Do you love to wear the latest designer collection maybe by Armani or Versace? To have a wardrobe full of designer clothing would be a dream come true for most women. But most of us can only dream of owning such outfits unless we go about finding cheaper ways to purchase such outfits and one way is to go on-line and look for discount designer clothes.

If you can’t afford to dress at the top end luxury brands you can still dress in beautiful clothes by going on-line. You can get discounts of up to seventy percent or even ninety percent if there is a sale on, from the original price. At the end of each season many stores are desperate to get rid rid of old stock to make room for the new seasons collection. You need to look through the sale stock very carefully and try and pick items that are classic and timeless and will last you years to come. Try to avoid items that are fashionable and trendy just for that season, as once their trend is over they will look outdated when worn.

If you don’t like shopping on-line even for discount designer clothes because you would prefer to try something on before you buy it, remember that most stores have a return service as well, so you could buy an item, try it on in the comfort of your home, if not happy with it, return it back. Many stores also have free posting when you buy certain amount of items.

So now you can go ahead and live your dream of owning beautiful outfits by going on-line and searching for discount designer clothes.

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Jacket by Stussy X Haze €110

Association, Japan Package Design. Packaging Design in Japan 1 (Package Design in Japan). Lanham: Kodansha America, 1986. Print.

Wow, has the weekend flown by! Can’t believe it’s already over again. I had planned to finally tackle Cal Patch’s wonderful book “Design-it-yourself-clothes” and make a top pattern for a dress. For one I am totally in love with the gorgeous dress Anna did based on that book and also I need a paririe dress for a charity event which is planned at the barn in June (1880’s country fair). I haven’t got any fabric for it yet but figured I could already draft the pattern and make a muslin on Saturday morning.

Two days and three handbasted muslins later (thank goodness for all of those old Ikea pillow cases, or I wouldn’t have had enough cheap fabric!) I was getting pretty frustrated because it just wouldn’t fit and the armhole was making me cry. My boyfriend said ‘Well, you didn’t think it was going to be easy, did you? Why did you think nobody does it anymore these days?’ to which I stammered ‘I thought people were just being lazy’.
Fast forward to a fourth draft and muslin and things are looking a whole lot better. Still not super duper perfect but good enough to be a satisfying finish to the weekend.

Totally unrelated but we’ve also been having a terrible storm today and all the way to the barn the streets were littered with branches and leaves. I took the highway on the way back but even there it was pretty scary with the sudden strong gusts of wind…I was glad to be home again and watch the rest of the storm from my cozy living room!

In returning to this blog I’ve been trying to catch up with my omissions and I realized that I didn’t post any images of the Twisted Roses bag which I made for my Mum with the fabrics she chose at the Northern Needlecraft Exhibition we went to in Harrogate last September.

This is the only picture I took of this bag, which was part way through making it (and obviously Mum has the bag now) but it does give a clear view of the fabrics I used and the twisted roses on the front.

Click this link if you want to see the earlier version

As promised earlier this is the finished bag, back and front views which show the different fabrics used for the stripes.  I love the way this bag makes up as it has two different looks depending on how the fabrics are placed.  In this one I tried to keep the lilac/pink fabrics on the front and the orange/creams on the back and I’m really pleased with the result.

I made this bag slightly shorter than the previous one,  just for a change to make them a bit different.  As a recap, for comparison, these are the two bags together.  I really love these Japanese fabrics!  A reminder of the stockists Euro Japan Links if you want any!

So lovely…had to post these darling spring clutches, hand-made by Etsy artist: Briana Edelman.

So sweet.

I gotta get one of these.

xo,

Ivy

As a means to forget the cold bug I succumbed to my bag making compulsion and decided to make another Japanese Shima (Stripe) Bag.

This was a kit my Mum bought at the same time as me but never got round to making and (being the lovely Mum that she is) gave to me to add to the set.

The images show some different parts of the process, 1) is the drawstring pocket, and toggle/loop fastening which I have added to the basic pattern (I like a bag to fasten and to have somewhere to keep my purse).

2) and 3) show the binding to cover the side seams inside the bag.

4) shows how the base of the bag is formed by stitching across the corners, through all thicknesses and 5) how the bag stands up now that the bottom conrers have ben formed.

The final image shows how I’ve sewn the drawstring pocket into  the binding at the top of the bag.  The toggle and loop are sewn in the same way.

Another bag to add to the collection.

Photo of the finished item to follow – I will take this in daylight.

Judith Leiber Beehive Clutch

When is a clutch more than just a clutch? When it’s designed by Judith Leiber, naturally. The designer’s intriguing (or maybe just weird?) Beehive Clutch is a crystallized extravaganza that transforms the hive into a glamorous little abode. Outside two little bees languish on their house – and if my house were glittering like that, I might be doing the same thing. An interesting choice for a summer fiesta, this little evening bag is $5295 at Net-a-Porter.

$5295?!?!?!? You have GOT to be kidding…