Burda Style For people who sew
Description
I’d LOVE to share with you one of my favorit designs to date!!
While it may not be the most “wearable” of designs, my magazine dress is 100% wearable if your looking to stand out! Trust me it’s a great conversation starter and you’ll look so wounderful!!
I can honestly say I never intended to sell this design, I made my magazine dress to be worn for this photoshoot and sized it to my model for my photographer friends senior class project. I also made a coffee filter dress!
I made a black slip with a side zipper. then I cut up 4 magazines…
(Just for a fun fact: it was 1 Vouge, 1 W , and 2 Nylon magazines)
I layered it in a fringy type fashion sewning with soft cotton thread, and around the bust line I sewed the paper down into a pattern of colors, then took the shoulder of the design up into a higher design. The belt is a vintage find from salvation army and I thought it looked so fun with this design!!
I had this design on display for the summer on a dress form int he back of my boutqiue!
In the end last year for halloween a young girl came into my boutique with her father and bought this design for her costum, they made me an offer and well needless to say i can always make another one!
Material Notes
4 magazines, thread, zipper(metal), and a light weight silk or satin for the slip!
Difficulty
Advanced
Categories
- Season
- Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter
- For
- Women
- Garment Type
- Costume
- Style
- Mod, Other, Punk, Rock, Steampunk
- Material
- Other, Satin
Credits
- Model: Marie Christina
- photographer: Melissa Harrison
8 Comments Sign in to add a post
Featured
-
Retro Pattern
Blouse and Pant Suit
Dive back into 1956 with this stylish two in one pant suit pattern!
-
Member Project of the Week
Strapless Bustier Dress
Get inspired by printed floral bustier dress with flounce! It is so summery.
-
Editors' Pick
Surfer Girl: 10 New Sewing Patterns
The style is cool and sporty beach wear that can be worn anywhere!
-
Pattern of the Week
Floral Pencil Skirt
This pencil skirt is perfect for everyday wear! We love it in floral.
-
Editors' Pick
Photo Bombshell: 8 New Plus Size Sewing Patterns
This collection will make you shine in front of the camera!
BurdaStyle - Footer
BurdaStyle is a DIY fashion and sewing community. Our aim is to bring the craft of sewing to a new generation of fashion designers, hobbyists, DIY'ers, and inspire fashion enthusiasts. We offer downloadable PDF sewing patterns, project ideas, tutorials and a community passionate about fashion. Press coverage on BurdaStyle can be found here.
Website Help
About BurdaStyle
© 2009 BurdaStyle. Inc. All rights reserved. Site by AREA 17
Feb 25, 2012, 11.39 AMby chased-away
This dress is amazing. LOL at “it’s a great conversation starter”
May 12, 2011, 08.08 AMby henniem
AMAZING! I love this dress… what a clever idea :)
2 Replies
Dec 14, 2011, 05.31 PMby ThomasLeeDesigns
Thank you!!! I still adaore this design, and almost want tomake a second one, but full length!!
Dec 15, 2011, 08.49 AMby henniem
You should do it..and make sure you share it with us :) Look forward to seeing it ;)
May 12, 2011, 12.13 AMby Valerie Gomez
I will try this out!
1 Reply
Dec 14, 2011, 05.31 PMby ThomasLeeDesigns
Its so much fun to do! I spent hours looking over magazines finding colors, pictures,people,designs that I love and wanted to have be apart of my design!! I hope you do try it out!!
May 11, 2011, 06.06 PMby vestiphobia
I can only imagine some of those amazing colors came from the Nylon magazines? this is great!
1 Reply
May 11, 2011, 06.48 PMby ThomasLeeDesigns
Heheh, yeah! and thank you! :)
May 11, 2011, 02.45 PMby xxmazenxx
Love love love this!! I make purses that look a lot like this. :D
1 Reply
May 11, 2011, 06.46 PMby ThomasLeeDesigns
Thats so cool! I imagine they turn out very beautiful!!
May 11, 2011, 08.56 AMby lizah
this is so cool!
1 Reply
May 11, 2011, 06.47 PMby ThomasLeeDesigns
Thank you!
May 11, 2011, 12.21 AMby pambox
this is just brilliant in both concept and execution.
1 Reply
May 11, 2011, 06.46 PMby ThomasLeeDesigns
Thank you!! :D Melissa and Marie did a wounderful job bringing this to life!!
May 10, 2011, 01.13 PMby Timea Schmidt
Sooo fun! Beautiful pictures. You are very talented!
1 Reply
May 10, 2011, 08.00 PMby ThomasLeeDesigns
Thank you! This was a really fun photoshoot to do!