Showing posts with label Haute Couture. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Haute Couture. Show all posts

Tuesday, 20 November 2018

Zero-waste dress

How do highly creative people continue to innovate and 
express themselves in new ways?
They’ll tell you the key to their success 
is a commitment to trying new things.
So I tried something new
by making a dress out of recycled materials.


What you need:
Plastic bags(colours of your choice), 
cellotape, 
plastic carpet underlay, 
something to attach the garment with.
A pattern for the dress.
scissors




Cut little squares out of the plastic bags.



Make little flowers out of the squares and tie them with cellotape.




Cut out a pattern for the dress.  
Attach the flowers in your preferred pattern to the underlay 
before you attach the front and the back. 
(It is very hard to do once the garment is attached, I found out the hard way)


My mom was the inspiration for this dress. 
She loved flowers, colours and pretty little things, and she never backed away from making things from 
previously loved or recycled materials.  We may not have won first prize, but we gave it our best shot!!!

Saturday, 7 September 2013

Upcoming event - Matriek afskeid modeskou/ Matric dance fashion show and Expo

When:   18 September 2013
Where:  DF Malan High School
Time:    18:30pm
Who:     Various artists will be displaying their products including La Femme Joline
What:    Fashion, Hair,  Make-up, Beauty products, Flowers, Jewellery
Entrance Fee:  R60 for scholars, and R100 for adults






Monday, 10 December 2012

Little Green Dress

About a year ago a friend asked me whether I had a dress for her to wear to a function. 
I pulled out this one, which I actually made for myself for an upcoming trip to Mauritius.

She fell in love with it…
It was as if it was made specifically for her. So then what was supposed to be my dress became hers instead. That solved our problem, as she needed a dress quite urgently due to unforeseen circumstances.


 
 
The following picture is from a shoot, by Collective Dream Studios.
 
 

“Behind the scenes” of Vaughan Gardiner’s new music video, taken at Welbedacht, Schalk Burger and sons.

I was pleasantly surprised to see that she wore the dress to the music video, and I can't wait to see the video.  

For some more photos please see their link below. 
Collective Dream Studios.

Thursday, 1 November 2012

Twighlight shoot

How do you make a formal dress for a very unique redhead? 

No, its not the one from Twilight, this one is naturally red.


She is a teenager, skateboarder chick, with a lot of spirit (spunk).  See her creative skateboard below...

Wednesday, 25 July 2012

Betty Boop or Bond Girl

Bond Girl
Betty Boop






















  

No matter which one you choose, Betty Boop or the Bond girl, this dress really is perfect on the model.  Or is the model perfect for the dress!! 


Stopping the Paparazzi on the Red Carpet

Friday, 4 May 2012

Viennese ball gown

The beginning of the creative procedure.

Fabric cut and ready for action
The masterpiece
The dress length being 
cut on the dummy.

Friday, 30 December 2011

A dress fit for a wedding



This dress was one of my masterpieces. Just love creating something that makes the person it was created for look and feel amazing.