As a child, Vandal wanted to be a dancer, and in college she majored in computer science, but came back to fashion after "gaining some logic".
"[3] Cirque du Soleil director Deborah Colker told Vandal that she wanted an evocation of the insects, not an imitation.
[4] From early 2008 to the spring of 2009, Vandal and the Cirque du Soleil team created 17 different insect costumes including a spider, a mosquito, a firefly, an ant, a butterfly, and a cockroach.
Vandal used the Cirque du Soleil laboratory to develop her own fabrics and textile for the costumes to be sure that they were elastic enough for a great deal of movement.
[5] It was important to create the insect costumes in sections with stretchy material, allowing the performers to move easily.