IADT fashion show/Wedding dress redesign project: tahirire

tahirire

IADT fashion show/Wedding dress redesign project

Jul 21, 2011 20:26

SO I TOTALLY FORGOT TO POST THIS HERE. *headdesk*

Quick catch up - for the new people on my flist, I am currently attending FASHUN DE-SIGN SKEWEL. I like to sew and take pictures and cosplay and make all the things.

Last term (IE: 18 weeks or so ago), during my second week of school, they announced that they were doing a re-purposing project with a whole bunch of vintage wedding dresses. I posted about it here. Anyway, I finished my dress and put it in the big annual school fashion show, and since then I was able to do a photo shoot with it with a gorgeous young (15 actually) model for my online sewing store, Glitches Stitches.

Pics under cut!

The project was a lot of fun, and I loved the concept of taking something old and making it new again verses buying new materials. I am already planning more redesigns for the store.

Before

This particular dress has a funny back story. When my instructors at school told me they had old vintage dresses that we could rifle through, I jumped at the chance. But when I got there, I was in for a surprise. The dresses were from a David's Bridal warehouse, and they were hideous! They were yellow, stiff, stained, and smelled bad from improper storage. The appliques and laces were melted into the fabric glue. I just couldn't find one that I thought was really, truly redeemable.

Without knowing about the project, my mother stopped by my house that week. She handed me a garbage bag with a vintage wedding dress in it. We had bought it in a yard sale when I was 14 for me to wear in a skit for my drama team, and I had completely forgotten it existed. It had some of its own problems, but compared to the ones from school, it was exquisite. As the redesign process went on, we started calling it the 'proof that I used to be a size 6 project'. If I can dig up a picture, I'll have to post it.

I decided to use my dress instead, but I did end up scavenging lace off of another of the school's dresses. (For instance, all of the ruched lace covering the bodice of this dress is from the sleeves of one of the other gowns. )

In the end, I'm glad I went with my dress, even if the only reason is so I can say 'I wore that when'.

Concept draping