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SS13 Leaf Print Dress in Collaboration with Oslo and Alfred

April 22, 2013 By Chie

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!

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.

Photos by Alyssa Valcourt
Model: Samantha Mariko

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Made:: Mint Peplum Top

April 18, 2013 By Chie

I 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.

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Black and White Stripes Eco Bag

April 7, 2013 By Chie

I don’t really buy many clothes for myself, except at thrift shops. I love to window shop though. I like to get ideas and am often get tempted to buy something; however, much of the time I feel guilty buying clothes because I can make them. So I prefer to save my purchases for things that fall in the areas of shoes, bags and lingerie as they are things in my “Do not make” category. I know I was a “bag variation designer” for the Burdastyle book, but in reality, I don’t put a lot of time into crafting bags etc.

But today, I made an eco bag for myself with this black and white bold stripe fabric. I used the left over fabric from the skirts I made here. I love the result! It fits a lot, and it was very easy to make.

wearing BCBG Max Azria cashmere sweater and Colette pattern bloomers I made

I hung this new bag in the kitchen to hold many disposable plastic bags, and it looks more stylish than keeping them in another plastic bag. I love my little project:)

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