My sister attended a dance at her school, with the theme Under the Sea. She asked me to create a dress for her with that theme, so I designed this mermaid style dress, with metallic tail skirt and blue sequin party dress, and topped it off with seashell crown from a previous project. The tail skirt stretches, and has a tan undershirt attached to support the weight, and the dress is fully lined with an invisible zipper in the back.

This gown includes a skirt and corset. The corset was constructed from purple satin, using techniques from the Victorian era. While a corset such as this would never have been worn as an outer garment during that time, the components, such as steel boning, busk, lacing, and flossing, are historically accurate. The skirt is made of the same material, with extremely large pleats, embroidered details, and several layers of netting stitched to the inside.

This performance outfit is made from blue metallic stretch material with a scale pattern, and matching solid silver for the accents. A tan performance knit is used for the skin-toned portions.

This inspiration for this dress comes from the seashell art my grandmother does.  The dress is made from a sand-colored glitter satin and blue poly satin. It is fully lined and has an invisible zipper.  The seashells on the apron and crown are attached with hot glue.

A steampunk style dress. The blue parts are cotton, the brown is a textured vinyl. The hat is foam covered int he same material, and the cane is wood. Pictures were taken at Blackberry Farm.

This dress ended up being my high school graduation dress. (You can see that we got into the school after hours to take the pictures.) The dress is green satin fully lined in white satin, with a chiffon cape, lamé wings, and layered sleeves. The front laces over an invisible zipper.

I got the inspiration for this dress when I went to the import store and saw  plastic tiger onion grass.  I bought a synthetic silk print for the kimono, and brocade for the trim.  I had the vinyl for the corset from a previous project.  The kimono is fully lined in black poly satin.  The corset had to be stable holding the weight of the onion grass, so instead of using the usual plastic boning that goes into most of my projects, I used anchor wire left over from my hoop skirt. Pictures were taken in Phillip's Park sunken garden. At a later time, I was testing out doing Geisha makeup, and used the same kimono for the pictures.

This first outfit is made of synthetic suede.  It has fringe trim, invisible zippers in the shirt and pants, mock-lacing, and a jacket with buckles. The second one is a textured vinyl top with a zipper in the back, and a vinyl skirt.