MORE SAMPLES

'Tis the season so there's even more happening on the sample sale front--this week Gigi, Madelyn and Mira.  These are the original dresses we used for photo shoots and trying on in the design studio. All have couture techniques like hand-rolled hems, hand picked zips and a row of silk covered buttons down the back (yes they all really and truly button individually). Also, yards of scrumptious fabric!  Check out more details, images and ordering info below.

Header photo: The MADELYN Dress: Tea-dyed tulle and Chantilly lace hourglass dress with a square neckline. Bodice is shirred and pleated with motifs of Chantilly lace underneath. skirt is five layers of tulle with China silk rose-beige skirt lining./Photo by Dominic Colacchio Photography
Photo 2: The GIGI Dress:A-line out of an ivory embroidered organza with a shot of ruffled lace underneath. Separate crinoline under slip. A long row of buttons graces the back of this dress.
More images and fabric samples available on request.

Photo 3: The MIRA Dress: Silk chiffon and Chantilly lace halter dress with full crinoline petticoat. The fitted, boned bodice is Chantilly lace backed underneath with a tea dyed taffeta to make the motifs pop. Lined in silk Habotai. A row of satin buttons line the back. MIRA is a stunning hark back to the 1950s and ultra-fem dressing./Photo by Stephanie Williams Photography

ILLUSIONS OF GRANDEUR

Amy-Jo Tatum Bride

A very happening 2012 trend is the illusion neckline. I for one love the look of sheer necklines and sleeves and am planning on adding a least five more of these dresses to the collection over the next few months.  Popularized in the 1950s this style allowed modesty as well as showing some skin, albeit opaque but sexy and demure. These days illusion is found in a few varieties of sheer fabric: tulle, power netting, organza and chiffon to name a few. Designers are using softer and stretchier fibers for the max in comfort . . .

What's your spin on this? Would you like a sheer and almost naked look to your net top or more opaque like an ice skater would wear . . . .?