The dress is totally asymmetrical. The front, the back, the skirt. It has layers and layers of rounded edges that are all lined with red rickrack. The way it hung reminded me of streamers, especially at the hem of the skirt. If I had planned better, I could have combined Molly's birthday party and the photo shoot in one. As it turned out I did manage to use the balloons we purchased for the party.
The sash that wraps around the waist is really interesting. It is straight in the middle and each end is curled, cut in a circle then sewn together at the ends for a twisty look.
We took the photos at an old bath house on city island. I'm surprised I hadn't used the bathhouse before. It has great old architecture and color. Ideally I wanted to take the photos for the dress at a carnival. That would have been great. But of course there were no carnivals in the nearby area. You know, something with a dippy slide and cotton candy in cones.
The back is asymmetrical as well, see pic below. I love the randomness of the layers. Like I said, reminded me of party streamers. Look for Monday's Frock by Friday post later today.
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«Oldest ‹Older 1 – 200 of 605 Newer› Newest»This is such a cute breeay dress.
Alison
gorgeous dress! i love the red and turquoise.
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I absolutely love the dress! I have linked the post in my facebook
xx
Ale
I love it!
There is a good chance I won't win but I really would like to wear a dress just like it. Maybe if I have some time next month :)
wow! very nice, funny! great job!
love.
It is lovely!
THIS IS GRRRRRRRRREAAAT! i love everything about it! you should keep it for yourself!!!!
lovely lines and lovely color!
LOVE IT. Just too cute.
This dress is beautiful! I'd love to win! Thanks for the giveaway
The dress is amazing... Just like everything else you make =)
This is just beautiful. Great work, great talent! Loved the photo shoot also!
It's lovely, and I LOVE the colors (they're my wedding colors)!
What an interesting frock! I usually prefer symmetry, but this is really fun!
-Katie
Wow this is beautiful!! I would love to have it!
this is GORGEOUS!!!! and the photos are just spectacular !!!!!! I love your blog
I abslutely love this!! I thunk the colors are just goreous. Very beatifully done!
Wow. This dress is darling. I love the color combination!
This is such a cheerful dress@ love it.
oh.my.god. this is just beautiful!
whaou!!!!!
this dress is amazing
You really have a great talent
I don't have a blog to link to, but I just had to say this dress is beautiful, I love everything about it!
WOOOOWWWWEEEEE! this is ABSOLUTE FAV dress i've seen on your blog so far! I WANT IT!!!!! lol....amazing job and PERFECT color combo! eeek!
I love this dress!!! Perfect colors and shape!
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LOVE it!
This dress is SO beautiful. I am very impressed.
I LOVE that dress! it's very fun and summery. I'd love to have it
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Oh, that is a gorgeous dress! One of my favourite colour combinations. How can you bear to give it up?
I have a question for you that I've been wondering about(but feel free to ignore nosy me). You're famous for your frocks, but what is your everyday wardrobe like? What do you wear to go grocery shopping or to take your kids to the park?
WOW!!! I LOVE THIS DRESS! I would love to wear it on my vacation!
beautiful dress! i love asymmetrical on clothing.
WOW! THIS DRESS IS SO PRETTY!!!! I would love to wear it on vacation.
such a cute dress!
LOVE this dress! What a fun summer dress!
This dress is beautiful. Great job.
I never win anything, but I love your dress so much that I thought I would give one of these giveaways one more try :). That dress is absolutely stunning. For those of us who don't win, would you consider writing a tutorial? Thank you!
oohhhhhhhhh. I love all your dresses. You are so creative + talented :D linky: meydele.wordpress.com
The dress is perfect
I like it very much, it´s perfect for this summer :)
Gorgeous dress! I don't usually like turquoise and red, but this balances it nicely!
this is so beautiful - how can you give it away??! you are so generous!
This is beautiful, the blue w/ the red ric-rac looks so fresh and summery!
I hope that a pattern of this dress makes it into your shop, its gorgeous! I absolutely love it, its my new fav.
wow, this is gorgeous!
I am in awe of this dresses beauty! wow.
My favorite color combination. Spectacular dress. BTW can you please not be quite so gorgeous? Those of us sporting the mommy frump are envious in a very happy for you kind of way :).
What an amazing dress! Your photography is wonderful. Thank you for sharing!
Maria.
Thank you soo much for having this giveaway if only for the fun and beautiful pictures!
You are so incredibly talented!!! I can't wait for your pattern line. I am commenting and linking in the hopes that I will win this fantastic dress. I hope this may be one of the patterns you come out with. It is lovely.
This is the coolest dress!! I love the colors you used...I love the assymetry. Seriously how can you give it away!!!
oh. my. GAH.
this is just the happiest beauty of a dress i have ever SEEN! and it is the perfect elusive shade of blue... the only hue of blue i cherish and can never find... paired PERFECTLY with red! ...and i would wear it for my upcoming summer birthday... and as i walked down the streets of nyc carnival rides would sprout up from the ground. you don't need a carnival backdrop. this dress IS the carnival!
this is the first giveaway of yours i've dared to enter! i've linked you at my bloggity blog.
i am always amazed at your work & your willingness to part with it... i have all my digits crossed.
love, oona
ps: any chance you'll be using one of your own creations in a "frock by friday" series? (which, seriously, is also amazing and i have no idea where you find the time, do you have elves?)
Oh I want this dress so badly! It's simply gorgeous! I love the assymetrical details and the popping red ric rack. So beautiful and whimsical and fun! Just found your beautiful blog and will be coming back for more!
Wow, what an adorable dress! I love the design & color & I'm not usually an asymetrical kind of gal.
I love the rickrack!
Beautiful colors!
Wow! I love it! This dress is amazing! Thanks for the great giveaway!
You look gorgeous!
Love this! Would be perfect for my son's first birthday party!
Wow it turned out beautifully. The colors are stunning.
wow, that is all that can be said... it is a beautiful dress, love the ruffles and the colors... so beautiful!
This is my favorite dress that I've seen on your blog so far too. And, it looks so perfect on you. How can you give it away?
What I fun dress! Love it! And love the pictures too :D
And my link is up!
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I saw this on Burdastyle and I WANT it. Well, if not the dress, at least the pattern :)
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I love the colors and the stitching in this dress. I think it would be fun to wear it in the summer especially! i take my son to a lot of fun things like disneyland or circuses when i'm not working so I would wear this dress with pride. I will post it on my blog.
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Thank you for this giveaway!!!
Oh my goodness! That is such a cute dress. I'm completely smitten.
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I love it! So light and summery.
oh so pretty! i would live in this dress!!!
This is so beautiful! What a very sunny, happy dress. It would be perfect for an ice cream date.
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Love it!
Lovely dress, looks like it's made of frosting! ~H
I am in love with this dress. If I thought my sewing skills were up to it, I would try and make this. I'll stick to making a-line skirts and cross my fingers to win this dress!
oh my goodness, this dress is so beautiful. more than any other giveaway I hope I win this one :)
I am DYING to win one of your lovely creations! Please, please, please let this be the one. :)
Wow. You are so amazing! I just can't believe that you give stuff like this away! This is the cutest dress I think I've ever seen. Beautiful. Thanks for the giveaway.
Wow, this dress is awesome!
Linked this, as well... x
woooow love the dress and LOOOOOVE THE PHOTOS so nice with the colorful balloons!!!! such nice giveaway.... I´m having one of my own in my blog hope you can come and participate www.caracarmina-atelier.blogspot.com :)
good luck to all of us!!! ;)
Love it. Hope to win.
That's so beautiful! Everything about it is just wonderful. :)
absolutly beautiful!!
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great color combination! I love it!
Another masterpiece! The red rickrack trip is just wonderful with the blue and layering at the skirt just falls so nicely. Another beautiful dress.
How can you give this dress away?? It's so beautiful and unique! I'd love to win, thanks for the chance!!
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I think its my fave ever too! So fun.
Jenn
beautiful dress! I love the colors!
WOW that is amazing! You are great!!
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That is gorgeous!
love it!!
What a beautiful dress!
That dress is amazing!! I love it!
How bad is it to lust after a dress? Really bad? Kind of bad? I need to know.
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This is absolutely beautiful!
I agree with previous comments, it would be fantastic if you did a tutorial, or if you put it in the frock by friday series!
Stunning! You are such an inspiration!
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hi! :) the colour and shape of that dress are AMAZING! just thought you should know <3
gorgeous blog, by the way, just found it via a friend!
Fantastic dress! It epitomizes summer--the red and blue remind me of the cherry and blue raspberry slush puppy drinks I loved loved loved as a child!
I am such a fan of bright colors and I love this color combo! So fun!!!
-Amy
Crafting by Candlelight
Link:
http://lifebycandlelight.blogspot.com/2010/06/streamer-frock-grosgrain-giveaway.html
Wow, I LOVE this dress!!
This has to be one of my very favorite dresses that I have ever seen--and you have a lot of fabulous ones!! I really want to win it!
The coulors, the shape just so amazing! The pictures are beautiful too! Hope I'll have some luck and win this beautiful dress!
Oh gosh, you are a GENIUS! Seriously once again you've mastered a way to make something as super cutesy like ric rac and made into way chic!
Hooray for giveaways!
Over the top cute! You did great a job with it. is this a pattern or did you design it yourself? Thanks for the giveaway.
So pretty! I love the colours!
I love this soooo much it is just beautiful it is perfect!! My favorite and I would adore it so much!!! Please consider making this as a pattern too for everyone who does not win!!! You are so extremely talented!!!
I love that color combo and the photos are fabulous. Great job!!
What a girly dress!! I LOVE it! I'm liking a post on my Facebook.
very vey nice !!!! I wil win this dress :)
very nice, I will win this dress
Good gracious! That's amazing! Did you design it yourself? Incredible!
im just starting to take up sewing as a hobby, your blog is great inspiration! would you be having a tutorial on how to make this gorgeous dress? i'd love to have a dress like this :)
I love this dress....I really really want to win it so badly!!!
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Kristina
This just may be the cutest dress I've seen!! amace@cox.net
wow, so original!!!!
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LOve from Spain
Seeing your dress this morning made me feel so cheerful. I love the colors, the whimsey, the design and it's just a beautiful dress!
I love the colors and the ruffles. So cute!
That dress is gorgeous!!!
How do you come up with this? Is there a pattern for this? It's really amazing.
And I LOVE the photos you've taken. I'm still trying to figure out how you did the one where it seems like you're falling to the right ;-)
I am soooo in love with this dress! I wish I could make it, I really wish to win it!!! I linked in a post on my blog: http://turtleturtle.blogspot.com
THANK YOU!
beautiful!!! you and the dress! so original and beyond FABULOUS!
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I enter a lot of online contests, some of them for crap I don't especially want or need. This, however, I MUST have. It's perfect in every way imaginable!
I also linked on my Facebook page.
Way too cute! I absolutely love it.
What a fun design.
how amazing! I love the colors. I hope I win!!!!!!!
what an amazing dress! i think it's definitely time well spent.
Wow! Just beautiful!!
This dress is absolutely darling! Love it!
Oh, my what a beutiful dress.
wonderful.
Love it!!
I would be so good to this beautiful dress!
I love this..the colors and the design. I cannot wait for you to start selling patterns!!!
I love, love, love this dress! My 16 year old daughter would look beautiful wearing this dress this summer! I've posted a link to this contest in the right sidebar of my site at:
http://www.raisin-toast.com/in_the_studio/
Thank you for this opportunity! I love to sew too, but don't think I could make a dress so beautiful as this.
I love this dress and only wish I was skilled enough to attempt! Instead I am making the next Frock by Friday and entering to win this!
love it, can't wait to wear it!
I posted your link on my facebook profile :)
so, so gorgeous. I love how it's so random, yet somehow very put together. I love it!
WOW! WOW! WOW! WOW! WOW! Love this dress!!
what an awesome dress, I love it!
gorgeous! are we getting a tutorial?
Okay so I'm not commenting to win this dress, because...it would never fit me. BUT, I wish so badly that when you did the Frock by Friday dress things, that the patterns would be your own creations. Like this dress. I would love to make this dress. However, I have no idea how you did the sash. You curled it? I'm a visual person. I need to see a video, or step by step pictures.
Unbelievably gorgeous!
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wow!!!
i love this dress....
nitzan.sc at gmail dot com
Awesome - I wish you would put up your pattern or where you got it or an idea of the construction!
I love it!
What a gorgeous dress!
Wow. This dress is beautiful!
beautiful work!!! beautiful dress!!! *fingers crossed* hoping to win.... :)
WOW is that a fun creation!! I've linked to it thru my blog and I'm commenting...woohoo two entries!! Have you considered creating patterns to sell?? Your frocks are very pattern worthy. :)
Love this dress! My too favorite colors together. I linked to it on my blog too.
I love this dress...so cute and I adore the turquoise and red together!
Wow. I can see why the competition is stiff for your giveaways. The dress is beautiful. Thank goodness for the internet. I am teaching myself to sew on my grandma's old machine, and if it weren't for all the blogs and tutorials and inspiration available via the web, I would feel quite alone. Linked from my facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/claire.quimby#!/claire.quimby)
Thanks for sharing your work. It's always a pleasure to see what you've made.
I love this dress!!!
I linked also!
The red rick rack is a lovely touch! sorainima@gmail.com
Oh my! So pretty, can't even imagine what it would look likeon me.
what a wonderful dress!!!!!!!!!!!
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wow! You left me speechless. the dress is absolutely fantastic. Where do you get your ideas? Some of the elements look innovative, like the sash in this case.
I was thinking the same thing that another commenter said...when you do the frock by fridays you should do a design of your own, they are all so fabulous and better than any pattern we can find :) would be such a neat idea!!!
I linked to your post!
Too cute!!!
Oh I'm in Love...these colours and the cut...Delish!!!
soooooo glad I've found your blog! droooooool...please pick me pick me!
Your talents leave me feeling a bit inadequate.
I would love a dress like that to wear to a carnival or the state fair ;)
Wow! Beautiful dress! I just love the colors! The backdrop is so awesome too!
Wow, this is quite lovely. I can't believe you're giving it away, I would be totally selfish and keep it all for myself. I so hope I win this! I love it, great job.
Oh my, what a pretty dress!
Wow, that is incredible! I do think that you make it look particularly good though - such a great model. Maybe you *should* keep it :)
I love it! I love the combination of Red and Blue!
that is a gorgeous dress...GREAT colors!
WOW! love, LOVE the dress! daciahu(at)gmail(dot)com
Seriously, you could be selling your designs to Anthropologie! This dress has great color and the asymmetrical hemline is fab-u-lous. I want it!! Also, please publish your pattern ;).
I left a comment earlier, but I also linked to this, too!
www.feistylikeioughtobe.blogspot.com
gorgeous dress, as always!
What a fun and frilly dress! Thanks for the inspiration!
I LOVE IT. http://victoriousnotrious.blogspot.com/
Are you kidding with this? This is AMAZING!!! Project Runway, miss. Project Runway. Wow.
Sarah @ http://comeandseetheseitz.com
WOW!! Gorgeous@
That is so pretty! I love the details of the skirt!How inspirational.
I love this one! Possibly my favorite too!!!! :)
i've linked your loverly loveliness...
http://oonaballoona.blogspot.com/2010/06/two-amazing-ladies.html
love, oona
Oh my goodness, this is just spectacular. Thank you for hosting such a generous giveaway!
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I am in AWE of you. You make such beatiful creative pieces, which along with your photos, are worthy of a collection in a museum or something. I have no idea how you have so much creative energy and complete projects so speedily!
Stunning dress!!! I would wear it often and spend the rest of the time just staring at it--it's so complex and beautiful! This is the first time I've visited your blog, but I will be back often, as will the many crafty and sartorially gifted family members and friends that I immediately informed about it!
It so beautiful, so wonderful, so fun.
I think I'm in love with this dress. one of the best you have ever made.
I love everything you do! This one is exceptional. www.jillofalltradesCRAFT.com
Gorgeous! I melt!!!!!!
-Eleanor
eleanor(at)unfamiliarceiling(dot)com
Wow I am stunned! My jaw hit the floor seeing the dress and the photos. This is absolutely amazing, I would love to win.
Oh, I agree with everyone's posts! What an absolutely gorgeous dress! You're very talented! And yes, a pattern would be great!
i dont understand, you are giving this dress away?! that is the most ridiculous thing i have ever heard! if i made a gorgeous dress like this, not only would i not ever give it away, i would also make sure i never out grow it ever! :P
if you make a pattern for it, i would totally buy it as well!
I love this dress! Love the color combo.
So stinking adorable!
THose are my two favorite colors together. Ric rac makes everything so much better. I would wear it with joy!
Love it! And you look gorgeous in those photos!
This is my favorite dress ever. I love, love, LOVE it! Perfection!
Every dress you make is so gorgeous--why don't you want to keep them? Anyhoo, love, love, love this dress (of course).
That is an amazing dress. <3
Wow! Fantastic dress, great color combo. Love it!
I am pretty sure this is one of the most amazing dresses I have seen. WOW!
I think this is one of the most amazing dresses I have seen! WOW! Perfect for the summer!
it's beautiful! I love how unique it is and love the color combo!
this dress is amazing!
How can you bear to give away this dress? It's perfect. And the photos are great too!
what a BEAUTIFUL dress!
so nice of you to host a giveaway!
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Gorgeous! I love the colors, the asymmetry, your pictures, just LOVE it!!
soo cute! love the pics
wow this is an amazing dress, soooo cute! i LOVE it!!!
I have never wanted one of your creations for my own quite as much as I want this one. Perfection!
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