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Barcelona is a Feast of Modernity Laura and I managed to sneak a whirlwind tour of three European cities in May: Rome, Bingen am Rhein, and Barcelona. This post shares a few snapshots and perspectives from our Barcelona visit. I studied Spanish while in high school and college, and during this time my family hosted […]

I call this the Goddess Dress… with good reason, don’t you think? Silk chiffon, Matelasse, and exquisite ribbon.  More Tucson Fashion Week runway photos by the incomparable Ali Megan to follow. The model is from the Ford Agency in Phoenix. Snapshot from the seated area, below.

Casey Dewey writes in the Tucson Fashion Week #TFW2013 issue:  “…Laura Tanzer, a designer who creates fashions described as “chic, sustainable and geared toward a real sophisticated woman.” Tanzer might be the definition of sophistication. Meeting her on a breezy Friday afternoon at Epic Cafe, I felt like I was in the gaze of a […]

This dress represents my love of combining luscious fabrics with digital prints and beautiful design. In order to create this design I took this lovely luscious matelasse in black and gray to create a form fitting asymmetrical body for the dress.  I combined it with my digital prints of misty soft grays, greens, blues on chiffon, […]

I have decided to blog about my art and my craft as a designer of fashion in a modern world. The art is the stuff I invent. The craft is interesting because it is the process, the engineering if you will, and all of the factors that help me take an idea to completion. Award […]

Tucson Fashion Week 2013, sponsored by Mercedes-Benz of Tucson, is featured in the September 2013 issue of Tucson Lifestyle.  Laura Tanzer designs appear on pages 80 and 88.

Here’s a behind the scenes snapshot of fashion designer Laura Tanzer at a photo shoot for upcoming Tucson Model Magazine Sept/Oct issue.