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SS13 Leaf Print Dress in Collaboration with Oslo and Alfred

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 Leaf print dress (also via etsy)

New item in the shop! This dress is from Vivat Veritas SS13 collection, which was shot in March. The dress was made in collaboration to Taren S. Black of Oslo and Alfred. She is an illustrator based in Tokyo, Japan. We first met at the etsy event about year and a half ago. I incorporated her pendants in the AW12 collection shoot, and I loved how it turned out. I heard that she was designing print fabric, I could not resist asking her to collaborate with me. So, we turned one of her prints into a dress!

Oslo and Alfred Fabric copy

The dress is made to order, and the colors are available in orange and yellow. The orange one will have solid orange piping on seam lines, and the green one will have solid green piping. There is a cut out/peep hole drtail in the midriff area, but it can be made without the cut out as well. 
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Photos by Alyssa Valcourt
Model: Samantha Mariko

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Made:: Mint Peplum Top

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lingerie elastics mintI love buying small things during my travels to remind myself of the place I visited (we all get souvenirs, right). While I was in NY in February, I met up with Sonja of Ginger Makes at Garment District (more update later on our meetup!). I didn’t buy a lot, but one of the things I bought was one yard of this mint green cotton. The fabric is very soft. It feels like a gauze fabric. I also bought the same color elastic, hoping to launch into making lingerie.

Recently I have been busy making clothes for the customers and just did not have enough time to make things for myself. Then I realized whenever I went out, I am wearing some clothes that I either thrifted or bought at forever 21, which is okay, but I get asked why I don’t wear what I make. I needed to update my own wardrobe to better represent my brand.

I only had one yard of this fabric, so what I could make was limited. I wanted to make a long flowy dress, but I didn’t have enough fabric. So, I used the same pattern as this dress, just added a peplum below the waist band.

mint top1 mint top2 mint top3And guess who took these photos….mint top collageChieSignature{find me elsewhere: shop, facebook, etsy, twitter, pinterest}

 

 

DIY:: Linen Yarn Plant Holder

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window and anemone copyI love having plants and flowers in the house. It has become my weekly routine to stop at a nearby flower shop to buy some fresh flowers for the house. I love how much difference it makes to the house’s ambiance and my mood in general to have flowers around:)

The other day, I found this pot of anemone on sale for 100 yen ($1). I usually stay away from plants and pots because I have a black thumb. When I first got married, I really wanted to fill our new apartment with greens. I had aloe, a palm tree, and a cactice. They all died. I don’t know what I did to kill them, but they all turned brown… so I had been staying away from plants but I could not resist these pretty pink flowers. Also the guy at the flower shop said that anemone flower season is ending, so I would not feel bad about myself when these flowers die.

anemone plant before copy

Anyway, I wanted to hang this pretty near the window so it receives a ton of light. With a linen yarn and crochet hook, I made this plant holder. linen yarn plant holder after1 copylinen yarn for plant holder copyI am not terribly good at crocheting, so I made it up as I went. First I made a circle big enough to cover the bottom of the plant pot. After I made the circle, I kept crocheting without increasing the stitches, so it naturally rolled and made a shape like a bowl. After that, I added long strings on four corners at the top, and made a simple knot to hold the strings together. I inserted a S hook in the knot to hang it on the window. linen yarn plant holder after4 linen yarn plant holder after3ChieSignature{find me elsewhere: shop, facebook, etsy, twitter, pinterest}