Posts Tagged ‘Dress’
Today In Gimmicks: The Toilet Paper Dress
Posted by: Abbey Strutt
July 12th, 2011 >> Fashion Consultant
You wanted a wedding dress you could wipe your butt with, right? Thats what we imagine Susan Brennan from Orchard Lake, Michigan, must have been thinking, because shes the winner of the Toilet Paper Wedding Dress Challenge, an annual contest aimed at creating the best wedding confection out of, you guessed it, rolls and rolls of two-ply tissue. For her creativity, Brennan took home $1,000, which we hope she puts towards purchasing an actual, non-toilet paper wedding dress. Yeah, but whats more intriguing is the line from the press release about third place winner Cynthia Richards, whose toilet paper dress was inspired by her business partners dream.
Put all eyes on you in a bandage dress
Posted by: Gabriella Conybeare
June 28th, 2011 >> Fashion Zone
A bandage dress is a definite must for any woman or person who wants to make an impact on the eyes of everyone.
The dress first appeared in 1985. It was created by the famous legendary designer Hervé Léger. The dress is a fashion take on a common bondage practice but instead of ropes or straps, pieces of fabrics are used to wrap around the body, hence you get the bandage dress.
The dress is made up of layers of elasticated fabric, that fit around the body as if someone had wrapped the body with bandages. S
Gaga’s ‘meat dress’ goes to Rock Hall of Fame
Posted by: Abbey Strutt
June 26th, 2011 >> Fashion Consultant
SMELLY STUFF: Lady Gaga shows off her infamous meat dress at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards.
Lady Gaga made history at last year’s MTV Video Music Awards when she turned butcher’s cuts into high fashion.
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland has unveiled the singer’s raw-meat dress to the public.
The dress – made of layers of Argentinian beef – was kept in a meat locker, placed in a vat of chemicals and then dried out by taxidermists in California before being transported to the museum.
Hall of Fame spokeswoman Margaret Thresher says the dress took on a “dark, beef-jerky” look while dehydrating, so it was painted to look “fresh” afterward.
Middleton’s prince-catching dress fetches $145,000
Posted by: Abbey Strutt
March 20th, 2011 >> Fashion Consultant
THE DRESS: A see-through knitted lace dress modelled by Kate Middleton at the St Andrew’s annual charity fashion show in 2002, sold for $145,000 at auction.
A dress worn by Prince William’s fiancée Kate Middleton at a university fashion show in 2002 which reportedly sparked the royal’s interest in his bride-to-be fetched 65,000 pounds (NZ$145,000).
Including commission, the see-through mesh slip dress designed by Charlotte Todd sold for 78,000 pounds. It had been expected to fetch 8,000-10,000 pounds.
Todd, who was in the saleroom at auctioneers Kerry Taylor, said she planned to put the proceeds of the sale toward buying a house with her husband.
Strapless dress 101: keeping your dress up
Posted by: Gabriella Conybeare
February 21st, 2011 >> Fashion Zone
Strapless dresses are a seductive and yet classy choice for cocktail parties and formal outings. But you can just spoil this look by constantly tugging and pulling at your dress, trying to keep it up. In spite of endless strapless dress tips out there, most women still fail to wear then with the right way.
Girls, any strapless dress, fitted well at the waist won’t fall down. Instead spend more time on picking the right. For instance, this gorgeous Shoshanna dress has a slightly gathered top. The advantage here is that you can opt for a padded bra to make the dress fit tightly at the bust and help it stay in place. I