Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Glammed it up on the 4th

So my cousin got married on the 3rd of July and I took the opportunity to make a dress out of the many yards of fabric I have.  There's no way it could end up any worse than my last one, haha (crying inside).  I randomly walked down 125th street in Harlem and picked out a tailor.  I brought my own fabric and haggled with the tailor and we settled on a price.

First picture is the dress I used for inspiration (the pic on the right).  I really liked the dress but wasn't sure how it would turn out with the fabric I chose.  When I got to the tailor I decided I wanted to go strapless and bubble the bottom a bit.  You can do that when you're getting it tailor made.

He did an amazing job.  The dress turned out beautiful and got nothing but compliments.  I was so happy with it that I told everyone about him and I'll definitely be back.  Here's the finished product.  What do you think?