During Spring Break 2008, I and some of my good friends wanted to do something really nice and something that we never done before. Before Spring Break we been working on a photoshot for Natural Blush, so we decided this time we will make our own dress.
The steps of making a dress for me are really interesting to all of us in a group, because none of us know how to make a dress before. Quan Mai(my best friend) and I decided how we are going to make the dress, first we talks about what dress I like. So our inspiration comes from a famous celebrity /singer from Japan, Ayumi Hamasaki. On her Album “Guilty” she wear a dress which we found out it was made by Dolce Gabbana.
I like it because it gives you the flow looks to it and it will be great in photos, so Quan Mai come up with the sketch and send to me so I can add thoughts to it. When our sketch is done, we made a lot of changes of course.
After that he measured my body, my height is very short so of course we have to add a little extra length to make me looks taller. After the measurement, it’s time for us to shop for the right fabric. We are not a famous designer so our fabrics are very limited, after spending for almost one hour we had picked out our fabric. Once again, our fabric is nothing like the Dolce Gabbana!!
We got the measurement, fabric and all the material for the dress. So Quan drew out the molds to use later and cut the real fabric.
Money and Milly(Two sisters) is also a big help in this project, they help assembly line so Quan can serge the fabric. After all the dress is finished, it looks to good we got to take some pictures of course. This is a really nice experience for me and everyone in the group, and we hope to do this more in the future.
Reference:iloveayumi. (2008, October 3). Retrieved October 3, 2008, from http://loveayumi.e-fan.org/gallery/displayimage.php?album=175&pos=15
4 comments:
Thao, I am amazed. For you all to not have any idea on making a dress and completed something that incredible; very inspirational. It does help to work together as a group and the idea seems very fun indeed. It makes the process way quicker. The outcome of the dress is beautiful. It fits and works perfectly for you body. Once again, AMAZING! :)
Hey Thao!
I love that you got your inspiration from a Japanese singer album cover, that's so neat!It was fun to see pictures of the process that took place in the designing and constructing of the dress.The finished process is pretty and well fit to your petite frame!I like this alot,your picture is gorgeous!
What a great presentation. Its so rare to see an idea conceptualized, created and presented- you guys did an amazing job. the black and white photograph is truly beautiful- I would not be surprised to see it in numerous fashion magazines. Y'all should get in touch with Nico at Blu magazine (http://www.blu-magazine.com) its an independent fashion mag in charlotte. I know he'd love to feature this!
this dress is awesome. i love the material you used and i like how you have pictures of the design process. i bet it was a lot of fun making it and taking those pictures in it!
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