes to be tied in with the dress she had. The right one was made her senior year for prom. The center of it is a brooch that she unwired and sewed to a fabric flower. Cash also sewed the birdcage material and the hair clip to the piece.



Cash recently started making jewelry. This necklace was made for her senior year prom. It is made of bracelet pieces that were put together to be long enough to wear as a necklace. Her mother suggested that she make her own jewelry because she could not find what she wanted.

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