Eva...

My re-designed version of Eva! 

Eva is a chiffon and lace dress

The delicate lace bodice has capped sleeves and a full button opening down the back. 

Eye lash fringed edging is hand sewn to the neck line, sleeves and at the waist. 

There is a silk wrap around waist tie made to match the color of the under dress.

The chiffon is gathered and full at the bottom to give an elegant floating skirt.

Pair Eva with our champagne under dress for a vintage feel.

Check out our SUPER cute re-vamped website!

www.ohmyearsandwhiskers.com

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Time off

This weekend marks my official last Wedding dress of the year, meaning I have some time to concentrate on my little collection.

I'm super excited to finally get these made up. I've been designing and re-designing the collection for at least 6 months and I hope it will give me a challenge and show exactly what I'm capable of with designing to execution.

Anyway, now that I've got a few spare minutes, I thought I'd share some pictures I took while away in Spain, I'm absolutely dying to do pop back over for a (very dangerous) photo shoot in an abandoned villa!

     

 

I love the contrast in Spain, the beautiful colors in the flowers to the derelict, abandoned building sites and villas.. Makes for some good photos! But unfortunately I forgot my camera so these ones are off my little broken phone :)

xoxo

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Design!

With the end of wedding season looming, I'm all set for a bit of me time!

It's been my first full wedding season since opening the shop, after having caught the tail end when we opened last year I couldn't even have imagined how busy it was going to be! It's been hard work, with massive ups and downs but now it's finally calming down I couldn't feel more inspired to be cracking on with some design work!

I'm currently in major need of some good sleep, a hair overhaul, a bath and maybe a little holiday! However, today I have been drafting up my pattern blocks ready to get cracking on some brand new designs both for weddings and beautiful recycled dresses.

Amazing studio!
(http://statigr.am/p/476067668838198123_2062441)

Throughout Uni, the design and pattern cutting aspect is always what I enjoyed most. I've always been a bit of math geek and enjoy solving problems (mathematical ones, not such an agony aunt!). Having never quite gotten the hang of draping, pattern cutting really is down to mathematics, working out how to create a shape by manipulating the fabric then recreating it on paper.

I'd love to eventually do some workshops on pattern cutting, getting the basics of dart manipulation for all you lovely sewers to create your own patterns!

I'll post some photos from design to patterns to final pieces soon!

xoxo

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1950s love

Went Pinteresting today...

Fell in love.

Definitely thinking when I have a bit of time to hand paint a dress! So beautiful!

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Oxfam. Being humankind for 70 years.

As ethical fashion supporters we love all sorts of charity shops. They are the ideal businesses because everyone ends up winning - clients get great deals, and great causes get support. Brilliant!

One of these organizations, and perhaps the one that has done most to elevate the status of second hand fashion, is Oxfam. They've been organizing relief campaigns to fight poverty and famine since the early forties and this year they are celebrating their 70th anniversary.

Here at Cardiff they stand proudly inside the beautiful Morgan Arcade. As you step into the shop there is no clutter or randomness. They manage to get different styles, colours and decades to work together perfectly and now they even have a full rail dedicated to vintage fashion!

Over the course of seven decades they have succeeded in changing mentalities. From the: "erghh, is that from a charity shop?" to "is that Annie Lennox in the Oxfam shop?" they taught us all how to re-value things and how to transform something old into something else.

Photo via: cardiffashion.com

So here is my invitation to you all: why not stop by your nearest Oxfam shop and try to reproduce one of these "fashion under a fiver" looks? And whatever you end up spending, at least you'll be happy to know that every penny will be put to good use!

Let us know what you come up with!!

Eva...

A recent commission got me drawing...

I decided to call this dress Eva and I'm going to include a similar version (editing some details in the back and adding sleeves) in my mini collection of versatile wedding dresses.

The lace is a beautiful corded open work lace and the skirt will be layered chiffon and floor length with a separate under dress that can be worn by itself too!

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xoxo