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
Images from Ra Ra Superstar Vintage via Day Dream Lily Blog
Thank you all for your kind comments on my yesterday’s post🙂 Today, I wanted to share this pretty lookbook from Ra Ra Superstar Vintage. The title of the lookbook is “Weekend by the sea”. Isn’t it so cute? More pretty images in their facebook page.
So here it is, the end of the Making Wedding Dress series! I handed the wedding dress to my friend, and she wore it at her wedding after party. I was so thrilled to see her wear my creation… I really enjoy making the wedding dress. It took a long time, but the result was satisfying, and most of all, I learned a lot! There are so many things going into a couture sewing, and I can’t wait to improve this area of my sewing skills in the future. In fact, I just bought a book, titled “Cool Couture” by Kenneth D. King to study more.
Anyway, I will stop rambling and let the pictures tell the story:
If you are interested, check out more photos and her testimonial (in Japanese) here🙂
Here is the complete series of my wedding dress production journey!
Part 1 – Fabric shopping
Part 2 – Muslin
Part 3 – Another Muslin
Part 4 – Cutting Fashion Fabric
Part 5 – Sewing the Bust Part
Part 6 – Ruching
Part 7 – Skirt Part
Part 8 – Install a Zipper & Bones
Part 9 – Skirt Lining, Another Attempt to Install Zipper and More Supplies
Part 10 – Hemming and Attaching Pearls and Rhinestones
Part 11 – Balloon Train
Part12 – Waist Stay
Hi! As I mentioned on Friday, I had a chance to attend Shida Tatsuya show at Mercedes Benz Fashion Week in Tokyo on behalf of a Canadian fashion blogger, Marcia. I wrote a detailed review on the show at her blog, so check it out here! It was my first time seeing a run way show, and it was really exciting! I’ve only seen run way shows on TV, on Project Runway, so you can guess how excited I was to see it for real. It was a relatively small show. I didn’t see anyone famous or maybe I just didn’t notice any, except for Susie from Style Bubble and Misha from Tokyo Fashion Diaries.
My favorite looks were the first few pieces from the show. There was a parka made in white sheer fabric, layered over hot pink tube top or black and white stripes tube top. I thought they were really cute and wearable. My other favorite was a trench jackets, shown in the pictures below.
But then there were some pieces that made me wonder, “What were you thinking Mr. Shida?!” Such as this:
Is that a rug? I’m sorry but this is a pure ugliness…I would not wear it. It is just not flattering unless you are a floor.
Or this one. It is like pattern explosion. And the shape of the clothes…
What do you think? Do I not have the artistic sense to understand high-fashion?
Overall, I had a great time, and I am so inspired. Someday I hope to be able to show my clothes on a runway!
