Dress Commission – Elegant Deep Purple Bridesmaid dress

My latest client made me giggle when relaying the requests of her sister bride-to-be.  The brides instructions were clear: my client has the freedom to wear whichever style of dress she likes, (well, as long as it’s deep purple to fit with the colour scheme) but she must NOT “pull a ‘P Middy'”…  P Middy as in Pippa Middleton.  As in, don’t look too incredible in your bridesmaid dress and upstage me on my big day!!

We agreed that being told not to do something always makes you want to do it more (!) and also, any dress made by Beautiful Plumage does look beautiful – the clue is in the name…  However, one must be respectful when ones sister gets married so we decided to opt for something nicely tailored, knee length and with 3/4 length sleeves.  Elegance is key.  Here is an image of a similar style.  A sleek, fitted dress with wrap over neckline and a wide, obi belt style middle will be just the ticket for the late Sumer wedding.

Let’s see what we can do…

Beautiful Plumage Launches Cutworks

Check out the new jewellery range (below) which is a design collaboration between me and my sis.  The light blue acrylic ‘Bird in Flight’ necklace has already proven to be a big hit with several orders being placed on our first day of trading!  This is a new company and we need support so please check out and ‘like’ our facebook page using this link.  Here you will also find our other jewellery designs and info about up coming products and markets.

Thank you!

New Year Dress Commission – Customised Topshop Dress

I was asked to upcycle a plain blue stretch fabric Topshop dress for a client to wear to a 1920’s party this New Years Eve.  It took a while to work out how to add the fringing without loosing the stretch (and therefore also the fit and method of getting in and out of the dress!) but the end result was well received and the client looked amazing.  After fringing, blue ribbon ties were added at the shoulders.  The addition of one of my blue feather headband accessories finalised the flapper girl look.

Don’t worry – the loose cotton and fringing was trimmed before the dress was handed over!  Quality Control is a Beautiful Plumage must.

2012 in review – Blog Report

Very proud of our first (almost) year of blogging!  Check out our stats, courtesy of wordpress.com..

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog.

Here’s an excerpt:

The new Boeing 787 Dreamliner can carry about 250 passengers. This blog was viewed about 1,800 times in 2012. If it were a Dreamliner, it would take about 7 trips to carry that many people.

Click here to see the complete report.