Girly Cheetah Part Two!

Here is the other fierce dress I promised you. Another mix of soft feminine and crisp cheetah. Next post. New fashion designer I love and a little info on the coming summer line. I also want to post some sketches. It's always fun to see where ideas come from.

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A Little Bit of Fierce for the Spring Line

Well I would like to start out by saying thank you to my beautiful model Jessica. She rocks this dress in the most amazing way.

I just wanted to share some of the wilder pieces that I did for the show seeing that I have shown you mostly tame and pretty dresses. Not to say that this dress is not pretty, but it is in no way delicate. I paired a bold cheetah print with the soft silky floral that I used in two other dresses. You may recognize the print from the long floor length dress because it is the same one in pink.

I chose to do the halter piece and the bottom ruffles in that material to give the dress a flirty feel. The structure belt is there to balance it out and enhance to structure of the bodice/skirt of the dress. All together I feel like this was one of my favorite pieces even though I didn't even like it when I was first done with it.

I guess it just took a fierce lady to make this dress work.

Next post...The other dress with this bold large cheetah print in it. And to think...I never thought I could make cheetah print work.

So sorry that I have not been updating! I really have been sooo busy making my spring line and it debuted this past saturday! here it is...quick video...and then next post the full show.

It's really great to share this with you. It took so much of my heart and soul to get this thing going and so much time and effort to show it. I love every piece and every person who helped me. Thanks to everyone. If you are interested in any dresses please leave me a post!

Last Peek

So here is your last peek at my Rum & Couture Spring 2009 Line.

This is a whimsical green dotted dress with a bright floral bust. I'm so excited because this dress is more fun and less serious than things I've been doing for my resort line.

I hope the bow doesn't throw anyone off of the true dressy nature of this piece. This dress has a zipper in the back and like all of the pieces that I have been working on - it is meant to be worn over a bathing suit or by itself.

I want to thank my roommate for doing this photo shoot and wearing my silly hat and glasses that I will surely be wearing on our vacation this week. Thanks for peeking in and keeping up with me. Now I have a date for the show. It is Saturday April 4th. I'm beyond excited, ask my roommates or look at the photo set of a hall way I have, and can't wait to show you the whole thing. From now on I'll just be posting accessories that will be in the show just so I don't give it all away. I'm bad with surprises but I'll try! (A few more pieces will but up on my website tomorrow www.rumandcouture.com so you can see maybe a few extras...well two to be exact) Told you I'm bad. But, no more after that I promise!

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Matching

Matching accessories in print often make me feel over done and too "matchy matchy" as many of my friends call it. Here is my trial: I'm going to try to coordinate shoes with a bag in print. Color coordinating is one thing...bold prints are another. So, I chose my coach clutch and matching print shoes. As you can see it doesn't get louder than that. (Well yea you can but I won't go there.) I chose matching prints that I could almost hide.
The idea behind it is that with jeans on you can not see all of the shoe. Also, the bag will be clutched in my hand. The prints are noticeable and matching but not loud and taking away from the rest of the outfit. If you have to do matching prints please promise not to wear matching jackets, hats, and pants, and so forth. Please haha. Good luck matching.
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I just wanted to post how much I love ski clothes and send out some advice for ski clothing. First ski pants are not flattering on anyone because you have no butt in them. So this is what I say. I have no butt in lots of clothes. So here it is. I like ski clothes because no one can tell if I have a butt or not. But better yet, I went skiing today and in new ski pants. Empyre is a brand that I had never used before. Empyre pants with- serious dry factor. I ate snow like it was my job and my bottom half should have been soaked but it wasn't! I really like these pants. Although their smalls are not small enough and there was snow in my pants at the end of the day. Another great thing I tried out today was my underarmor shirt that has thumb holes in the sleeves. GREAT IDEA> no snow in my gloves or sleeves. It was so much better. So there you are. My new favorite ski things.
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Dress 2 of Spring 2009

I have another side ways picture for you. I am really excited to say this is dress number two. I am posting it because they are the two show pieces for my line. Anything else dress wise is going to be secret. I will show accessories though. I may show a bathing suit or a bag or something. Who knows. Only time at my sewing machine will tell lol.
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