Alexander Diesner
fashion design
Arizona State university
Specialisms: Formal/Couture / Textiles - Knit / Sustainable Fashion/Textiles
Location: Flagstaff, United States
Alexander Diesner
First Name: Alexander
Last Name: Diesner
Specialisms: Formal/Couture / Textiles - Knit / Sustainable Fashion/Textiles
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My Location: Flagstaff, United States
University / College: Arizona State university
Course / Program Title: fashion design
About
Alexander Scott was born and raised in Carson City, Nevada. Having a strong, keen interest in fashion at a young age, Alexander has had a strong connection to fashion his entire life. Channeling this initial love for fashion into a full-fledged learning experience his senior year of high school, Alexander learned how to sew and draft patterns from scratch. After graduating, Alexander and his family relocated to Tucson, where he continued exploring fashion as not only his career, but his passion. Transferring to Arizona State University, he graduated with a BA in Fashion Design with a minor in Sustainability, blending science and artistry seamlessly. During his time at ASU, he completed and showcased two collections (Last Call 2024, Decomposing Memories 2025), an internship with designer Christian Siriano, and had the opportunity to design a custom gown for the 78th Annual Tony Awards, which was then seen in Women’s Wear Daily. Through utilizing zero-waste techniques, fully-fashion knitwear, and couture embellishments, Alexander’s goal is to create unique, one-of-a-kind evening wear that has no lasting impact n the planet.
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Decomposing Memories is a couture womenswear collection that whispers the story of a spirit lingering beside her living loved ones—a meditation on how memory withers, fading into quiet darkness. Rooted in traditional couture techniques, corsetry, and fully fashioned knitwear, the collection traces the delicate unraveling of both body and spirit. It begins at the fragile moment of the final breath, moves through the haunting beauty of decay, and closes as the spirit, now at peace, embraces those left behind—beginning the cycle anew. Mavis, Wilt, and Beth embody the spirit’s memory through the metaphor of a rose in decline—once lush and vibrant, now surrendering to time’s quiet erosion. Mavis captures the freshly cut white rose, symbolizing the innocence of young love. Wilt reveals the bloom as it begins to bow its head, petals drying and becoming brittle. Beth holds the moment when petals fold inward, their final form shaped by fragility. Apparition drifts like a forgotten spirit—tethered between worlds, half-faded and half-remembered, a trace of what once bloomed that drifts at the edges of sight. Flesh, Decay, and Remains follow the body’s slow disintegration—flesh collapsing into shadow, skin peeling like paper-thin petals, bone emerging as the last architecture of the self. Passage and Angeline frame the collection as its bookends. Passage captures the shift from life into death—the coat a familiar, enveloping warmth, opening to reveal the soul’s release. Angeline is a gentle surrender, angelic and serene—the light at the tunnel’s end, the quiet grace of acceptance. Memorial stands apart—a forgotten gravesite softened by moss and ivy, statuesque yet tender, where nature reclaims what has been left behind. Created as part of my Sustainable World course, it embodies how fully fashioned knitwear can reduce waste through deliberate design. Made on a Brother KH230 bulky knitting machine with ribber attachment, each stitch reflects intention, patience, and a reverence for craft. The four narratives of decay—memory, body, spirit, and earth—intertwine like roots beneath the soil, completing the inevitable cycle of life and death. The rose carries the beauty of remembrance; the remains bear witness to nature’s quiet truth: that all things, no matter how cherished, will one day return to the earth.
Competitions
Global Creative Graduate Showcase 2025
Last Call is my junior collection at ASUFIDM. Last Call explores addiction, depression, anxiety, and suicidal thoughts, and the eventual overcoming of these extreme feelings. This collection tells the story of a woman who is suffering from alcoholism, and is meant to be a representation of the moment she decides to overcome her addiction, and change her life for the better. Although this collection was created my junior year, I was able to present the entire 8 look collection as part of my school's annual fashion show, Uncertainty, where it ultimately closed the show. This collection opened many new doors for me, as I was able to obtain an internship as a design intern at Christian Siriano's studio in New York, which was my first time ever in the city. I also recreated the finale gown for this collection for Colleen Jennings-Roggensack for the 78th annual Tony Awards, which she wore on the red carpet, and was then seen in an article on Women's Wear Daily.
Sempiternal is a collection I developed my freshman year at ASU. In August 2021, I enrolled at ASU for their fashion program. A few months before starting, my grandmother passed away. Although this was not my first experience with death, this was the first death I had ever experienced of someone I had known my entire life. A few weeks before starting at ASU, my beloved cat, Molly, passed away. Previously, school was something I had always struggled with. I was never a good student. I knew going to ASU, however, was going to be my last chance to pursue a fashion education, and I had to hit the ground running. I channeled the emotions I was feeling into a collection inspired by Bring Me The Horizon's album, Sempiternal, which dealt heavily with the theme of death. This project was done over the course of three classes: design 1, design 2, and fashion technology, and utilized the skills I had both learned and taught myself prior to enrolling at ASU.
FSH300: global fashion industry: Christian siriano
This project was done for FSH300: Global Fashion Industry, a class focused on supply chain management and garment production, with a creative edge. The project was a semester long learning experience where we chose a brand and went through the different production stages. My brand choice was Christian Siriano, as I had just returned from my internship experience. A large portion of the assignment was to develop two different collections for two different seasons totaling 20 individual pieces. This included creating tech packs, merchandising sheets, and a timeline, as well as planning out the production cycle. All technical flats were created by me in Adobe Illustrator, either as original designs or as studies on more complex designs, some reused from previous projects For the Fall Winter 2025 season, the collection builds off of the Spring Summer 2025 collection, following the enchanted forest being frozen over. The collection will feature crystalline beadwork reminiscent of icicles gleaming in the sun, frosty blues and shimmering silvers reminiscent of the cold winter air, and rich forest greens ombre dyed into a rich brown, signaling the start of the change of seasons. For Spring Summer 2026, we’re taking inspiration from the Alnwick Gardens Poison Garden. Dark beauty is the theme of the collection, featuring custom laces reminiscent of poison ivy and deadly nightshade. Rich shades of green paired with rich hues of violets and limes are the primary colors of the collection, with black accents creating a sense of dread.