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My Sister's (Handmade) Birthday Dress

It was Lynnike's birthday a few months back. Lynnike is my younger sister (only by one year and two weeks!) and best friend. She loves fashion also, so guess what her birthday present request was... a HANDMADE party dress!

She wanted a dress that was not only sexy but unique... one that no one else would have. So she pondered with a few ideas that she had in mind and then gave them to me to tweak. Lynnike is like me. Quite a bit actually. We like a lot of the same things. I LOVE bold colours and prints. So does she. Thinking along these lines, we went fabric shopping. We were almost on the verge of calling it a day when Lynnike found this gorgeous black fabric with a multicoloured square and triangle print all over it. She knew that was the fabric instantly. I loved it too and if it wasn't her birthday present and i'd seen it first, I would have kept it for myself!

She knew that she definitely wanted part or all of the sides of the dress cut out and she also wanted elastic in it somewhere. So I got designing and came up with this little beauty. We chose a strapless, sweetheart neckline and as it was a party dress to go clubbing in,  she decided on a short hemline. In the end, I decided to cut out all of the sides of the dress so that there was a slim panel showing skin and worked elastic into it by creating criss cross sections within the panels.

I also made the neon pink earrings :)

Styled To Rock

Styled to Rock is a 10 week brand new fashion show, executive produced by Rihanna on Sky Living. Rihanna sets out to find the next fashion superstar. The 12 contestants compete with each other to create the best outfit for one or more famous music acts every week. They are restricted in time, materials and budget. Their designs are judged and the music act of the week choses their favorite one and a designer is eliminated each week.In the final, the two best designers fight to create an outfit for Rihanna herself which she wore during her performance at the Wireless Festival on July 8, 2012. The show was heavily promoted as though it would have Riri starring in it but I am currently on episode 7 and I have only seen her briefly in the first few episodes. Her lack of presence in the show is a bit of a let down as I was really looking forward to seeing her and hearing what she had to say. I like all of the mentors and think they each bring something different to the table. Although Styled to Rock isn't an original concept- it's very much like a low budget Project runway- I really did enjoy it. I must admit it wasn't 247 entertainment but what did keep my interest was finding out what the designers would be designing/making and their fabric choices.

Here are some of my favourite designs...

Week One: Kanye West inspired look 

Zainab's black structual & textured jacket with large, oversized 

collar. Strong silhouette, I could so see Kanye in this!