Tee-Threads Fashion: Silk

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Friday, 28 November 2014

Looking for my Johnny...Part 1

Hello dear,

Sorry I have been away for so long. I have been working on several clothing collections. Over the next few days, I'll present one of these collections in details.

I have had the idea for this collection for quite a while; I wanted to collaborate with a male designer while telling the story about love, particularly how it can start unexpectedly and in the most mundane places. The collection has been tagged ‘Looking for my Johnny’ after the popular song. It’s about a young lady in search of ‘Mr Right’ but for some odd reason keeps missing him even though they happen to be at the same venues. It will feature outfits designed by Tee-Threads Fashion and Kola Kuddus.

With love you just don’t know where you will meet ‘The One’. It might be the next door neighbour, the person you work with on that project at work, the one you meet regularly at the supermarket or maybe even the person who sits next to you on the rare occasion at church.

The story of this shoot brings to mind the Kelly Rowland song ‘Strange places’. The lyrics go; ‘Love lives in strange places; it’s the obvious that never shows. It just might find you when you least expect it. You’ll never know until you just let go’.

Thinking of Johnny…

Meet our young lady; she’s home thinking of Johnny, who he is and where she might meet him. She imagines herself with him but has no idea he is somewhere in her immediate vicinity.

She’s dressed in a pink, silk belted romper with multi-coloured rhinestone embellishments on the neckline, and a lacy back.

Below is the full view of both outfits which can be ordered from Tee-threads Fashion and Kola Kuddus. Contact details are also listed below.

...Be fashion wise!

Credits

Photography: Kamal 08035064370

Makeup: Larshville 08187344990

Ladies’ Clothing: Tee-Threads Fashion 08082138554

Mens’ Clothing: Kola Kuddus 08023594544

Thursday, 20 February 2014

I WOKE UP LIKE THIS!!! - Birthday Edition

Hello dolls! Today's post is pretty exciting as it's my birthday edition. I obviously had to treat myself to a super stylish outfit. I chose to make a slick evening dress which turned out perfect for the day's main event.

'The boo' apparently had a romantic evening planned for just us two :x . I got a text from him that evening that read: "A red carpet awaits you outside your gate, take your time, dress up and TURN UP!". So I promptly complied and when I stepped outside he was in a not-so shiny armor and I was whisked away for dinner. Please bear with the greyish pictures; they were taken indoors in low lighting.

The dress is an emerald green silk evening gown. It's floor length and has a tail behind. I chose to make the sleeves asymmetric; sleeveless on one side and kimono-ish on the other side. It is made more dramatic by the pleats across the bodice in the front and the back. A gold embellished trimming runs round the waist of the dress to give it a more dressy look and also to break up its monotonous appearance. A black finger ring clutch with gold trimmings and gold jewelry completed the glam look.

...Be fashion wise

Credits:

Dress:Email- teethreadsfashion@gmail.com, Telephone- 08033933234 || 08082138554

Photography: The Boo

Make Up: Tee-threads

Monday, 2 December 2013

For the Love of Teal

Hey lovelies, I hope you had a lovely weekend.

I attended quite a number of weddings in October and it seemed most of them took place on unusual days. One of these weddings was on a Tuesday and another was on a Sunday. Apart from the fact that these weddings were on odd days, they seemed to have a particular color in common which is Teal.

Teal is a low-saturated bluish-green color, similar to medium blue-green and dark cyan. It can be created by mixing green and blue into a white base, or deepened as needed with a little bit of black or gray.This is one color I LOVE and always will. I love it so much I chose it as the color for my fashion label.

One of the variations of teal is 'Teal Blue', which is a medium tone of teal with more blue. Two years ago, I made this teal blue dress; a mixture of a damask-like print and raw silk, with an embellished neck line of metallic iron-on stones. The raw silk is pleated across the neck of the front bodice with an uneven hem. I wore it to a client's wedding.

The wedding colors were teal and pink so instead of making a new outfit I made a few fitting adjustments to the outfit and rocked it.

The other wedding was for a friend and the colors were Teal and Fuchsia. The moment I set eyes on the 'aso ebi', especially the 'gele' I knew it was going to be a very classy wedding. The fabrics for the 'aso ebi' were Fuchsia sequin and Teal velvet.

While planning what to make, I figured most people would make skirts and blouses and it turned out I was right. I am not big on skirts and blouses as I wouldn't be excited about wearing it a second time, so I opted for a dress. I thought I would make a long dress but on the day I was to sew it I had a number of client outfits that needed to be sewn and I knew what I had pictured would take more time than I could afford so I settled for a quick sew; a knee length dress.

The one challenge I always encounter with this quality of velvet is lining so I made this dress without any. Thankfully, the design didn't need one anyway. The slit was intended for the back of the dress but because both the back and the front bodice are similar, I mistakenly cut the front bodice thinking it was the back so please forgive the thigh exposure :">.