Showing posts with label fashion. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fashion. Show all posts

Thursday, 5 December 2013

Busy busy busy!

Been working on my college project all day from home.. and I'm literally bouncing - I'm that happy! Gotten so much done! Admittedly, it's not finished yet - there's still a crinoline overskirt and some vertebrae to make - but the belt itself is finished. Yay!

All put together..

And up close!

My handmade chains - ready to be attached to their fastenings. 

Added toggle clasps - the other end needs sewing to the side panels of the belt.

Hand stitching the join between the lining and outer fabric with invisible thread.

Enamel spray paint.. going to get messy!

Aaaand there's the mess: chains and fastenings all coated evenly.

Detail. :)

Aaaand how it all fits! Still having to hold it in place in this as the velcro panels weren't sewn in at this point.




Wednesday, 6 November 2013

Taobao Haul!

Aaaah, I'm so excited! A few months ago I made an order with taobaoring to purchase some goodies from the taobao marketplace.. and it arrived this morning! If I had to express my emotions right now, whatever words I'd come up with would be punctuated with a vast number of exclamation marks, not going to lie. It was like christmas..


Box opening time!
The star of my haul... A bull terrier tee! Words cannot express my slightly nerdy glee over this shirt. Hnnng.
A gorgeous chiffon-y shirt/dress. It's double layered - one sheer and one opaque. Needs ironing yet but it's so gorgeous and.. floaty. Very floaty.
Collar detail!
Now... I don't really know what to say about this jumper other than that I absolutely adore it. It's a wool knit with a crochet collar sewn into the hem of the jumper. 
Look how gorgeous it is!
Then there's this little sheer varsity-style jacket. Again, pretty sure it's chiffon-y - which is a fabric I've never been too fond of in the past but seem to be buying an awful lot of recently.

The text on the back - cheesy but cute!
Little peplum-style top. It's slightly short (somewhere between crop-length and normal) so I'm thinking it would be great with high waisted disco pants!
Black and gold watch. Can't believe this was 99p, holy cow.
Another little jumper - not a knit this time! Instead, this is a nice bold floral print that really reminded me of Cath Kidston's patterns. 
So pretty!
Some tights! I have something very similar to these already (without the little bows, though) but at 50p I couldn't resist.