The lovely Kelsey brought me her mom's wedding dress to see what I could do. It had (of course) a high Victorian neckline and long prairie sleeves, but also a heavy overskirt in yards and yards of synthetic stretch knit. An ominous tag inside the dress informed us that it was "highly flammable when washed" (!). This project was truly a process of subtraction, editing away the neck and sleeves, re-appliquéing some of the lace around a new scoop neckline and along the shoulders. To refashion the skirt, I made a new skirt layer out of ivory silk organza, which preserves some of the dress's original drama but at one tenth the weight. The synthetic stretch knit was permanently retired--hopefully to the same place where pet rocks, shag carpet and The Hustle went.
Thursday, 26 March 2009
Less is more...
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- More pics of Serah and her smashing orange gown.
- Angie just sent me these beautiful bridge-in-the-background pictures of her Brooklyn wedd
- One of the best parts about my job is that I get to meet incredible women, many of whom b
- Bits of a vintage silk organza gown have a new life in store...
- Summer is upon us, and all those real-live, honest-to-goodness weddings are truly and tot
- These watercolor blues and greens seem just right for sunny/stormy April. Flower and leaf
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