Femme Fatale

Femme Fatale by brimalotke

So this whole post came about because of the "femme fatale" bit I saw on the polyvore website. I have this shade of red lipstick that is named femme fatale and it's one of my favorites, but I liked the idea of making it a more dark post with the sharp contrast of black and white. It's very much one of those, everyone can pull it off because all it takes is a nice tailored little black dress and confidence (maybe some really awesome shoes too!). Confidence is basically the best accessory anyone can use to pull off an outfit and I really think that's what is key to the femme fatale aspect.

Tweed Fever

Tweed Fever by brimalotke

Paris Memories

Paris Memories by brimalotke

One of my September posts for Fashion A all about me taking a lovely memory and translating it to a room style. I chose to take a memory of my time in Paris and used that to create the colorful room pictured above. It's worth checking out to read about the reasoning behind each piece in the room. 

Leaves Change, Fashions Change

Leaves Change, Fashions Change by brimalotke 

Check out my article on Fashion A about being inspired leaves changing colors!

Some of My Senior Collection Designs

Shown above are 5/10 designs I created for my senior collection presentation. I am still up in the air on the ratio of men to women for my collection, but these are my favorites out of what I've designed so far. We will be making 3-5 in class this semester, but I'm really hoping that I can make like 4/5 men's looks so that next semester I can focus on the women. Right now I have 4 models: 2 guys and 2 girls. I will post some updates when I get the chance! We pick the 5 we're making this coming Monday and then go to Chicago for fabrics on Wednesday! 

Turning Leggings Into Thigh Highs

Earlier this week in the costume shop I got tasked with the project of turning leggings into thigh highs for an actress that will be wearing a pregnancy pad attached to a leotard (it's pretty cool!).

I started off marking and cutting the waist portion off so that I had just the 2 legs. Then I practiced a few ways to serge the end and we decided to serge elastic to the edge of the leg hole. But first I needed to take the actress’s measurements, cut the elastic, and sew it together (with an inch overlap) so that it was a circle and could be sewn onto the opening of the leg hole. Then I divided the elastic and the leg hole into fourths and marked it. 

Next I pinned the elastic to the fourths and serged them together. Finally I folded the elastic on the inside and sewed around the bottom, attaching it to the legging again. The bottom two pictures show the inside (L) and the outside (R) of the finished product.