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Alternative Wedding Dresses

August 23, 2012

Celebrities and friends are getting married all over the place and photos are appearing everywhere from Hello magazine to Facebook. Unfortunately I haven’t had any invites this year (not even from Kate Moss!) but I do love looking at all the wedding dresses. Of course the wedding of the year was Prince William and Kate Middleton, and whilst I did like her dress, I preferred Lily Allen’s vintage style dresses. The price for all of the ones we see in magazines are usually somewhat astronomical and out of reach for most of us, which makes handmade dresses on sites such as Etsy, even more appealing. The dress above by blackmirrordesign is no doubt a brave statement to wear as a wedding dress, but if you like it; why not? Surely your wedding day is the best time to wear something that truly reflects you.

Festival Clothing

In the UK, Glastonbury Festival is the biggest music festival, and in my opinion, the best as well! I have been going for years and now I’m lucky enough to live practically on its doorstep. If you haven’t been, it’s difficult to explain quite how fantastic, or to imagine how big it actually is. There are 150,000 tickets sold, the site takes up 1,100 acres and I’ve just counted 58 stages on the line-up! There are the main music stages, the dance village, the late night weirdness places, the kids’ field, the circus and theatre fields, but it’s the Greenfields where you’ll find the traditional vibes of the 1960s and 70s, and also where you’ll find the best handmade clothes. I’ll definitely be checking those out when I’m there.

Fairytale Fashion

I’ve been wanting to watch Red Riding Hood for ages and I finally have this weekend. I loved it! It was everything I hoped it would be; the snowy village scenes, the mysterious atmosphere; Grandma’s fantastic cabin in the woods, but especially the costumes. (Credit to Cindy Evans for costume design.)

Upcycling Indian Clothes

Just a quick post to urge you to take a look at Tara’s blog, Crowd Capture. She’s kindly written a lovely article about how I use traditional Indian clothing and turn them into new dresses and outfits. She’s also a big fan of revamping clothes, so have a read-through and maybe you’ll be inspired to have a go!

Jubilee Fashion

Are you having a street party or a get-together with neighbours to celebrate the Queen’s diamond jubilee? Or are you off to London to support Team GB in the olympics and would like something patriotic to wear? I’m afraid this is a shameless advert for the Union Jack dress I’ve made and is for sale on my etsy shop, OshunCreations. If you’re after some ideas for the Jubilee, this is what our village is getting up to…

Threads of a Fairytale / Oshun Interview

Oshun has been featured on a cool website called HeartHandmade, about all things beautifully crafted. I’m very chuffed about it! Have a look at my interview HERE!

Festival fashion

We all like to dress up for Glastonbury Festival (ok, that’s a sweeping generalisation based on me,) but there’s nothing worse than showing up at the coolest place on earth in boring old jeans and t-shirt. It’s just not fitting for the occasion. So take a look at www.oshun.co.uk There’s just time to receive your order for the festival next week. Here’s a few of my favourites…

Escaped Princess Dress I’ve just bought a massive box full of slightly damaged Indian silk shawls, salwar and kameez ready for me to cut up and upcycle into beautiful clothing, so this is an ongoing collection. So far I have nine items ready for sale at Oshun. Here are some of them.

Threads of a fairytale

Oshun Photo Shoot

At the weekend I took a big bundle of clothing I’d made along with Rain, who bravely modelled them for me in the chilly wind. Here’s a preview of a few of the new collection called Indian Summer, as they are predominantly made from Indian silks and chiffon. They will soon be for sale on my Etsy page. Have a look at the rest of the pictures on Oshun’s Facebook page.

Distracted by Indian Silk

I LOVE e-bay! I know I should be concentrating on promoting the Pirate Collection for Oshun, but I couldn’t resist this bargain bundle of Indian clothing. They are all damaged in some way or another, but perfect for transforming into new beautiful clothes.

The Pirate Collection

Tia Dalma Pirates of the Caribbean: On stranger Tides is coming out soon, so I’ve been busy making loads of clothes inspired by the film and pirates in general – perfect to wear to the cinema! Here are a few of my favourites. They are all on Oshun right now, and I’ll finish listing them on my Etsy page this week.

The Tia Dalma Dress

Four years ago in June, my eldest daughter was invited to a fancy dress party to celebrate the end of their time at Primary School. She chose to go as Tia Dalma from Pirates of the Caribbean (cool kid) and I found a piece of old cotton that I think I bought from a jumble sale long ago that for some reason I’d cut from what was originally a dress. We tied it up with string and it formed the petticoat of her costume. Now it has become one of the main pieces of my adult Tia Dalma dress which is now for sale on Etsy.