Here's thelatest dress in my sketch book.
I get the feeling that dresses is my thing.
I'm not a massive fan of shoes so I don't see myself drawing any shoes any time soon. So dresses is my thing.
I do favour evening gowns and bridal dresses and maybe if I enjoy this and manage to keep at it I might even create my own collection of gowns.
I'm thinking to stick with a pearly white for this gown, the darker material will be lace with diamonte on the bustier and spread out on top of the lace in certain areas. Not too sure what the colour of the lace in the hip will be but im favouring a very fair cream almost off white. Hope you like my sketch.
Lots of love
MLP
Every day on the way to work I'm bombarded with a collection of free newspapers and magazines at the train station.
The weekly glossies are the ones that grab my attention much more than the dull black and white newspapers. Today's glossy, was Stylist.
It's a great fashion magazine thats been keeping me updated on the latest trends in the fashion world as well as a nice overview of whats going on around the world. There are great pieces that are well written and worth reading. Today's copy was the A/W 12 Fashion edition. I'm not going to lie, normally I only do a quick scan and check out the pictures not really stopping focusing read any of the articles. But today I decided I might as well have a read and was pleasantly surprised and inspired.
One of the trends that has been predominant this season is Gothic. I've always liked velvets and lace, blood reds and deep purples. There's something strangely elegant about it all. When I think gothic I think roses and it inspired me to try my hand at designing evening dresses that I would love to one day create, since right now lace is easy to come by and in regular supply in all different styles and variations it the best time to take advantage of it all.
Luckily an interest in clothes it runs in my family. My grandmother is a seamstress and so is my mother so I've got majority of the tools and a little bit of the skills to create an outfit. It would take me alot of planning to get the cut and the shape just right but if I work hard I think I should be to tailor a dress.
So now I've found myself an interest and maybe even a hobby, hopefully I will stick to it and maybe even make something of it.
Lots of love
MLP
