Bridal Dress

One of my first modules when I started in second year  in HND Fashion Technology was Bridal.
In this module, I learned to extend a bodice into a dress, and tailor fit the pattern to a dummy.
This required me to think in 3D and 2D at the same time

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I went for a simple rock star looking dress with a deep V neck, I love cat suits, and that was the idea I was looking to do but in a dress form, I wanted to keep it fun!
so added an extra flare at the bottom with a nice bit of toile with flowers attached I also cut out flowers very delicately and put it all around the garment to give it the feel of blossoms following from a tree.

close up at home of the dress - and a photo of it being displayed at our campus display.

This is the garment before it was made up, cut out and sewn together in Satin, and the lining is the same but bagged out.  (sewn right side to right side and turned inside out.   The hard part to sew up was the sleeves but alot of the issues I had were sorted when I could visualise what I needed to do.

I'm still new to this and if you'd like me to go into any details of pattern cutting or anything else please let me know!  

A noobs advice to starting an etsy

it's always been something I've suggested to people looking to start up selling their art/fashion wear.
Actually starting one yourself is pretty nerve-racking at least for me it has been.
But I've gone ahead and made one anyway
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There is a lot to take into consideration



So far here are some tips for starting an Etsy from first-hand experience:

• Find yourself a nice background, make a background for taking photos on for your products.
• for already considered pricing of garments                                                                                     (material x time x training = don't undersell yourself)
• Take photos of the garment from all angles, and a photo of someone in the garment.
• Make a logo (which I'm working on at the moment)
• Pricing for shipping:   This is important.

My adventures into making kimono's

When I was a small kid, probably around 5 I got a collection of barbies from around the world, and my favorite one was by far the Japanese one.   This was a few years before I had even got into anime.

World fashion, in general, is something that still interests me today.

The first kimono I ever made myself was for Rai con
(an anime/comic book convention in Glasgow, UK) I think it must have been about 2016
I was really happy with it but like a lot of "cosplays"
I use that term loosely for me cause I'm not as active as I'd like to be.

I left a lot of it till last minute and used my friend's really tiny sewing machine (thankfully I have 2 trusty well-working machines now.


It was the best feeling ever!  even if it was my first kimono and not exactly that well made, I loved the sleeves and because I closed the outer side I used it to put my phone and money and what not in (very practical!)


This is definitely something I am going to re-visit in the future since I've made a bit more experience making kimonos since then!

I went for a one on one class with the lovely Jennie Lööf in April of this year
she helped me make my kimono pattern, and I have since then made 4 kimonos and am looking to make more before the month is over!

The first kimono I made (I did in calico, but I made a mistake I accidentally cut out the front and the back together), but what I did to fix this was added a patch of fabric onto the back in the shape that had been cut out and I love how it works!)

An accident turns into something I can really use to make the kimonos that little bit different.

I was happy with my first step towards the making, as I just went for it, and even though the mistakes, I managed to sort them and come up with new ideas for the kimono!

























I am starting up my Etsy shop today, and having some garments being made to order as well.

Latex Workshop berlin (more photos of the garment to come after it's been properly cleaned)

Been back a couple of weeks now,
I had a great time
when I was away I did a course with LatexWorkShops
The organizer was so lovely and very damn patient.

We started at half 8, doing some examples of how to bond latex, straight, on curves and doing ruffles.
How to add buttons and how to fix patches.


Then I got to make my very own paneled dress, for that I made my own pattern and then went to marking it up on the latex and cutting it out.


Once I had done that it was a case of cleaning the seams I needed to glue, this was interesting because on normal garments you always put things right sides together but with latex garments your places wrong side to right side because you see the seam on the outside and it lays flat.

then waiting till that was dry (which is important)  then applying glue to those clean edges then letting them dry till tacky then attaching all your pieces together.


I do not recommend having long nails for this at all (I'm never usually one to have long nails but I just sorta let them grow up and I found attaching the garment together hard till I cut them with scissors cause you really need to be able to feel the garment more than look at it when binding it together.

It took me a whole day to make this beauty (with help)
But I finally made it, had a well-deserved pizza and chill afterward.


Now I'm on the hunt for sheets of latex to buy!
so I can make more things
Can't wait to make more latex things!!

Finally! gonna make my London post June 2017 Part 4: Visiting the V&A

When we first came into the V&A, we were met with this beautiful sculpture

Milana and the butts!

the "oh you" statue

Modern Japanese clothes, it was great to see some Lolita chords in the V&A Gallery.

I really like the Japanese Avante-Garde 

Chinese section!

I really like the stitch detail on this garment.

 Me trying to be a statue.

 it's so fluffy!

 An Eastern Section!

with a giant rug!

this funky looking person!

Some beautiful instruments! 

This lovely dress

 This looks like a funky wizard hat.

Some great garments outside the Balenciaga exhibit.

Finally! gonna make my London post June 2017 Part 3: Balenciaga: Shaping Fashion

                                             I thought this was one of the most unusual garments I've ever seen and a                                               great start to the exhibit.

                                                       Shape of the dress, and x-ray diagram.

                                                     we got to try on one of the creations

Upstairs was work inspired by Balenciaga

 Kind of reminded me of the star trek uniform 

 This looks so comfy!