Web hat, as my sister calls it...

This is my web hat-for lack of a better name, my sister calls it that, she thinks it looks like a spider web because of the "strings" on it.

This hat is made from a broken frizbee covered in tin-foil with fabric roses glues on, the main middle sart is made from a disposable mini cake wrapper with ribbon and roses arround it, glued onto an alice band. the "web" part is diffrent coloured scooby-doos stuck on in a "web" form.

This hat is a very flower fairy-ish hat. It was fun making it!

Credits:

Designer: Me

Modle: Me

Photographer: my amazing, helpful, fun, kind, nice little sister, Zoe.

Masked Figure...

This is the first mask I made. The base is paper mache, covered in leopard print tissue paper and deacorated with blue cord arround the edges and sequins dotted arround the left edge of the mask.

I was inspired by an advert I saw in a specials catalouge. So when my best friend, Clio, came to my house we decided that we (Clio, Zoe, and I) would all make a mask and this is the one I did.

I love this mask because of the design, and I think the fact that I have always loved the idea of a Masqurade Ball contributes.

I hope you like the mask as much as I do. Keep an eye out for more masks in later blog posts.

Credits:

Model: Me

Designer: Me again

Photographer: my sister Zoe

Stylist: Moi

With thanks to Clicks (it was thair specials catalouge that I got inspired from).

And special thanks to my best friend, Clio, and my sister, Zoe (the people I made masks with).

Mini Runway

I have allways wanted to make my designs into a reality but then after I make a life size wedding dress, what am I supposed to do with it? So, I made my Mini Runway, witch is my fashion in Barbie size. It is a brilliant idea-even if I do say so myself. So I made one of my favorite wedding dress designs-el Carlo, for my Mini Runway. The dress is a design that I did for my ex-drama teacher. She was getting married at the time I did it. The photo above on the left is a nice photo of the whole dress and veil, and the photo on the right is a close up of the sewing on the bodice-I used silver thread and sewed that onto the dress. It is a simple white dress with a train and a veil. And that is the first addition of my Mini Runway.

Credits:

Designer: Me

Tailor: Me

Stylist: Me again :P

Photographer: my sister Zoe

Model: Barbie

Person holding the Barbie: guess who, yup, ME!
Thanks to the Barbie that ever so kindly modeled my dress.

The Fashion god, Gert-Johan Coetzee.

The photos above are of Gert-Johan's designs.

I came across an article in a magazine about Gert-Johan, and I think he is a genious! Im my opinon he is the fashion god! He is 22 years young, and he has already designed for loads of celebs, including former miss SA, Cindy Nell-Roberts, TV presenter, Liezle van der Westhuizen, singers Thembi Seete and Louise Carver, but to name a few.

In grade 1 Gert-Johan made dresses for his crayons useing little bits of fabric and sticky-tape, and when he was eight he made his first real frock. "It was navy-blue evening dress for my mom and when I think back I can't even belive I got it right," he said with a laugh.

Gert-Johans mom, Hesti, decided to give him more freedom and from grade 8 (standard 6) he was home-schooled {I was also home schooled up untill the beginning of 2010}. Gert-Johan wrote matric at 16 years of age, then completed a two-year course in fashion design at The North West School of Design in Klerksdorp, (they are on FaceBook). He was twice named student of the year {witch is very impressive considering he was only there for two years.} and won the high fashion prize at the Vakani fashion evening, in the process earning a three-month internship in Johannesburg.

Gert-Johan says "I'm involved in fashion design because I love it".

I hope that you guys enjoyed reading about a man with such an amazing talent as much as i enjoyed writing about him.

Credits:

You Magazine: for doing a fantastic article on Gert-Johan Coetzee

www.google.com: for the photos of Gert-Johan and his designs

Trashion

Trashion is a type of fashion made out of trash.

So far all of my out-fits and accsessories and so on have been items of trashion.
It was all started as a school project and I continued to create the trashion.
I've had so much fun making it and it's a great way to end up getting me into college :)

But Trashion is only a small portion of my fashion designing, I draw designs, have made actual clothing and barbie clothes, scrap book pages... I've done it all!

CD hat

It's called the "CD Hat" because it is made partially of a CD.... Also called "CD" hat for

"Cool Design"

The top of the hat is made of a painted CD and the bottom black crad board. In between is made of chicken mesh with beads on the end.

I wore this hat out to a family lunch in a mall and had to run some errands in the mall and got far to many looks for my comfort level but I LOVE this hat and look forward to an excuse to ear it again.

Credits:

Photographer: Zoe, dear

Model: me

Designer: me

Lissy Air hat...

This hat reminds me of "Cruela De Ville" because of the netting that hangs in your face.

it got it's name from it's colour blue = Air

And the "Lissy" part comes from a lady who fell in love with the hat, Lisa = Lissy

Lissy air :)

I found the netting at the local super market and one of the shop assistants gave it to me,

A LOT of it!

Thanks to:

PhotoGrapher: Zoe

Model: Me

Designer: Me again ;)

96 Dress

It all started as a school project-to make an item of fashion out of recyced material. So I went all out and made the 96 dress. So named after the pecentage I got on the project-96%

The accsesories that go with this outfit are... the earrings are made from clothing tags. The bracletts are from can tops, the necklace a ribbon choicker with a decorated beer bottle top pendant and the last braclett is a small C.D on ribbon.

The bodice of the dress is made from woven cans (I got uncountable amounts of cuts from that, and so did my model Adelaide) and the skirt of the dress is made of crisp packets (it took forever to collect those along with cearfully opening the packets and eating LOADS of chips).

Thanks to:

My model: Adelaide

The designer: Me

The photographer: Me (from my cell phone).

Mad Hatters Hat

This is a hat made of sweet wrapers, chocolate wrappers, crisp packets and any other kind wrapper like thing that you can think of :)
I haven't a clue where the name came from.... Maybe the photo-shoot...

Credidts:

Photographer: Zoe

Designer: Me

Model: Me

Bad Girl Bangles

These ones are made of "can tops". I found how to make them on the web.

My dear Aunt gail collected all of these for me :)

This one was made of paper maché and then using coloured pieces of magazine we made the pattern.

Designer: Me

Photographer: My sister Zoe