Embellishments Can Make the Dress

Pretty Trimmings

Courtesy of RetroMonkeys

Any dress can be made prettier with a little effort and a little trim.  A plain Shift or tent dress can become  a stunner by adding a little trim. To Download all of the trimming ideas and tutorials, CLICK HERE.

Originally Published by by Better Homes & Gardens 1963

Lace on the Cutting Edge

I had the fantastic opportunity to visit the Powerhouse Museum In Sydney last week and view this absolutely stunning lace exhibition. The objects in this competitive show were curated and included many non-objective works as well as pictorial and wearable artworks.

Powerhouse Museum, Sydney NSW

Nanduti Lace

by Griselda Gonzales  

The exhibition ranges from bold large-scale installations and sculptures to intricate textiles and jewellery. Materials include gold and silver wire, linen and silk as well as mulberry paper, tapa cloth, horse hair, titanium and optical fibre.

Playful and inventive, the works on display present a provocative challenge to traditional concepts of lace. The artists push lace techniques in surprising new directions — knitting human hair into sculptures of human organs, crocheting steel wire into a ghostly motor engine, carving lace patterns from the body of a rusty old truck. See lace in fashion, jewellery, sculpture, lighting and digital multimedia installations.

Joy Buttress

Skin Reveals Skin

Please visit the Powerhouse Museum to view the complete exhibition which is on view through 13 October 2013. The exhibition can also be viewed online http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/lovelace/index.php/artists-works

This exhibition was curated by Lindie Ward and Rebecca Evans