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Silk Painting Groom’s Vest

September 10, 2013 By Chie

Here is the silk painted grooms vest I just finished sewing.

Sorry for using a woman’s foam body for display, but I don’t think the groom will mind.

Chie painted these beautiful flowers on this vest and I stitched it. I really enjoyed this collaboration with her 🙂

Silk satin fabric would be too soft for the vest, so I went with silk shantung. This vest is set to match with the floral silk painting dress perfectly!

シルクペイントのベストです！新郎用。縫い終わりました！Chieさんがペイントし、わたしが縫製したものです。同じくシルクペイントされたドレスとの組み合わせは完璧ですね！

More Rina’s posts….
– Wedding Project Progress: Dress Shirt Completed
– Dress for Jazz Concert
– The Process of Making Wedding Dress
– Book Review: Over 100 Years of Style by Decade and Designer, in Association with Vogue
– Handmade Dog Cllothes

I’m moving in two weeks! In order to reduce the current stock before I move, I am running a huge sale – 70% off of everything that is ready-to-ship. I am still accepting custom orders, and they will be delivered without delay (1-3 weeks of turn around time, depending on the item). The code is MOVING70 at check out. Take a look here! if you are unsure about which items are ready-to-ship and which are made-to-order, please feel free to contact me at vivatveritasshop@gmail.com.

P.S. All the 70% off items can be viewed here.

Meet Taren of Oslo & Alfred

September 5, 2013 By Chie

I met Taren back in 2011 at the Etsy Event, LOVE handmade in Ginza. I was having a booth there and Taren stopped by with her friends. We started to talk, and it turned out that we both have the same age child. From then on, we slowly started hanging out more, even involving our husbands and sometimes kids. Taren is the owner of Oslo & Alfred, a shop full of lovely illustrations. For my SS2013 collection, I asked Taren if she would like to collaborate to create a dress, her creating the fabric design and me making a dress using it. I had a chance to ask her the inspiration behind the design and show you her work space pictures. Here is Taren!

~ I designed the Oslo & Alfred Feather fabric with cute dresses and skirts in mind. The image of soft feathers on a skirt came to me one night while I was getting ready for bed. I get so many ideas when I am not expecting them. I feel blessed to have these ideas and pictures pop up in my mind. It validates my desire to work in a creative field. Because of my faith as a Christ follower, I thank God for the new ideas that seem to come to me effortlessly. He has provided the opportunity for me to pursue what I love and I am incredibly grateful. Designing fabric and textiles has been a wonderful way to express myself. Then to have Vivat Veritas complete the vision by making an adorable dress is like seeing your dreams become a reality. I am blessed by our collaboration and I hope we can continue to make stylish contributions to all the fashionistas out there! ~