Indian Sari Couture/ Swing back coat

Client/ Model: Chitavan Pandya Patel

Upcyling Vintage Saris! Chitavan inherited a pile of beautiful Saris that she never got the chance to show off....until now! This Jacket is the first of many designs that give the fabric a new life by being transformed into a  more modern day pieces. Cocktail dresses and gowns to come.....

Jacket: We selected this beautiful striped sari to make into our first piece out of. The body panels feature the pink and purple stripes and the collar and hem incorporates the gold embroidered border that ran all the way around the 4m long sari. I lined it with midnight blue cotton, added pea sized wooden buttons on the sleeves and weighted the hem again to give the swing back a nice movement.

Paramount/ Feature Film : 'Destinaion Wedding' Costume Designer & Wardrobe Supervisor (who needs a budget to look good?!)

Dressed in Joanna August frocks/ all jewelry for the actresses kindly provided by Tatyana Fin.

 Finishing touches behind the scenes.

 Location: Pelican Eyes Resort/ San Juan del Sur / Nicaragua. Not to shabby!

 The cast! Night shoots - 5pm call, 6am wrap!

 Suits called in from Charles Trywhitt, London.

 .......and if I were to tell you I didn't have a Costume budget?!

(Photographs: Katerina Thompson)

Sailor suit to Sailoress

 Upcycled: This once a very large Sailors suit, found in a thrift store in Central California. Inspired by our glamorous pin-up girls of these coastal harbours, we now have an ECOUTURE ensemble at its finest. The jacket sleeves are pin stitched for a slim fit, the anchor buttons handpicked, tailored for a close fit from waist to hips and a mermaid shaped skirt with red ribboned kick back detail.....see you soon Dita Von Teese x x

Savanna: studio made and styled

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Studio time/ Venice, California

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Designed, Cut, Stitched and Styled by Hannah L Geraghty
Directed, Shot and Edited by Dustin Bath (see: www.krop.com/dustinbath )

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1/ Shirt from charity shop, sewn to fit. Beautifully soft, worn cotton!

2/ Lace vest found in vintage store in Topanga Canyon. I weighted the hem so it sit on the body smoothly and added lace to the waist to tie to at the back for a more fitted look.

3/ Baby blue slip, cut on the bias out of the finest Italian silk (to wear under pinny, below)

4/ Gorgeous vintage French pinny/apron found in Londons Portobello market. Moth holes darned. Ties added to waist. Blue silk slip made especially to wear underneath. 

5/ An old granny dress customised and taiored to fit! Hem cropped 2 feet! Darts added at front and back 2" on the dbl/ sleeves tucked to tighten at arms/ decorative blue rope lace trim at added at waist/ tuile net slip made for underneath to soften the line on the leg and make use of the fullness in the skirt.

6/ Savanna lies in HLG silk slip and own vintage bone beads and grey suede dancing shoes. Savanna lies on own custom made soft furnishings - tube cushion with matching square covers (red/white floral print with jade green trim) and french ticking blue and white cushion cover.

7/ Customised Men's Jacket (centre back and waist tailor shaped/ length cropped in half/ bobble trim added to edge/ sleeves pin tucked on upper arm/ cuffs rooched/ french knickers made to match)

All handmade with love.........