Ukrainian Embroidered Products this Fall

hand embroidered silk blouse

Pub­lished 08/28/2018 I’m excit­ed to FINALLY fin­ish some Ukrain­ian embroi­dered projects and share them this fall. One of the projects has been in the works since Sep­tem­ber 2017. Here are just a few pho­tos of some of the mock-ups and sam­ples of the prod­ucts com­ing out soon! Gigi pho­tographed in her sam­ple dress for her very first vyshyvanka! Bur­dastyle Pat­tern 06/2018 Folk Dress for Girls...

Black Silk Gazar Ball Gown

black silk ball gown

Arti­cle pub­lished July 2019 SHOP THE DRESS HERE: SILK GAZAR BLACK FLORAL GOWN SHOP THE PURSE HERE: HAND EMBROIDERED LEATHER HANDBAG Floral Silk Gown Cristo­bel Balen­ci­a­ga is my favorite fash­ion design­er and arguably the most ver­sa­tile and tal­ent­ed design­er in mod­ern his­to­ry. Because of his tire­less sac­ri­fice, dili­gence and high stan­dards, he made our lives more beautiful.  I recent­ly watched a Youtube doc­u­men­tary and one fash­ion indus­try pro­fes­sion­al remarked, “For Balen­ci­a­ga, design­ing clothes was more...

Communion Face Masks

silk communion face mask

Communion Face Masks Many church­es and schools have set the new dates for First Holy Com­mu­nion. But unfor­tu­nate­ly, they are requir­ing the girls and boys to wear face masks on their spe­cial days. This face masks is intend­ed for girls (10 and under) for First Holy Com­mu­nion mass or wed­ding ceremonies.  Silk Lace Face Mask: Silk/Wool Out­er Lay­er with Chan­til­ly Lace (from France) Overlay Lined with cotton Elas­tic Bands (Unlike the elas­tic shown...

Communion Silk Wool Dress with Illusion Neck

Communion Silk Dress Illusion Neck

I recent­ly made this beau­ti­ful white silk wool dress with illu­sion neck­line for a lit­tle girl receiv­ing her First Holy Com­mu­nion. Due the Covid-19 and the quar­an­tine orders, we haven’t had the girl try on the dress yet. I make future adjust­ments to this dress after the final fitting.  Silk Communion Dress: White Silk Wool Textile Silk Charmeuse Lining White Dot­ted Net­ting for Illu­sion Neckline Cot­ton Pom Pom Trim  This dress...

Silk Skirt Designed by Jo No Fui for Burda & Silk Top

Jo No Fui Alessia Giacobino Silk Skirt Blouse BurdaStyle Marusya

  I want­ed to make some­thing spe­cial to wear to my friend’s rehearsal dinner. Instead of trav­el­ing else­where for fine fabric(s) and spend­ing mon­ey, I tried to find a fab­ric to use from my fab­ric stash.  After search­ing for some­thing sim­ple and clas­sic, I found some beige silks I bought from Mood Fab­rics in NYC last year. I orig­i­nal­ly intend­ed to use the beige silk for a gown. But after using...