Vintage Kimono Silk Buttons and Shoes

These are some buttons I made for my final collection using vintage kimono silks. The fabrics are sooo lovely and I have alot more left over from my collection, so when I have abit more time I will be turning the beauts into buttons and then some of those buttons into jewellery!

Today I was working on some shoes for my collection, I'm going for flat sandels or bare foot, won't really know until the dress rehersal on Thursday. These are just some basic flip flops wrapped in fraying strips of kimono silk, I really like how they turned out!

With Love from Japan

I've mentioned my collection a few times, but not really said what is all about! So here is a sneak peek...

As you have probably gathered from the post title, my collection is intitled 'With Love from Japan' and is a Spring/Summer 2011 collection.

My mood board

This photo was taken before my critique last week and I didn't really have time to take many photos, so they are not the greatest quality by any means, but I really love these two outfits, and don't these ladies look lovely in them!?

The collection uses vintage kimono silks in the most beautiful prints and a selection of jersey and viscose. Its mostly grey jerseys with splashes of blues and purples from the kimono silks. It has a soft romantic mood with very flattering shaping and fabrics. Hopefully when I have more time (once this fashion show is done!) I will upload the rest of the collection and any photos from the fashion show itself!