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Paper doll dress
Published: 2006-06-12 09:54:50 +0000 UTC; Views: 36877; Favourites: 783; Downloads: 4463
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My embroidery project for college. It's made from a whole load of reclaimed fabric, including bridal stuff, calico, muslin and jute; all sewn to a stretch mesh base. It took around about 100 hours to sew!
Extra special thank yous to ~Plumbob for taking the photos!
The brief was to make a garment entirely from surface decoration/embroidery techniques. The concept was inspired in part by [link] from ~pdtnc-stock
It's also for sale in my Etsy shop
[link] Feel free to go peek at more Etsyians! *EtsySellers
And one last link! For a completely different view of the dress, check out [link] by ~dee-cisions !
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Comments: 143
Beautiful Work 
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This dress is wonderful, I found it by chance and I'm glad
Now, I got inspiration for my birthday costume!
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This dress is gorgeous!!! and I must thank you because this thy work I found the inspiration for clothing for a theatre show!!
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This is brilliant you should be very proud of yourself
I can see how much work you have put into this and it realy does show
Well Done
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Wow, that's pretty darn awesome...... And, no offense to the model, but her feet look really long, which I think works great with the elongated mask to give just the picture a really creepy, yet amazing, feel. So neat!
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Beautiful! You did a very good job! >__< Now if only I could sew...
.____. -envious!-
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Very very nice design here, I think.
Also, the mask and her hair remind me of the movie "MirrorMask" xD
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What an amazing piece of clothing!!! or i guess i should say art. I really love it, and the mask!!!
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absolutely gorgeously and amazingly great job :3
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i love the tattoo thing on the arm (and the dress too obviously)
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lovelovelove this! you just inspired me to go for a fashion design class....
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i't like she come's out from a fantasy movie>.<
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Aww, thank you for the lovely comment!
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Thanks so much!
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Thank you!
(Love your signature btw!
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Thanks! I was listening to The Pogues and remembered reading in the leaflet thingy with the cd that one of the songs came out of that quote
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so theatrical! dazzling! great mask and lighting effects really give this piece its edge in presentation. - haha, i sound like a teacher or something. wonderful work!
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Kinda' Comme des Garcons lookin' piece !
SweeeeeeeeeT !
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Pretty. The title reminds me of a song by the Mills Brothers called "Paper Doll", and the dress reinforces that.
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wow...what a job...
the result is amazing...surprising...
also the back looks like wings...
wow congratulation...
Γmilie B.
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it's been so long, and you've managed to become something inspiring.
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I have to admit, I thought the mask was pretty cool too.
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333 favaroos..... the magic number... and x3. EXCITEMENT!!
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hmm where did my comment go!
*mystical forces*
well i wrote something that went a littler like this :
aww yayay! loverly loverly
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Aww, thank you!!! 
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Its a wonderful creation. I love all the texture...and your presentation is exquisite.
(On a side note...I have an unbelievably similar tattoo..on the same arm, as yours. Very similar flowers ( mine are on vines with leaves), and arrangement but mine extends down my hand.)
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What preparations had you made in order to manufacture this highly-impressive piece? It's amazing. Did you have any designs prior? How does one sew something like this? It's fascinating and definitely a favourite. Thank you for sharing it and selling it.
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Thank you Jono for your delightful comment!
A lot of research into current embroidery techniques went into this, followed by sketches and many small samples to see if the fabric would behave the way I wanted. I was hoping to push the boundaries of what we consider to be embroidery... (My mum saw it in progress, laughed, and told me it wasn't embroidery. I guess it worked!
The making itself was more organic, I let intuition guide me whilst sewing the parallel lines of fabric. Finally the topiary took place!
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You're quite deserving of the accolade. I am mesmerized and in awe of the piece. I have not much experience sewing nor much knowledge of the craft, but have dabbled in it and enjoy it. Your piece is quite inspiring and very noticeable. It sounds that much of your over 100 hours of production were expended in researching the proposed technique, which is even more impressive, to me, than if you had just sat down and started with a pile of material without any design. Well done!
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Fabulous textile art!! Only 100 hours of sewing?! It looks like a lot more LoL!
Great photo too, love the mask and the flowery tattoo and of course the lighting.
Perfect! And totally worthy of a DD!
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its amazing, the cut of it the way the shape of it is like a pillowcase with an end hangin down, yet its so complementing and sexy but not in the usual obvious ways such as showing a woman's bare curve and some breast.
and lol, im already seeing lots of them but as soon as i saw it, just the dress i thought mirrormask, and then her mask and her hair only make it more so. lol but i love it. i love it to death. she looks so welcoming. like, so easy to hug or something.
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I understand that people hate it when other people say that their works reminds them of something else, but this piece had me thinking that it was perhaps fanart for MirrorMask... and then I clicked on the link and saw the full detail of it.
I thought at first that this was a painting of sorts, so when It hit me that it was a photograph I was amazed. You really did an incredible job at well, everything. the composition is eyecatching. The dress is fabulous, and the lighting is fantabulous (yes I made up a word just for you)!
Instant fav.
^.^
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