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The Making of MakeFashion

7/23/2017

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It only took me more than half a year, but I finally have everything to show you some of the behind scenes when it came to making the Dream Dress for MakeFashion!
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All of these pictures were taken by me, once the dress was done before the electronics were put in
The reason that this post took so long to become reality is that I actually lost the photos of the dress in progress. Thankfully, I found them so I can give you a bit of an idea of what the inside of the dress looks like, since it actually has more detail on the inside than it does on the outside!
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The skirt has gores in the bottom to give it some more volume
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This is on the inside of the skirt. You can see how the outside is sewn onto the lining to make it into a bubble skirt, and there is a zipper between the lining and outside fabric. The zipper was sewn in to ensure that we could access the wiring on the inside and remove it for cleaning
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The collar also has an opening in it for wiring, but this time I put in snaps, just since I thought a zipper might make the neckline too stiff. Unfortunately, the collar did not end up working for the show, but the option is there to add in other lights if needed
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The armholes were very nicely finished with bias binding... for about three days. At the rehearsal we discovered that the arms were too small, and we had to cut into them and re-hem it. It did end up working though!
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And here is the opening at the neckline! This dress had a bit of an unusual opening, with the zipper at the front instead of the back or side. It works really well though, since it ends up being hidden by the collar
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Not long after finishing up the actual construction, I put on the 3D spikes as well as the sparkles
The whole process of making this dress for MakeFashion was such a great experience, and I learned so many new techniques! I am very excited to hopefully be able to work with them again.

​~K
If you would like to see pictures of the final project, here is a link.
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