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Lookbook: Make a Wish Valentine

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For my photoshoots and lookbooks I try and take the lead. I have an initial concept, Andy will help focus it with a title and from there we get the ball rolling contacting all the necessary people. This time, I was contacted by the lovely and talented Rhiannon Corbett. She is a stylist and so (of course)had the concept but she also had the Photographer, MUA, Models, absolutely everything. Some of the shots were taken by her and the pink dress (last photo) was modeled by her as well. So this very cute set of shots (produced by her with my designs) was really very hands off for me. What do you think?

Also, for this lookbook I discovered the neatest site called issuu. There you can produce and actual book like look book.   It was a great shoot and am really happy that Rhiannon contacted me about putting this together.

Happy Valentine’s Day!

Windy City Dress Knock-off

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Have you ever shopped at ModCloth? I myself have not yet shopped there, but I check their site sometimes because they have a great selection of pretty dresses. I wanted to show you the dress I recently made for my dear friend Naoko, and it is a ModCloth Windy City Dress knock-off. Naoko is a college friend, and not only do I love hanging out with her at thrift shops and fabric shops (Gaffney’s is my favorite  thrift store found in the Germantown section of Philadelphia) , but she is also someone that I have a huge amount of respect for. She is extremely skilled with computers and web design.  She is the one who made this website. On top of that, she has amazing thrifting skills!

Naoko got this vintage fabric seen below from her friend as a birthday gift and asked me to make a dress. The fabric is quite unique – I haven’t seen anything like it at any of the stores I frequent. It has a 60’s, kaleidoscope somewhat psychedelic feel to it. I was bad and kept delaying production. But I only did this because the fabric is absolutely one-of-a-kind, and I was scared to put scissors to it. But last week, I finally did it.

She wanted me to make a dress that would imitate the neckline of the Windy City Dress, but would not incorporate a waist band.

And here is the result…What do you think?! I hope I made a respectable knock-off.

Braided hair tutorial

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I’ve been doing different hair arrangement using braids lately. I like this one since its easy yet looks like I spent more time on it than I actually did :p I hope you like the tutorial!

1. You need two elastic bands and a couple of hair pins.
2. I like to start by curling my hair slightly with a curling iron, but this step  is totally up to you! I think this braided hair is great with straight hair, wavy or curled, as long as your hair has enough length to wrap a braided piece around the back of your head 🙂
3. First part your hair in the center. Then take a strand of hair right above your ear, leaving your bang, if you have it.
4. Then braid tightly.
5. Braid till the end, and tie it with the elastic band.
6. The side will look like this.
7-8. Do the same for the other side.
9. Take the braid, and wrap it around the back of your head and pin it right behind your ear. Make sure to hide the end under your non-braided hair.
10. Do the same for the other side.

And tada! It’s so easy and takes less than 3 minutes:)