Fashion... i.e. My Life: Graey x Fashion's Night Out

Thursday, February 16, 2012

Graey x Fashion's Night Out - dress photos!

Last month, when George shot Rachel at the rock climbing gym, I took advantage of the opportunity of having them together to have him photograph her in two of the dresses I made for the Lomography FNO event I did last September. It was strangely warm considering it was January, so we were able to get a few shots outdoors, right on the terrace area outside of the gym.

photo by George Evan Andreadis

This is the dress I spent the most time on. I hand dyed the silk noil that makes up the body of the dress, which is why it looks like a mottled violet blue. I also bleached the periwinkle colored lace that makes up the cap sleeves. You can see that on the edges of the flowers on the lace the original color is still there. The bleached parts range from a pale blue to a yellow. I want to play around with bleaching other fabric remnants that I have, and maybe make more one-of-a-kind pieces like this. The final touch on this dress are the handmade rosettes. I found different colors and types of silks (chiffon, habotai, organza, charmeuse) that I felt matched the dress and made the rosettes and sewed them on one by one. (That is how I whiled away my time during the hurricane last August.) George did a great job of capturing the colors and the delicate nature of the dress, and of course, Rachel looks lovely as always.

Some more of the rosette dress:

photo by George Evan Andreadis

I also did another simpler dress, made out of some sort of cotton/poly jersey blend. I bleached both the fabric and lace so it has that tie dyed effect, and cut the lace in an irregular pattern, following the floral lace shapes as opposed to cutting the lace in a straight line.