This pleated copper necklace was mostly inspired by Rebecca Horn's White Body Fan which I have posted about before. It's probably best only worn at night or on dull days as yesterday I think I nearly blinded quite a few people!
I'll try to take some more interesting pictures of it at some point!
© Mathilde Donovan
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New necklace...well not new, I made this a while ago but didn't really like it until I wore it for the first time at the weekend. I think I'll probably be wearing it a lot more now!
Some simple jewellery that I've made recently as gifts for people from found objects, mostly 1930s to 1960s pocket watches and keys.
A lazy Monday afternoon having a few drinks in the sun to finish off the long weekend. My socks and shoes combinations always seem to incite rather a lot of abuse from the local kids. The necklace is my first attempt at knitting, although it's probably cheating as I knitted the strands through a knitting dolly. The wool is actually all different shades of blue and is much more beautiful and delicate looking than it appears in the photos. I made the circle scarf using an old pair of trousers.
So when I saw this jumper from Tom Scott's AW08 collection I immediately thought why didn't I think of that before? This looks like the perfect way to keep warm on summer evenings whilst still showing off your prettier clothes... or in my case a grey vest. Yeah yeah I'll make more effort when I'm over my sickness.
I've been meaning to do this for months but have only just got around to it... excuse the shoddy pictures this is my first attempt with the self-timer. This diy is so easy that it actually took me longer to take the damn pictures! I have no idea how people manage to take anything near halfway decent pictures of themselves using this method. These were actually the best shots I got... yep need more practice.
Oh and thanks Fran... I borrowed your room! :)
As I no longer have a digital camera to call my own I am reduced to stealing other people's pictures. Unfortunately this means that I don't have shots of all the outfits I wore at Bloc, although in the end none of my outfits really turned out as planned. Despite being an indoor festival I still got really really cold which I hadn't anticipated so major changes were accordingly made. Turns out that for festivals comfort wins out over style for me as I don't deal well with the cold. So i'm thinking that fancy head wear is the way forward as it can be as wild as you want... here I am in my diy Le Tour de Force erm.. 'imitation' with my sister Adele and my housemate Fran who are both wearing mini top hats which I decorated for them.
A few necklaces I made last year using some old t-shirts. I really should wear these more.
Latest in the Observer newspaper's ethical fashion series is this ruff t-shirt by Giles Deacon.
The instructions and downlaods of the patterns are available here.
A few months ago I made this zipper collar following Outsapop's tutorial on flickr. It took me about 10 hours and a lot of pin pricks to make it but it was worth the effort as I love it and every time I wear it literally everyone asks me about it. A tailors dummy (or at the very least a patient model) is essential for this one as I discovered when I first tried to make this without one - I just ended up stabbing myself in the neck a lot and getting nowhere.
The photos don't really show the detail very well but you can get the idea!
Thanks Outsapop!
I really love the exaggerated architectural shoulder shapes that have been appearing over the past couple of seasons. I particularly love Martin Margiela's strong sharp jackets. For me these shapes are reminiscent of the 80s power shoulder pads and Thierry Mugler's aggressive futurist aesthetic but pleasingly are minus the bling. Hannah Marshall's reworkings of the little black dress also focus on creating a similar display of strength with sharp structural edges and interesting silhouettes. I made my version of her Armour Dress shoulders with some shoulder pads and some leatherette fabric. This wasn't the quickest or easiest diy as I had to hand stitch the leatherette covers for the shoulder pads closed and the machine stitching I did do had to be very slow and careful to prevent the fabric from puckering. I joined the pads with some elastic across the back and under the arms which means I can wear these over a variety of tops and dresses.
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