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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RUMANDCOUTURE SPRING 09 LINE

So this is side ways and that's my fault. But! This is the first dress from the Rum & Couture Spring 09 line!
I'm so excited I can't even contain it. This marks the big first step. I got this done a few weeks ago and now am working on my third dress. Once in a while I will post a picture of something I am working on just to give you a taste of what is going on.

Enjoy the cocktail bubble dress!

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Well I have kicked off my spring line with two new dresses. I can't wait. It's great to be working on my line again. I had to put stuff on hold for finals.
I also am excited because I really love frilly stuff and again another picture of inspiration on my line. Not sure how many pieces I am going to do. The best thing is that I can choose how many. Only time will tell I guess. I'm betting on ten.
The other things I will be working on are a line of necklaces and bags. As well as some cute room accessories. The first ones I plan on working on are pillow projects and the roll up down floor sleeper.

I will update you with pictures.
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My Inspriation

So the fashion show went great! I am very excited to post some pictures of the pieces we made as soon as they come back. Right now I want to post about this dress --> which has become my inspiration for my spring '09 line. I feel that I really is everything I want in a line. The floof and shortness of spring. The colors that pop and the playfulness of the line that I really want to be felt.

The dress is also the two layer look that i am going for. I love layers in dresses that a bouncy because it's like having more than one piece working at a time. The depth of the dress really gets me because it look full and playful in the way the allows me to feel like has several meanings. The dress is also strapless which I like. I want to incorporate more strapless things into my spring line because its fun and I love showing off people's shoulders. It's the part of the body that I feel most people either don't like or don't show off.

So here I am beginning my next three adventures. I want to make a line for a February fashion show on a warm cozy level. Mostly indoor stuff. Jackets are fun to make but I'm not feeling it right now. Then a spring get away line to be my main line for the spring. Finally I'm going to attempt a 3 to 5 piece couture line that is all concept and art based rather than functional and wearable. I want to show my most crazy ideas that stir in my brain. It's going to be a mix of Victorian and fairy tale like clothing. Anyways, off to start doodling and collecting samples. It's like the work never ends and I love that.

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