Proenza Schouler for Target

I love Target's Go International campaign. Here is a summer-version and winter-version of a dress by the latest collaborators Proenza Schouler, whose collection I found to be fresh, youthful, and fun. (Forgive my lethargy in the ironing department.)

DIY: dresses from the lazy seamstress

A. I bought a cobalt blue sweater skirt at Savers, added straps, and what do you know?!
A dress.

B. I laid down a dress and a top on some fabric (for the shape), started cutting, and added a red stripe to both sides because I haven't really seen that for some reason.

C. I augmented a 1970s blouse pattern to create a navy polka dot 1940s-style dress.

You too can be lazy like me and still make stuff.

Inspiration/Interpretation: Fall '07 NYC Fashion Week

The "Interpretation" is soon to come.

runway photos taken from style.com

DIY: knitting

This is the first scarf - the first anything - that I ever knitted. I made it a week or two ago, and I am extremely proud of it. I have used a guidebook my good friend gave me, as well as "Stitch 'n Bitch" by Debbie Stoller to teach myself. I look forward to creating new and better items.
Eventually, I want to get the knitting books "Twinkle's Big City Knits" by Wenlan Chia and "Domiknitrix by Jennifer Stafford.

Inspiration/Interpretation

Inspiration: 1960s Italian cinema/"Never on Sunday" + modern L.A. club kid


The Elements:
-A blousy or snug top tucked in.
-A high-waisted pencil skirt.
-A long skinny scarf (tied low).
-Several gold chains.
-The shoe is up to you.






[photo taken from wgsn]







Interpretations #1 - 6

DIY: ribbon

I like to add a ribbon or a thin scarf to a top to freshen it up.


I added a crinkled cobalt blue ribbon to this black lace-up top for color and a sense of unconventional romance.

I added a brown/cream polka dot "scarf" into the bow of this blouse to make it look somewhat French (circa the 1970s).

Inspiration/Interpretation: cocoon dress

Inspiration: this doo.ri cocoon dress

Interpretation: I designed this mushroom-colored Poiret-style dress/jumper (that can be belted as well)


(Ok, I actually designed this dress months ago, and then spotted this picture...but you bought it, didn't you?)