Journal

Gingham Ballgown
Gingham Ballgown
The Gingham ballgown sketch. This was to be a Victorian, Southern Belle style gown taking inspiration from the photographs of this era. This is the main piece of the gingham... Read more...
Gingham Shirt Dress
Gingham Shirt Dress
 Sketch of the gingham shirt dress. The classic shirtwaister in baby pink made extra cute with a full mini skirt and frothy tulle petticoat.  Making of the gingham shirt dress... Read more...
GengGang Gingham Wiggle Dress
GengGang Gingham Wiggle Dress
  The Gingham pink dress sketch. Hourglass wiggle dress with longer midi length and draping from my gingham women research.    Inspired by 1950s wiggle dresses with an exaggerated feminine... Read more...
Good Girl Bad Girl Dress
Good Girl Bad Girl Dress
Introducing the Good Girl / Bad girl gingham dress. Based on the idea of gingham weaving good and evil, light and dark together. This dress is fully reversible with hand painted... Read more...
The Gingham Girls
The Gingham Girls
Just 18 of the women from my research into gingham throughout history and today. The women who wore it, picked it and wove it. The cotton pickers are central to... Read more...
Fabric of The World Dress
Fabric of The World Dress
  Introducing the 'fabric of the world' dress. Designed from my research into gingham. This dress is hand draped over the bodice taking inspiration from the way women have tied gingham... Read more...
Gingham Collection - Fabric of the World Dress
Gingham Collection - Fabric of the World Dress
The first sketch from the gingham collection.  A combination of discovering so much about gingham, developing the designs and being incredibly busy with wedding season has put a bit of... Read more...
Gingham
Gingham
Gingham check or stripe is said to originate from Malaysia and was imported to Europe and America in the 1700s. The Masai people have worn it in traditional dress for... Read more...