New Life In Old Dresses

I've done a collection of alterations for Lubna, here's just a couple. She is clearly a woman who loves her clothes but several of her dresses needed a little tweak to transform them from just clothes she bought into her dresses.

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This is a beautiful red vintage dress. The upper chiffon layer was a little worse for wear as well as the dress being too big. Also as it is an original, there was a lot of shaping over the hip, typical for the period, but unfortunately was not especially flattering to the more slender figure.

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I also had the pleasure of working on a fab dress with the most amazing print, it looks like a TYPEWRITER!!! It doesn't get better than that.

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Again, a fab dress but quite shapeless, but we took it in and added some darts to give a more flattering shape. We also took up the hem and cuffs to Lubna's preferred length.

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