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Party dress I

November 24, 2009 By Chie

Although I have not invited to any holiday parties (yet, hopefully!), I already started planning for party dresses. Perhaps because it’s all about Christmas over here already. Malls and stores put up Christmas decoration right after Halloween, since we do not have Thanksgiving in Japan. Also my little sister had asked me to design her a party dress for her to wear. So this dress I made was just part 1! More party dresses are coming to the shop🙂

This dress is a modification of my Kirstin Dunst inspired dress. I made a change in the back, to make a big bow and open back. This came out more clubby than I was expecting… but might be good for new year’s eve?

I had a really nice weekend in Nagoya. Met friends over there and their kids. We took a bus to Nagoya , but it was terrible, we got stuck in the traffic and took us almost 7 hours to get there! Thankfully, our friend drove us to Tokyo on Monday, and it took much less. I can’t wait for Thanksgiving, we are having a party on Saturday instead of Thursday, which is not a holiday in Japan. I’m going to shopping at Costco this week to get turkey, cranberry sauce etc…

peter pan!

November 18, 2009 By Chie

Personally, This black peter pan collar doll dress is my best creation this winter! I love how it turned out. Although, my sister called me “nun”… It’s okay! I like it.
I drafted the pattern based on the room wear-ish dress I made a couple of days ago. I made the collar bigger and rounder, added two black buttons. For the skirt part, I added two pockets (I love pockets!), pleated the front panel, then finished with belt loops on the side and a sash.

I definitely got inspired by liebemarlene‘s photo stream on flickr. She always has the cutest vintage dresses, with round collar. Check out her flickr page – She is so lovely.

Wearing: VivatVeritas dress, heart tights, gem pumps I got in Japan.

This tights might look like polka dot, but they are actually hearts. I got these three years ago, to pair with LBD for my own wedding party that my best friends threw. I love the tights, but they scratch my skin so bad, I had to take them off shortly after this photo shoot:(

Room wear?

November 15, 2009 By Chie

Immediately after I was done with work on Thursday, I stopped at Nippori fabric row. My heart jumped when I sew this bow fabric – I just love girly things, like bows! I made this mini dress this weekend, and well, I intended it to be a mini dress, but I think it came out more as a room wear or PJ? Perhaps because of the pattern? I listed this on etsy, and decided to leave it up to whoever wants this on how she would wear it. I think this would make a cute room wear, paired with a pair of leggings or something.