You know, I'm kinda torn. Because I know everyone's got to start somewhere, and probably she didn't start sewing until she got to college.
However.
I didn't start sewing until I was in college, either. I was 19 when I really started making my own clothes, and 22 when I made:
this dress, which I designed, drafted, cut, and sewed, using photos of real, early 1880s fashions for reference.
A BIG part of the reason that I have not really pursued creating a "line" is because I am a terrible perfectionist, and could not see myself turning out 50 not-so-great sundresses at a whack when I can do just one really special item and have it be exactly the way I want it to be.
And you know, there's nothing wrong with being a designer who can't sew. Dior couldn't sew. Worth couldn't sew. Apparently Barbar Hulanicki's early work sucked this bad. However, if you aren't good at something, especially something so fundamental to marketing your work as good workmanship is, it is essential that you partner up with somebody who has the skills you lack. I know in my case, I've done toile work for designers before who could design, but couldn't draft or sew well. They had the marketing chops that I lack, whereas I had the handicraft end tied down.
I know if I were a buyer looking at her "collection," I'd roll my eyes so hard they'd fall out of my head. She really should have asked one of her friends who had a good hand with a sewing machine and a pair of shears to help her get this stuff together. In theory the blazer's kind of cute, but it just doesn't look that good on a living human body.