A VaVaVoom Suit. I'd say so!

I am so lucky!  I get to sew for fabulous people who love fabulous fabrics!  This rich blue and green peacock jacquard fabric is incredibly lively, yet sophisticated and chic in its drawstring-waist sheath incarnation.  The sleeves come to just above the elbow, the dramatic fold-over collar in navy blue wool brings out the dark blue of the peacock colors.  Knee length, this VaVaVoom dress is going to wow the crowd when my beautiful customer gets up to deliver her talk at a conference later in the spring!

 

...trying to get my camera to show you the colors properly...

The back of the dress, with its inverted box pleat at the hem.  When she walks, the woman of this dress will show a bit of navy blue wool at the back of the hem.  The lower part of this dress, by the way, is narrower at the hem, creating this great "wiggle" dress in peacock plumage!

Over the peacock wiggle dress, she can wear the coordinating navy blue wool duster-length jacket.  It has 3/4 length sleeves and shares the raglan-sleeve styling of its dress.  It is A-line in shape, but is contoured at the waistline.

Turn around slowly....  the back of the jacket dips a bit longer in back, creating a swing-coat sort of effect....

The jacket is trimmed at the neck and front edges with the peacock fabric of its dress!

The one small pocket on the jacket will be handy, but also will enhance the waistline by its size and placement. (btw, A., it can be easily removed if you'd rather your jacket's sleek lines be totally uninterrupted!)

The jacket can be worn with its peacock neckline over the dress collar, if desired.

...small slits at the openings of the 3/4 length sleeves...

VaVaVoom Suits!  Bring 'em on!

I am posting this feature about the Peacock Colors VaVaVoom suit primarily for my customer to be able to see the ensemble before I ship it off to her tomorrow.  I am so glad, also, for everyone else in the world to get to see this great suit she and I collaborated to create.  Please let me know what sort of awesome suit I can start making for you, too!

O-Back Jumper, just finished!

I just finished the final stitching on this wonderful little O-Back Jumper for one of my customers.  It is just like my sample   O-Back Jumper   except that it is made to the measurements of my customer and features her chosen fabric.  She chose this great wool twill, and I lined it in black satin lining.

The fabulous O-Back!

At the top of the O-Back, I fashioned a terrific closure with little interlocking loops and round buttons, anchored by a hidden black snap beneath the loops.

A tiny black button graces the front edge of the neckline.

Princess

 Have I ever been having fun lately, creating a DRESS.

Purple tone-on-tone printed cotton, shaped into a marvelous Princess Dress.....   My first photos show how the dress was shaping up, before I added the sunshine yellow lining.

I finished the dress; its Princess came by my studio to model it and to pick it up for the party.

Sarah Elizabeth.

Yay, bravo, and hooray!

I am so proud to introduce Sarah Elizabeth to everyone.  She celebrates life and beauty over at www.loveinfinitysquared.org, where you can become better acquainted with her and her story of living with cancer.

Never doubt the power of LOVE.

What I haven't shown you yet......

The KathleenTemple, Tailor Studio has been open for one year now, and there are many dozens (maybe hundreds!) of custom garments I haven't shown you yet.

I want to trot out a few of the custom dresses and such to give you a taste of what I have been doing.

This little black dress is a simple tank style dress with a contoured hem.  It is of a luscious soft bamboo interlock knit.  I created the silk sash after I shortened a silk dress-- the customer for whom I shortened the dress allowed me to recycle her excess hem fabric!

I created this terrific hooded wool coat for a customer and liked it so much myself that I ended up making a wool lace vest for myself with the same type of hood on it.

I have made many custom wedding gowns over the past year.  This vintage style gown is stunning in person!  I will share photos of the beautiful bride wearing it once I receive them.

Am I lucky or what?? I get to make very fun costumes for a young woman who wears them to Japanese animation conferences!  This dress transforms my customer into a human version of a certain Anima character.

It has been so long since I shared my own dress creations here on the blog that my own summer dress never got included in a post.  Don't worry, I don't wear it this time of the year. (it's all of 19 degrees farenheit outside right now)

 This stretch satin wedding gown is one of the prettiest gowns I have ever made, in my opinion.  It is so elegantly simple.  It sure sets off the bride's elegant and striking beauty....

I will post many pictures of this beautiful customer before too long....  This photo is just to entice you to subscribe to the blog.  You will NOT want to miss the professional photos soon to be published here on KathleenTemple, Tailor that will show you this black lace (honeymoon!) dress with side pockets, her flame-orange chantilly lace wedding gown, and her awesome wedding.  Jimmy Choo heels....

A whole troop of bubble-skirted bridesmaids' dresses in hot pink taffeta!

I made this dress about a zillion years ago, but I love it so much I couldn't leave it out here....  Of course I matched the stripes perfectly (I LOVE to match stripes).

Enough of the photos I took myself, eh?  The last few photos I will show today were created by the talented photog Chelsea Weaver.

Chelsea herself is modeling here.

Kelsey Landes is modeling my blue stripe number.

Chelsea models again.  lovely.

Do subscribe to KathleenTemple, Tailor, will you?  There will be more photos coming soon.  Thanks!

More about that One Dress

Last time, I crowed about getting to participate in an awesome woman's One Dress Protest.  I made her black dress!  She is on a fashion fast, wearing her One Dress every day for an entire year.

Lacey, I am so impressed with you and with your reflections as you continue this journey of self knowledge.  You are inspiring and I feel proud of that terrific dress on lovely YOU!


I am soon to be making a couple more of the very wearable and attractive shift dresses.  I am being commissioned to make the custom dresses by a woman in the UK.  Here are some of the fabric choices:

wools

rayons

cotton tweed!

rayon twill with lycra

hand-dyed silk herringbone

Like a sari

As soon as I find just the right piece of silk, I want to create such a dress.  Ooooo!

The incredibly beautiful photo is by The Sartorialist (http://thesartorialist.blogspot.com/).  Thank you to Scott Shuman.

Double Black is my choice

DOUBLE BLACK is my choice for an outfit, but what is yours?

I just listed both the custom top and the custom gauchos in my shop:  www.KathleenTempleTailor.etsy.com.   http://www.etsy.com/listing/65766396/custom-gauchos-have-deep-inverted-double

There are all sorts of options for you that are described in the shop's listing.  See what you'd like for YOUR version of either the wrap-around kimono style top or for the pleated gauchos.

Thanks for checking this out!

Ted models

Ted saw a custom wool vest I made for one of my customers.

"No", I said.  "It would be way more than you could afford."

Then I surprised him at Christmas.  There haven't been very many days since I finished it that he hasn't worn it.



I am making more men's vests.  Check this:  http://www.etsy.com/listing/65534086/custom-wool-vest-for-men