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| ~ Yes! ~ |
While I had started on yet another Tina Givens Serena Dress pattern that I know doesn't quite work out, I have allowed for her errors to make my previous dresses into something unique. The first is here, the second here.
What I like the most about them is the suggestion to use two different fabrics that don't normally go together: linen and jersey knit. And for each dress I just so happened to have the corresponding colors for each fabric pair.
This time, however, as I started out with the browns I was thinking it might end up boring. Then I stumbled across a picture of a Rundholz dress that looked like a rougher version of TG's pattern. hmmm. I don't know which came first. But I do luv Rundholz style - which is way beyond anything I could ever afford.
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| ~ Rundholz Dress ~ |
and for comparison, here's what TG's dress is supposed to look like according to the pattern picture.
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| ~ TG Serena pattern ~ |
This seemed to give me the freedom to treat the "making" of the dress like an art project. By that I mean paying attention to what was happening and not doing things by rote. Taking my time so I could notice things, possibilities. Nothing had to be a certain way. If something came out differently than what I might have expected, I would consider it as is, or other what ifs.
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| ~ stretching out and standing tall ~ |
It was so much fun to make. And I did things differently than the other two. There's little surprises and neat details that make so much sense to me.
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| ~ I can move all over ~ |
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| ~ wasn't that a triple sow cow? ~ |
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| ~ les boots from ebay ~ |
I'll be gallivanting around with Patti and the Visibles at Not Dead Yet Style, then there's Catherine's I Will Wear What I Like, and Cherie's Shoe and Tell. Come on by when they go live.
But for extra credit, I've got something else to show ya...
My high fashion Rundholz modeling poses!
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| ~ Take #1 ~ |
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| ~ Take #2 ~ |
Lest you be unaware of the reference I'm alluding to...
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| ~ Rundholz Model Wearing The Dress ~ |
Love your turn at high-art modeling! And love this dress too, with those gooooood shoes. I had to look up Rundholz, and like their stuff. Thanks for linking up, xox
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http://notdeadyetstyle.com
I just put a link to Rundholz Studio in Germany. I've never seem one in person.
DeleteHahahaha. Love everything!
ReplyDeleteI was working it, baybee!
DeleteYou GO woman!
ReplyDeleteI love how the dress turned out. The freedom to play when creating, never knowing exactly how it's going to turn out.
And the boots with the tights? Genius.
Suzanne
The places you'll go, eh.
DeleteActually, they're over-the-knee sox. You can see a bit of accidentally exposed leg in my high fashion shot.
Wonderful! I like your version even better, perhaps partly due to the absence of writing - which I have no objection to in principle, but usually find I do not like the look of. Are the squiggles ribbons tied to your necklace? Love your boots & your tights, as well.
ReplyDeleteI made that necklace ages ago, but never wore it before today. It's a circlet of wire with a few glass beads. I looped lengths of metallic thread around the beads. It seemed perfect for the dress.
DeleteThank you for describing it! Some things do need to find their time.. . It looks great with the dress, indeed.
DeleteLove the dress and the model-posing - way better than the original! xxx
ReplyDeletehehe. not bad for 65.
DeleteMmmmm-mmmmm.... Just like a box of chocolates. So good.
ReplyDeleteThat's what the fabric was called. Chocolate Jersey Knit.
DeleteI know, you wrote this " paying attention to what was happening and not doing things by rote. Taking my time so I could notice things, possibilities. Nothing had to be a certain way. If something came out differently than what I might have expected, I would consider it as is, or other what ifs" but I'm copying it to paste into the thing I put the good thoughts into. Intentionality. Mmmmmm.
ReplyDeleteWow, you put it all in one word, SJ. That's what I was doing.
DeleteMost fun dress!- in the stretching and high-fashion poses, and in the making. The freedom during the making really shows in the final piece, love it all. And those socks. Right on!
ReplyDeleteYes, it's my new exercise dress!
Deletehigh praise from you, Valerie, and much appreciate.
ReplyDeleteI definitely prefer your version of floor modelling! I like Rundholz designs, but they are so expensive if you buy them already made. I'm crushing on those boots - what brand are they? If I could find something like that in black that fit me, I would wear them every frickin day.
ReplyDeleteModelling on the floor is so tiring. I luv the boots too. I've never seen anything like them before or since and they just happened to be my size and price range (cheap)! J Brand, which I never heard of before either.
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