Tuesday 13 December 2011

Butterick 2907 meets Sid Vicious


How do you get from this nice, mid 60's raglan sleeve dress:



'Can I help you?'
To this punk inspired party number:


'Are you wasting my time'


This view looks like a superhero outfit
Close up of the zip sleeve detail
Words failed me when I tried to explain my inspiration, so see if you can figure it out from these photos -

Sid Vicious. I've been waiting for an opportunity to wear one of these belts since I was 13 years old.

Zandra Rhodes punk inspired collection from the 1970's.
Catherine Deneuve in 'The Hunger' - I've always loved the 40's as filtered through the 70's.
Jean Brooks in 'The 7th Victim' (1943) - creepy horror about Satanists in New York. They use a beauty parlour as a front for their evil activities!
Anya Phillips - manager of the Mudd Club. Classic sexy punk.
Debbie Harry in Stephen Sprouse

John Willie's 'Bizarre' Magazine - kinky stuff, but some brilliantly sexy images.

I made this dress specifically for the annual explosion of alcohol fuelled frustration known as my work Christmas Party. It started off civilised enough, but after a few hours of free prosecco, soaked up with a couple of canapes, scenes like this were commonplace:

Trying to pretend I'm a model in 'Bizarre' Magazine

'Not more dancing on tables, I already had my turn! Oh, alright - since you insist'


And yes, those are latex stockings in the 2 photos above - well, you only live once, and hey, it was Christmas! And now I'm probably going to end up with all sorts of weird search words on my blog stats ......

9 comments:

  1. Oh! that sleeve is flawless!I love your dress and Sid Vicious's belt and Jhon Willie's allure goes perfectly with it..very inspiring!

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  2. You are a genius. The dress is magnifique and you look stunning in those pics.

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  3. Wow, you really did a number on that dress! Love how you spiced it up!

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  4. Love the dress! Thank you so much for all the lovely goodies you sent me - everything is just beautiful!
    Liz @ Shortbread & Ginger

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  5. God Golly Miss Molly!!! UTTERLY AMAZING!!! Those sleeves are just genius! 2907 certainly has a saucy sister! and you wear it with the perfect amount of sass!! Fabulous!!

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  6. Great outfit...


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  7. Amor,
    how did I miss this post?
    You totally belong on the cover of Bizarre you sexpot biatch!
    that dress is gorgeously vampire gothica meets 80's.
    now I want latex stockings.
    Besotes

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