Kim kardashian West steals my dress?

Recent photos surfaced on kim kardashian west wearing a dress very similar to the one I'm currently making. I'm thrilled! The fashion forward reality star rocks this outfit at her latest shoot. Have a look!

Clearly the top of the dress is not mine will look like as mine is for Disney, but the bottom panels and colour choice is right on.

Photos of my hopefully finished garment will be coming soon! 

Metal work and fashion what?!

Yes! I've combined metal work and fashion. 

On the photo above you can see the copper piece, this is what I made. I originally attempted to make it from fabric however the shape was wrong and I couldn't get the edges to point enough.

So to make copper piece I got a 0.5mm of flat sheet copper. I drew around my card stencil/pattern piece . I then began to cut around the pattern using pliers.

Once the shape was cut I sanded the edges with a metal sander, always going with the grain of the metal.

I then layer the pattern piece on top of a metal block and hammered out any uneven surface with a plastic hammer.

Then finally I measured and marked some drill holes where I could attach the pattern piece to my dress. 

I drilled the holes wearing protective goggles and tieing my hair back for safety reasons. Once the drill holes were done I filled down the rough edges if the holes, once this was done I was finished.

Pattern Cutting

I began with a basic dress block, I had to decide where the bodice(top) of the dress would start and finish e.g where it would sit on the body. Once that was determined I simply removed the darts and cut out my pattern pieces. I kept my spec drawing close by to keep referring back too.

Now I have my bodice I moved onto Makeing the panels for my roller coaster track inspired bottom of the dress. 

I made a rough pattern and pinned in place to see if I was happy with the length and shape.

Turns out that I was satisfied with look of it so made a sample up and here's how it looks. I've also decided to make a tutu, the tutu you see in the photo is 10 meters of fabric however I want it twice the size! Which means lots if fabric.Agghhh!

Traveling outfit

Traveling outfit by therealkatykd-1 featuring mink false eyelashes

Norma Kamali grey shirt
£38 - theoutnet.com

Long black cardigan
£13 - rosewe.com

Frame Denim ripped jeans
£240 - farfetch.com

Wet Seal t strap sandals
£25 - wetseal.com

MICHAEL Michael Kors michael kors tote bag
£140 - neimanmarcus.com

Tiffany Co sterling silver necklace
£110 - tradesy.com

Tiffany Co charm bracelet
£98 - therealreal.com

Pave jewelry
£78 - reeds.com

Urban Decay eyeshadow brush
£36 - urbandecay.com

Mink false eyelash
eyelashesdirect.co.uk

H M cheek bronzer
hm.com

Lips makeup
narscosmetics.eu

Chanel perfume
£89 - neimanmarcus.com

iPad illustration

I originally got the outline of this illustration from Pinterest and fell so in love with that I made it my own using the APP 'art set' on my mini iPad. This app was suggested to me by the company 'themesparx' who also use a software similar however this one was easier for me as I'm a beginner.

NEW PROJECT! FMP

Hey guys Im now on with my Final Major Project, the theme is Theme parks and Water parks. I chose this theme because theres so many routes I could take like looking into food,emotions ,rides , colours ,characters and buildings.

Ive grown up in the themeing buisness my family have there own company 'Themesparx' located in Barnsley and I knew I could get lots of primary research because of this. I wanted primary research because it shows ive put the work in and got out there to get these pictures and not got them from the internet.

ASOS hair and makeup board inspo

ASOS are all about natural but modern makeup, but for my photoshoot I can't have it to natural as she won't stand out so here's some ideas.