Silk dress commission

My latest dress commission for a client in Paris. The fabric is vintage Yves Saint Laurent silk.

Photot Shoot

I recently did a photo shoot in Paris with the photographer Vivienne Mok. I used the toiles from my Paradise Lost collection and added hand made flowers made from calico and tulle. 

Rehema Project Charity Fashion Show

On Wednesday 8th May I'm taking part in a charity fashion show organised by LCF students, which aims to raise money for the Rehema project and also to raise awareness around the issues of ethical fashion. 

The evening will start with an ethical fashion Q&A session with well known industry speakers such as:

* Caroline Nodder (Editor in Chief of Drapers)

* Tamsin Lejeune (Director of Ethical Fashion Forum)

* Maggie Jones (Shadow Minister for culture, media and sport)

* Sandy Black (Author of ‘The sustainable fashion handbook’)

* Liz Parker (Labour behind the label)

* Mark Bloom (Managing Director of Komodo)

This will be followed by a silent auction and fashion show with brands such as People Tree, Beulah, Zoe Boomer and Henrietta 

Ludgate.

 I have contributed six dresses to the show including this one.

The event is being held on Wednesday 8th May 2013 at 7pm at St Pauls in Hammersmith W6 9PJ.

Tickets are available on the door and include a free drink, with all the proceeds going to Rehema. 

Tickets are £10 or £7 for students. 

Please come along!

Read about the Rehema project on the fundraising page HERE.

View the facebook page HERE.

Vivienne Mok

Vivienne Mok is a New York born, Paris based photographer who creates incredibly romantic, feminine and dream-like images. Often she photographs models in her own apartment, using the faded 1970's floral wallpaper as a backdrop, and occasionally makes clothes for a shoot on her sewing machine at home. 

Vivienne and I have recently worked together on a photo shoot featuring my toiles for the Paradise Lost collection. The pictures have not yet been released but here's an idea of the kind of beautiful, other worldly images to expect from Vivienne.

See more of Vivienne's work here: Vivienne Mok

Paris, Haute Couture

Went to see the Swarovski Paris Haute Couture exhibition last Saturday at Hotel De Ville, Paris. The exhibition presents 100 garments selected from the Musee Galliera and features what are believed to be the most beautiful and delicate pieces.

Maison Martin Margiela

A Chanel toile from 2012. Why don't my toiles look this neat?!

Madame Gres dress with her signature folding and tucking. Unbelievable amount of work in this dress.. the mind boggles to think how long something like this would have taken.

Crazy cut out dresses.

Galliano dress. Cadbury's bling!

This Givenchy dress was my favourite. It's hard to see unless you're very close but it's intricately decorated with tiny chains. I guess that's the great thing about getting to see these pieces up close. You can really appreciate the craftsmanship. Kind of helps to justify the price tags!

Alli's wedding

I was recently asked by my friend Alli to make this bridal jacket for her wedding. Here she is on the day looking radiant. 

The "making" of the jacket however was slightly unconventional. Due to a 7 hour delay (Yep, that's S-E-V-E-N HOURS) at Paris Charles De Gaulle airport, I realised I wouldn't have time to finish Alli's lovely jacket when I arrived at my B&B in Cork the day before the wedding. I had no choice but to take out my pins and needles and sew the jacket together at the airport. Not the ideal fashion atelier but I had a nice view of the runway while I stitched :) 

Argggh! Monster Fashion

I'm currently based in Paris working for a French fashion label and on Sunday I took some time off to see Arrrgh! Monstres de Mode a new fashion exhibition at la Gaîté Lyrique. Very.. very.. strange. And very inspiring.

I love this scary taxidermy swan head piece by Mads Dinesen

 Beautiful, creepy bear dress by Erika Mizuno