My Totally Unnecessary Cocktail Dress is made from a polyester/elastane satin, and as I wish it wasn’t stretchy (I’m shopping from stash here!), I’m underlining it with organza to make it stable. The Burda version (#125- 11-2007) uses silk duchess satin which has zero mechanical stretch, and I’m hoping I can make my fabric behave […]
Read MoreDo you ever have the craving to make something that is totally unnecessary, just because it is so fabulous? I do! And that craving suddenly came to me when I saw this nifty vintage cocktail dress in a Burda magazine: Whenever I am at the main library I skim through the Burdas, and I found […]
Read MoreI found a 1964 Burda magazine a while ago, so let’s look inside! It appears to be smack bang in the middle of the transition between 50’s and 60’s fashion, as you can see strong influences of both decades throughout the magazine. I love the make up, and that bag is cute too don’t you […]
Read MoreI thought I’d share a glimpse of what Burda magazine was like 42 years ago – August 1968 to be exact: There are some cute trapeze dresses in bright colours: A lot of doubleknit dresses, like these ones in gold and ochre: Dandy looks in velvet – I could go a green velvet suit….. More dandy dresses […]
Read MoreI finished the refashioning (can your refashion something when it is only 2 days old?) of my tangerine dream skirt last weekend, but it has been raining all week so haven’t had the chance to photograph it. Today however it was fine enough to venture outdoors: Now that I’ve let it out at the waist […]
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