Dress design for Shabby Apple Dresses

WELL- This semester I am in an Introduction to Fashion Design Class up here at school. I am actually really loving designing! (which surprised me because I can't draw for beans!) In my class we were designing clothes and we decided to enter the Dare to Design contest for the Shabby Apple clothing company. I love Shabby Apple, they provide beautifully stylish modest dresses! Our challenge was to design a Shabby Apple Dress for their Spring Line! I know TOTALLY EXCITING!!!! So here is my dress design, dress inspiration, and color options. ENJOY!

This is the Dress I designed for the Shabby Apple Dare to Design Contest.



This is a Close-up view of the bodice and bow of the dress (On Right). The bow is my true inspiration for this design. Our design class was hosting a Fashion week and I was looking through my closet for "THE OUTFIT". When I stumbled upon my Senior Year Prom dress. On my dress I had worn a beautiful shiny silver ribbon tied in a bow. So I decided to wear the ribbon on my fashion week outfit. Later that night as I was thinking about this competition and a dress design that was beautiful, flattering, and modest, this dress flowed from my hands with the focal point being a big Silver Double-looped Bow. 

I love the Spring 2011 Color palette! I think that the earthier tones would look absolutely amazing with this dress style. My initial dress idea was a teal/blue color similar to the picture at left with a silver double-looped bow just below the natural waist with a three tiered design below in a complimentary color shown below.  I believe any of the colors below would be beautiful in this dress design. 

Fabric Ideas: I'm not 100% sure on my fabric choices. I'm thinking for the top a Rayon/ polyester/ knit blend and on the bottom a Rayon/ polyester blend. Mostly I want my dress to be cute and flirty without being uncomfortable. I don't want the buyer to have to go home after purchasing my dress and have to adjust it to make it comfortable or modest. 

Hope you like it!!!

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My Daddy is Better Than Your Daddy

I have the best daddy in the whole world!!! I'm going to Florida for Thanksgiving and I was looking a plane tickets and they were CRAZY expensive!!! So I told my parents and my dad/super traveler called me back about an hour later and told me he had found some really cheap flights!!! OH HAPPY DAY!!! Then he told me that they would chip in and help me with the cost! So my dad took over and was going to buy the tickets for me. well one miscommunication after another and he accidentally ended up buying me the wrong days!!! After a tearful phone call where I know I was being a brat he texts me at 12:59am telling me he fixed everything. So needless to say I have the BEST DADDY IN THE WHOLE WORLD!!!

A Blog... REALLY? HECK YES!!!

I didn't think I would ever have a blog until I was married and actually had stuff to write about! But alas a blog is an essential tool for communication. I'm entering into a contest for the clothing company Shabby Apple and I needed a blog to post my designs. So I should be posting them fairly soon for all to see. I hope you all like them!