Feather Scarves

Our new Feather Scarves seen here in a tropical color assortment!

I love these new pieces…they have such great movement and are so playful!!

New from Fall RTW 2009

Nevermind that she is wearing gloves on her head, the collar on this piece by Dolce & Gabbana is completely in the same ruffley vein as our Rose scarves!  Yippee!!

And other felt making it onto the runway at the Calvin Klein show:

Good Clothes, Bad Photos 2

I’ve been recycling shawls to make these experimental clothes and test out my fledgling pattern-making skills.  This one is done from a simple vest pattern with armhole dart.  The pattern might need to be adjusted for the hang in the front: little lower methinks….This shawl was the “Euphrates Wrap” and it had rivers and flowers in a sort of kid’s drawing of the Middle East kind of way.  Qute colors (“Cute with a “q” equals uber-unresistably cute)!!  I really like the way the different parts of the picture work together to make the vest, especially the flowing motif over the shoulders.

Good Clothes, Bad Photos

Here are quick photos of a new vest I made in Nuno Felt.  The buttons are a bit distracting, I think-but so nice.  Those flourescent lights, though-sheeesh.

Hut up and felt!

Hut Up, Berlin, makes some darn cute things!  Check out there full gallery HERE.  So playful and the “drawn on” comic-book like outfits are a riot…..

Fashion Felt!

Here are pix of wearable felt garments I’ve been tinkering with in studio.  It’s getting there…where?  I don’t know yet, but somewhere, and foreseeably soon…

Face shirt with faux suede back

Face shirt with some sort of boiled wool fabric

First thing I tried to do…well-not the first, first thing…that was too gruesome.  This is felt that has been dyed again as it turned out looking a bit batman like the first time.

back of batman vest-the armholes are a bit wonky.  I was so eager to start, I used a mannequin and not a dress form to shape it, so it’s very irregular.

Second one attempted, still on mannequin.  I love this one!  The bottom reminds me of oyster shells.

Back of second one.  This is where I am trying to “save time” by not using a tripod to take the images.  Sorry for bad lighting-these are super tweaked in photoshop.

Third attempt, again on mannequin-as yet unfinished….sort of a cowgirl oyster thing happening here. Rodeo Venus?

And side….super booty flair.

Something in Alpaca…

And back…did one more in this alpaca but forgot to photograph it.  Seeing if I can get 2 garments from one recycled wrap.  Just barely makes it.

Early piece-sewing is  abit wonky, but trying out the exposed seams-works well and gives it a bit of an accordion fold.

and back…

Super color-galactic vest.  First attempt at refining a pattern on the dressform…breaking out those patternmaking skills (or are they breaking me out!?)

groovy man

Refining the pattern-second attempt at a vest adding panels on the front

and forgetting to add matching panels on the back.  still-this halved back is a good look.  I did this from a pattern taken from the first vest and the felt was much lighter-which made it drape very differently.  It is tricky stuff to work with since each piece is unique.  The last one I did is at the top of this list: the face shirt.  getting better at the armholes, but it needs to be more regulated-as is, it’s a bit like inventing the wheel each time.  But-super fun!!

Speaking of, Felt & Fashion

These wool details from Miu Miu’s last show really look like felt to me!  Perhaps it is just dyed wool, but it could could be.

Speaking of, Arts of Fashion is doing a Masterclass series at the end of the month.  I am so tempted to sign up but don’t feel that I know enough of what I am doing technically to keep up!  Check out this class about amazing knits!

 A dream cam true: one of our Rose scarves was spotted on Notcouture.com!  I think our lovely friends at Radici.uk posted us there.  Speaking of, they’ve just launched their fabulous new website!!  Check it out!!