Little Black Skirt becomes a dress once she is wrapped up....

The little skirt grows up to become a fantastic Little Black Dress.

To don this baby, you step into the narrow skirt (the fabric is stretchy yet substantial cotton/lycra knit), then draw the fabric up and over your shoulders.  To cinch the waist, you wrap the long ties around and around.  The black knit works well for the dress, but I can make this design in any light to medium weight fabric.  If it were made of a non-stretch fabric, I would simply insert a zipper into the side seam.

Here's the back:

To achieve this look, I pulled the back of the bodice up and over the shoulders first, then pulled the front bodice up and over the shoulders toward the back.  Those shoulder pieces create sleeves because I made them extra wide, wide enough to come down past the elbow.

Sure, I DO want to make one of these comfortable and flattering dresses for you!  How about royal blue cotton or wool jersey, worn with apricot and gold accessories?  Or short and WINTER WHITE, worn over skinny black pleather slacks?

I need a new dress. I do!

I simply must have the gorgeous top by LeMuse.

WHY ON EARTH, you ask, would someone who makes fabulous one of a kind, original design, fun to wear clothes buy a new dress made by someone else?

Because I love LeMuse clothing and want to support the beautiful muse behind the beautiful and unique clothing.  Lina designs and creates the remarkable pieces featured in her shop, www.LeMuse.etsy.com.

I ordered her top, "Asymmetric Muse Blouse" yesterday.

Almost illegal. Look out for LeMuse

Designer Lina of LeMuse on Etsy has created some of the most exciting designs I have seen on Etsy.

I want to thank and honor Lina with this Etsy Treasury I have curated, using items from her beautiful LeMuse shop.  For the treasury, I chose 16 of my favorite pieces; there are many more to behold, including a couple of terrific jackets for men.

I don't yet know Lina, who lives and works in Vilnias, Lithuania.  Neither do I have any particular connection to her other than the fact that we both have Etsy shops.  I simply love her clothes and am eager to share them.

Here, I put together trio of images from my treasury in tribute to LeMuse (a sample).  Each of the three photos is itself a link to Lina's LeMuse shop.

ALMOST ILLEGAL.

These dresses and other clothes are so exciting! LeMuse is one of my Etsy heroes -- This entire treasury is a tribute to LeMuse.

It is "almost illegal" because LeMuse designs (and their descriptions!) are so sensual and beautiful and tantalizing. But also because Etsy treasuries aren't supposed to contain items from only one shop!

Throwing caution to the wind, I salute LaMuse!






To view my entire Etsy Treasury in tribute to LeMuse:  Almost Illegal

Don't worry, no one will catch you if you go right on to LeMuse!  Your only problem, once you browse her entire shop, will be to decide which items to purchase.

So?  Buy several!  You will see that the prices are amazingly low, and you will be wearing original designs, hand made to your specifications, in wonderful high quality natural fabrics.

blue with black is honored...

One of my great dresses was honored by being added to this lovely Etsy Treasury collection!

http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4d26fd8e18d16d91248f09f9/blue-blue-and-blue



Size Medium Peacock Blue Knit WrapFoldOver by KathleenMeetsMorgan