First Outfit

Here i want to indulge myself by writing a short entry about my first little number for girls.
I'm proud to show-off this first outfit, a mix of qualities are present, and the design is influenced by the origin of the fabric as well my love of Punk and Manga. However i decided to play-down these qualities in order to come up with something subtle yet intriguingly unconventional. The Fabric was from a dress given to me by my partners mother, it was made by her mother in the GDR Ira, which was in former east Berlin. The fabric is of course synthetic, the colourful small floral print speaks very clearly of that time. The punk influence of the outfit for me, is a new more subtle punk, the punk that juxtaposes style of the clothing with character of the individual. I also feel hand-warmers themself are the ultimate punk accessory, especially where the fabric is old, making it reto. Not to mention Manga, which is for me a form of punk, at least in the west. The fact that the outfit is complete, already suggests Manga, as well as the length of skirt, abundance of floral pink and purple, and perhaps most of all the shape of the cravat over a simple cream top with high neck. It took the most time to make the cravat and hand warmers. Cheesy as it sounds, i believe accessorise really are everything.
I'm currently working on a range of hoodys for boy's, soon to be reviled...