Monday morning has passed through from afternoon to evening and I treat myself to T&T...an abbreviation of tea and toast, a daily essential either for morning, evening or both.
An essential wardrobe ingredient has to be the Little Black Dress affectionately christened the LBD. I shall refer to it as the latter in this post so I can keep the space for photographs!
I have to admit to having more than 1 LBD, which gives me a great idea for sharing them all with you in another post. I have 3 from the 1950's which were given to me, but I must stop there and save these stories for another day.
This evening I would like to share the story of the ugly duckling dress from flat to fab...
I came across this dress at at vintage fair in the Red Barn Gallery in Belfast. It was £10, 2 sizes too big and a left over from the late 1980's. My mind immediately began to tick with the possibility of a complete 're-vamp' as the phrase would have been back then. Today it is re-fashioning, customising, up-cycling. I like to call it 'Crafted Couture'. Time and patience.
An essential wardrobe ingredient has to be the Little Black Dress affectionately christened the LBD. I shall refer to it as the latter in this post so I can keep the space for photographs!
The iconic Audrey Hepburn in 'Breakfast at Tiffany's' wearing her LBD designed by Hubert Givenchy.
I have to admit to having more than 1 LBD, which gives me a great idea for sharing them all with you in another post. I have 3 from the 1950's which were given to me, but I must stop there and save these stories for another day.
This evening I would like to share the story of the ugly duckling dress from flat to fab...
I came across this dress at at vintage fair in the Red Barn Gallery in Belfast. It was £10, 2 sizes too big and a left over from the late 1980's. My mind immediately began to tick with the possibility of a complete 're-vamp' as the phrase would have been back then. Today it is re-fashioning, customising, up-cycling. I like to call it 'Crafted Couture'. Time and patience.
The taffeta puffed skirt lacked 'oooph!'
Off with its head!
The halter style neck band gets the chop. The new bodice shaping gets marked with pins.
Handstitching in the new lining.
The original dress was not lined at the back as it was stretchy. I made it non stretchy by adding a fused interfacing. Boning was added to the front panels.
All dressed up with somewhere to go!
Modern but still a true classic.
Till next time...xxx
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