SWOON 1970'S LOOKBOOK

Hello loves!

It's been quite a while, many apologies! I've been working really hard on Swoon recently which if you didn't already know is my own Clothing Label! Everything is handmade by me in the UK & I absolutely love it!

I brought out wave two today, Which is all listed at £11 and under on my store now linked HERE.

I got hold of my good friend Nicole and asked her to help shoot a Lookbook, Which turned out so lovely! It's 1970's inspired fashion &I'm so happy with the photos.

Here they are!

lovelove

xxx

OOTD | The Babydoll Shift Dress |

Hey Chums!

This week I've been so busy with my Swoon launch that I almost forgot about an OOTD! I'm a terrible person.

I had a little time spare to finally make myself a dress from some Orange Crepe I got from Brick Lane last year! It was only £1 a metre so how could I leave it behind?

I opted for a cute 1960's style GoGo dress, Originally intended to have a Peter Pan collars..but you know they're the bane of my life so I ditched that part! 

I wore my White Tights from Primark (£3) & White Dolly Shoes from ASOS (£10, Depop) & OFC My White Fluffy Bag from Kylijane! 

I'd also like to say excuse my fluffy mad woman hair, It never looks nice when it's too clean!! GRR.

Sunning it up lol

Hope you love this OOTD & I plan to start some sewing tutorials on my Youtube eventually, Starting with Altering trousers that are too big to fit you.

Also I wanted to say that today SWOON Launched & I've listed everything on DEPOP (Username:whoisjosiewho)

Everything is £10 and under because here on my blog it's Affordable Fashion ALWAYS! & If you order before Midnight tonight it's £1 postage!

Have a nice weekend!

xxx

✿ SWOON SS15 ✿ Handmade Vintage Fashion ✿

Hello!

Today I have something really exciting to tell you about!

For the past few months I have been working on a Brand of Vintage style clothing, all from my bedroom! It explains why I've not been the best at posting regularly on here!

SWOON - A sub brand of Sisters of The Swoon, Is my baby. I've worked so hard on designs and swatches, moodboards & really made sure I've created something to be proud of!

All of the clothes are Handmade by me in 'Studio Swoon' AKA My bedroom haha, & I put lots of time and love into each garment!

I'll be launching my Brand on DEPOP on the 1st of May, So make sure you follow me on there & make sure to follow my store instagram for updates! I'll also be doing a giveaway in a weeks time so make sure you enter!

DEPOP STORE:

http://www.depop.com/en/whoisjosiewho

SWOON INSTAGRAM:

https://instagram.com/whoisjosiewho/

MY INSTAGRAM:

https://instagram.com/sisterswoon/

Here's some photos of what's to come!

✿ SWOON CAPSULE PIECES ✿

I really am so excited for this new adventure, I've worked really hard on it & I'm so in love with every piece!

I hope you love it too!

lovelove

xxxx

Diary of a Costume Maker | Ariel |

Hey guys, I've got a few pictures of a costume I made last week to share! I made this for the lovely Brogan, for her Birthday & I'm quite happy with it! The pictures aren't in order, but they're just here for me to have all in one place!

Glued on Individual sequins & beads.

The basic pencil skirt.

Made from Green Satin.

The Skirt Laid out.

A good picture of the colors!

The outfit before it went off to it's owner!

The back of the Pencil Skirt, with darts & Zip.

Another angle of the skirt with Fishtail attatched!

Chiffon and Sequin 'shell' bralet

Skirt before sequins were added

Pattern pieces ready to go

Installed Zipper & Hand sewn Hooks

Hand stitched waistband.

Another angle of the finished skirt, Lovely colors

Original Bralet concept, Painted with Fabric Paint.

Finished Costume

Beaded detailing on the back of the fishtail.

Satin based Shells covered in Sequins

The Bralet before covering with fabric.

The original concept sent to me by Brogan!

Link to the original blogpost with this skirt here.

and of course, Ariel!

If anyone wants an in depth show of the patterns and methods I used to make this skirt don't hesitate to leave a comment I'll happily write another blogpost or film a tutorial for it :)

lovelove

xxx

| Buffy 'ANNE' Cosplay Progress |

Hello lovelies! 

I thought I'd share with you a cosplay post, because I do cosplay, Last year I was Blondie from Sucker Punch at MCM London. I didn't attend this year, but I still make lots of costumes!

Blondie Cosplay

I've been sewing for ages, as my blog can tell you, but I really wanted to crack on with a few costumes for my own portfolio! I LOVE Buffy, I've watched the series over and over, I knew I had to make a costume for her! 

Although Buffy is normally in Civvies and brandishing a wooden steak, I opted to make a more obvious costume.

 In Season 3 Episode 1 'Anne', Buffy begins the season working incognito as a waitress in a Diner. I love the uniform, It's so typically Diner & really cute!

Little details that really got me are definitely the Pointed sleeves, & the double tipped collar! Not to mention the Gingham, love me a bit of gingham!

The costume itself is really simple, Just a long button down shirt dress, With darts to fit it to the body & Gingham trim along the bottom. So I just needed a dress pattern I could manipulate.

Here's my (terrible) Rendering of the costume, I'm defo going to re-draw it! 

This was my basic plan, from this I worked out the different types of sizing and pattern shapes for the collar etc.

AND NOW, Progress pictures of the costume..

Before the collar went on, Naturally I left it to last, Collars are the bane of my life! I hate them!

Top stitched the crap out of this seam to stop the gingham from folding up.

The pointed sleeves, Kept pointy with the help of thin card, This costume can't go in the washer haha!

First try on, Ignore the bottom caught on my leggings, Not actually too bad!

Close up of the collar, Which still needs work on those tips! 

Currently need buttons etc, but it's quite hard to get clear buttons!

Added up, minus buttons this costume has cost me about £7 which Is bounds cheaper than buying it, Bonus! Although It's obviously no where near finished I just thought i'd share how far I've got with it and i'm really happy with how it's looking.

Ciao :)

xxxx