Right back to the blog, I have been terrible starting this up but I intend to keep it going, things have been very hectic, with university applications, live briefs at college and portfolio work, I will be uploading images of this work, but for now I would like to share a tiny little project I did over xmas. Well I had this old frumpy ballet style cardigan top in my wardrobe that I have had for years and years. Well it was time to glam it up a little.
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| Front of old frumpy cardigan |
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| close up view of collar with poppers attached |
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So I bought a pretty cord of feathers online (they were reasonably priced too) as well as a nice black braid to attach the cord of feathers too. The idea is to place them over the thick collar with poppers so the glam feathers are detachable (washing purposes).
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| close up view of collar with feathers attached with poppers |
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| close up view of loop braid sewn over feather strip |
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| Full view of top |
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So this is the result; an old cardigan transformed into something new. It was fun to do however it was a lot more time consuming than expected, the poppers took a while to sew on. I wore it out once while I was on holiday in Greece over the xmas break.
A fellow fashion student friend modeling the top for me, she mentioned that the feathers covering the collar made her feel like she was a bird with a breast of feathers. Interesting, I liked the idea that the garment created an emotion when being worn.
