What's that you say...another fashion show..!?

Yeah we are!! :D

Will keep you posted, all I can say right now is, Ort Cafe, July 13th
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Working hard at home on lots of different sewing projects all at the same time...when I can get a day off lol :)
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Maybe one day I'll make this..


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Underwear Corset

This was a corset  I did back in August, the theme of the corset was vintage, very pale nude panelled sections and to be worn underneath clothes as control wear. I added subtle hints of vintage and delicate nods towards tradition with flossing and pearl buttons to cover the busk. I used antique trims from the 1930's as piped seams and across the binding.


This was the original concept working drawing I used to work out the construction.


 




As usual, It includes one of my scented bags to help stop damp air as made by Jennifer Babey, you can buy these scented baggies of loveliness from her etsy http://www.etsy.com/shop/JenniferBabey and check out her blog too!  http://jenniferbabey.blogspot.com/

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Think Pink! Shapewear Event 2012

Hello! Recently I helped organize and run our Burlesque themed shapewear event to help raise money for Breast Cancer awareness at Debenhams Merryhill, Lingerie department.



This was the original doodle I did for the poster to liven it up, and with the help of a little sneaky Photoshop I was able to make the poster above which we printed on pink flyers and put literally everywhere! The whole day was a massive success, with help from our lovely Bollywood dancers and the awesome drummer, we managed to raise over £100 in the pink pots in just under an hour! Go us!

Many thanks to everyone who took part! The whole day was amazing and we had a lot of fun! Thanks to Urban Decay and St Tropez for making up our models and dancers!

Enjoy the photos below and maybe it will inspire another fundraising event next time round. I would also like to say a massive thankyou to Andy Bonnell for being the photographer on the day, these photos are excellent! You can see his work at:http://pinup18.blogspot.co.uk

Thanks again!


 

 


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Behind the scenes...

A few sneaky pictures Sam took behind the scenes at our fashion show :)







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Fashion Show, Video

video


A special thank you to Peter Bonnell for video recording the whole of the catwalk event!

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Fashion Show-Ort Cafe, June 27th

































Fashion Show

So this was my first independent fashion show away from the easy pre set-up of education. It involved live bands textile artists and fashion show work from myself and Grandma Chic.
To view more photo's of the show and images of the exhibitions and Grandma Chic, head on over to our flicr page: http://www.flickr.com/groups/1983815@N20/

I would like to say a big thankyou to those at Ort Cafe for supporting us and lending their brilliant space, all the bands that played, Jennifer Babey and Giovanna Degregorio for their beautiful textile design and artwork and my fellow designer Samantha Budgen, Grandma Chic. The biggest thank you goes out to my photographer Andy Bonnell for the lovely film photographs, Peter Bonnell for the video footage and all the other photographers involved.
Images courtesy of and copyright to: Andy Bonnell, Artmagnifique and more to follow.



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Fashion Show - Ort Cafe



Looks like we have ourselves a fashion show :)


Join us for an evening of splendour and charm. Presenting to you the whimsical and engaging artworks of textile artist Jennifer Babey. The innovative and vivid textile print works of Giovanna DeGregorio. The glorious melodies of Abie's Miracle Tonic, Little Sister, The Braves Sons of Elijah Perry and the Mellow Peaches! Not forgetting two runs, not one but TWO runs of mine and Sam Budgen's fashion shows, because we are just too cool to have just the one helping! So come and see the majestic knits of Grandma Chic and the sensually tailored works of Andrea Bonnell. I also heard something about ice cream...

With many thanks to Ort Cafe for providing us with their magnificent space for our little shindig of merriment and to everyone who is involved!

Links:
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Just found this quote interesting...

'Therapist Marisa Peer, author of self-help guide Ultimate Confidence, says that women have always measured themselves against each other by their looks rather than achievements — and it can make the lives of the good-looking very difficult.'
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2124246/Samantha-Brick-downsides-looking-pretty-Why-women-hate-beautiful.html#ixzz1r14kBVWm
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Marilyn


'She was in thrall to her sexual nature. As she once said: "We are all born sexual creatures, thank God, but it's a pity so many people despise and crush this natural gift. Art, real art, comes from it. Everything." ' Marilyn quoted in article - Unsexing Marilyn Monroe | Lee Siegel The Guardian https://apps.facebook.com/theguardian/?ref=ts


(Images found on Google images.)
http://www.pjs.net/wr/Marilyn/MM-pictures.htm 
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Black Fan Laced Corset






Okay, this is my second attempt at fan lacing, I only used one buckle and had a hell of a lot of eyelets to pass through so next time I will do the maths and work it out more efficiently, that aside, it still looks pretty awesome and helped cinch in that waist of mine. This still isn't as small as this bad boy can go as you can see its a little big for me at the top, but it did the trick for Halloween however its still very wearable as a non-fancy dress corset. Hope y'all enjoy my attempt at corset modelling lol!

Many thanks to my dad, aka Andy Bonnell, for taking my pictures, if you love beautiful art work of gorgeous woman (lots of boobs and butts ;) then hop on over to his blog and take a look, images include paintings of Aria Giovanni and other flawlessly alluring women. http://pinup18.blogspot.com/?zx=ec1f4fe67d1da63e There is a disclaimer for age rating so agree if you are over 18.
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