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Maxi Dress

Remake of Bebe's Maxi Dress

Here is a dress that one of my coworkers bought and loved it so much that she wanted another on in another fabric.

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I started out by borrowing the dress she bought. I traced it onto dotted pattern paper meaning I trace around the actual dress and where the seams met. I took down key measurements for example, how long each section was like the bust line and waistline and seams, stretched and relaxed. I recorded all the design lines, trims and notions used and where they
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Henna Mania

With the influx of Bollywood babes and the introduction of Indian Vogue, Indian dressing has become a hot topic amongst fashionistas. Having grown up with inspirational Indian girls I have a fascination with their exotic style. My first love was spangly bangles and a Sandalwood fan that my dad gave me from a trip to Pakistan. I was hooked. The smell of the sandalwood, the elaborate carving of the fan and the gilded glamour of an armful of jingly-jangly bracelets, felt fabulous and mysterious.A y
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