happy halloween! it is every fashion-lover's favorite holiday, a chance to dress just as crazy as you'd like without anyone thinking twice! it also happens to be the last day of october, and time for me to post some of my October Inspiration!
dark romance, gothic details, smokey eyes, haunting images and lots of mystery.....
i finally got around to taking some photos of a few of my recent projects. the first dress is a dress i designed for my Sustainable Fashion class in school - my goal was to create a convertible dress that was something classic and cute enough that people would actually wear it. I feel like most convertible clothing is more novelty clothing than actual wearable fashion, and i wanted to create something that was timeless, neutral enough in color and style that it could withstand several seasons, but still cute enough that it isn't boring. I ended up making this Little Black Dress out of linen. it has 4 drawstrings running at different heights so it can be made into an empire waist, a high-waist, a drop waist or a bubble hem. Or, of course, you can play around with pulling more than one drawstring at a time! I'm excited with how it came out, although there are a few things i'd change if i made it again - maybe add a little length, and some cap sleeves!
i've been pretty busy sewing custom skirts and school projects lately, but i finally got a chance to make myself a skirt the other day! i made it out of some great black and white gingham check cotton. i absolutely love it! this is a pretty awful photo (thanks photobooth) but i promise some better photos of this, and other recent projects, are coming soon!
also! i have more of this fabric, enough to make at least one more skirt! feel free to comment, email me (birdbaths@gmail.com) or message me on my etsy if you'd like to talk about custom ordering one!
the other night i attended a lovely housewarming party for my (absolutely gorgeous) friend Reba. little did i know that among the beautiful, perfectly-dressed-and-groomed guests i would meet that night (seriously one of the best-looking groups of people i've witnessed), one of them would be Interweb/San Francisco royalty, miss Zana Bayne. I've admired Zana's impeccable personal style, clothing taste and art projects through various websites for a while, and have been following her blog Garbage Dress religiously since she started keeping it a few months ago. Not only does she have an amazing, refreshing perspective of the current fashion-meets-art world, she's also super friendly and totally amazing in person. it's always exciting to realize people are even better in "real life" than they are in pixel form!
here are some photos i've grabbed from Zana's blog from the night of the party:
magazine lovers, rejoice! issue 7 of lula magazine will be hitting US newsstands a week from today on September 8th! The arrival of Lula on bookstore shelves only happens 4 times a year and is something i look forward to like a day at Disneyland. if you haven't discovered Lula yet, do yourself a favor and splurge on the $20 magazine - with its large format, thick glossy pages, beautiful fonts and layouts, amazing articles and gorgeous lolita dreamland imagery, it is worth every penny, and without a doubt my favorite magazine in publication. plus, this issue has 2 absolutely gorgeous covers to chose from! here are a few preview shots i snagged from the moldy doily, these scans make me so so excited for fall, for orange pumpkins and grey skies and purple wooly tights and warm cups of tea, oh my!
COVER #1;
COVER #2:
