Custom Wedding Dress & Kimono Upcycled Clothes | オーダーメイドウェディングドレス&着物ドレス
I find a lot of sewing inspiration from the new Papercup lookbook. My absolute favorite is the top left, I think the picture is really cute.
Tie front, ruffled camisole, scalloped hem and white & black combination. I think each pattern they use is pretty simple, but they have a great fabric choice and details. By the way, those pumps with big hearts are super cute!
All images via Swonderful boutique flickr.
I’ve printed and cut out JJ blouse pattern from BurdaStyle a long time ago. Probably more than two years ago, but I hadn’t had a chance to try the pattern until yesterday. Perhaps because I’m not really a blouse or shirt person, I don’t think I look good in them. I barely wear a button up shirt unless I’m meeting a client at work. Also I had not tried the pattern until now because I was intimidated by the button holes and sleeves and collar when I first started sewing.
But I wanted to try something new, and decided to pull out JJ from my pattern book.
I really enjoyed sewing this blouse, it really wasn’t as bad as I expected! I used my favorite crab print I got from Tomato (also seen here). The only thing I did differently with this pattern was to omit the ruffles. My husband hates ruffles, so I decided not to scare him with three rows of ruffles. Overall, I think JJ is a great pattern, and I’m already making some modified version of JJ – It’s coming soon! Oh by the way, the pattern is FREE at BurdaStyle.
To celebrate my husband’s birthday, we dined at a restaurant in Nishi Azabu, Tokyo, called Furutoshi. I found this nice small restaurant through this blog, Tokyo Eater. The restaurant had a quiet atmosphere, it was a perfect place to eat out after all the hassle with my family last week (my grandmother passed away). We ordered a course called, “Dolce Vita Fize”, which came with a soup, 12 different small appetizers, appetizer pasta, main dish of your choice, desert and coffee. The portion was just right, not too much or not too small and we really had a great time. On the way to the station, we found this camel wall art that I had to take pictures of.. 🙂
Wearing:
Vintage dress, thrifted in Philly and hemmed, made this skirt with left over fabric.
Bally bag
Payless booties
Faux leather jacket and
lace socks (bought in Japan for 3 bucks)
