Well, staying on the Military theme, where do we go now?? How about some military honours?
I saw a dress very similar to this on the Runway recently and was just stunned by it’s simplicity. The medal that comes over the shoulder, whilst it looked great on the real sized version, was not so easy to do on this small scale.
Beads just looked like beads and sequins just looked like sequins! I added the black ribbon and the little gilt buckle and this made it look much better. But the dress, by itself, looked very basic and just wasn’t…enough!
So I added a tiny bag and made the ribbon medal into the strap, this actually worked really well as the strap sits very nicely over the dolls arm and you still get the full medal effect!
But even so, there was still something missing. I added the medals to her shoes too, this makes the outfit look a little more complete.
Nope, still not enough! …It just wasn’t looking grand enough, if you see what I mean. She needed something. A coat or a cape would have hidden the shoulder strap detail, a wrap would have just been wrong, a feather stole wouldn’t look right. She needed something lightweight, something to give the outfit what it needed without over powering it!
That’s where the tulle came in! This is just a strip of tulle with elasticated thread running down the middle, so easy and just so right! She can wear it any which way or even not at all!
I saw a dress very similar to this on the Runway recently and was just stunned by it’s simplicity. The medal that comes over the shoulder, whilst it looked great on the real sized version, was not so easy to do on this small scale.
Beads just looked like beads and sequins just looked like sequins! I added the black ribbon and the little gilt buckle and this made it look much better. But the dress, by itself, looked very basic and just wasn’t…enough!
So I added a tiny bag and made the ribbon medal into the strap, this actually worked really well as the strap sits very nicely over the dolls arm and you still get the full medal effect!
But even so, there was still something missing. I added the medals to her shoes too, this makes the outfit look a little more complete.
Nope, still not enough! …It just wasn’t looking grand enough, if you see what I mean. She needed something. A coat or a cape would have hidden the shoulder strap detail, a wrap would have just been wrong, a feather stole wouldn’t look right. She needed something lightweight, something to give the outfit what it needed without over powering it!
That’s where the tulle came in! This is just a strip of tulle with elasticated thread running down the middle, so easy and just so right! She can wear it any which way or even not at all!
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