Khloe's Masked 21st Bday

Khloe aka Jadoy turned 21 in May. She decided to have 'our' party in style lol... Getting our black friends and family to dress up and wear a mask was quite a task, but they came hard and represented! Dinner in the heart of Canary Wharf, in a spanish restaurant overlooking the river was bound to be fun and definitely classy, hence Khloe's dress had to be that too. When I went fabric shopping, I came across this very nice, rich looking multicolored French Brocade and I couldn't resist. It wasn't what she wanted so I quickly gave her a ring and described it to her. She agreed to it and the outcome, i must say is gawjus and soo worthy for a 21st bday dress, unique too i think. She paired it up with a slick black and gold mask; a fresh haircut too!

Surely, I made my dress too. It really wasn't the look I was going for but because of the busy week I had, I made a quick last minute fix. Hope it doesn't look it :) I found the perfect owl feather mask, you know I love my feathers. My hair was brilliantly styled by the bday girl. 

Kourt, Khloe & Kim:

Here are a few pics of our beautiful guests:

Mum & Dad

My brother & his beautiful wife

Gifty, Dee, Toye, Mee, Siham & Simbiat

Seye & his lovely wife Dr. Kemi

Beverley, Gifty-kim, Bernice 

Seye, Kemi, Jennifer & Lara

Mary, Dee & Fife

Fiki, Dee & Dolly

Janet, Dee & Molly

Gabz, Dee & Gabz' handsome friend

Yoyin & Dee

Krazy Koyejos

Dee & Maria

Dee & Ronke

Dee & Wura White

Sandii & Dee

Yinks, Toye, Dee, Me & Gifty

*Phew* hope you enjoyed that.

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Prom Tales 2012: Part 3 (Final Part)

Last one in this series is Dolly. Dolly had a pretty clear idea of what she wanted, she had a design sketch and had bought some ankara fabric too. When she showed it to me, I thought hmm this is different. I wasn't too sure it'd be ideal for a prom. In her own words, here is what she wanted: "Initially I wanted to have a dress which was one-armed with some native attire on the top of the body and the bottom as a shorter skirt with chiffon of a complementary colour on the top being short at the front and longer at the back. But I was open to any adjustments and was flexible with any changes she wanted to make." 

At first, I thought I could run with it and make it work. However, when I was out fabric shopping, I decided to call Dolly and share a new idea that I had with her. I tried not to stray too far from what she wanted. Dolly was trusting and let me run with the new idea. I really like the outcome, however, I feel like it was circumstantial and it isn't really what I would've thought to do. I think with this one, you either like it or you don't.

Dolly is an absolute natural beauty, we did this shoot after her very long day out with no makeup on. Stunner!

Dolly Says: "Then ultimately she found this wine-coloured material which I loved and she came up with a cute design which was a little different from what we had originally. I was so pleased with the outcome and loved the detail she put into it. It's such an elegant and glamorous dress."

Dolly turned 18 yesterday! Woohoo! So this is also to wish her a happy birthday! Enjoy the celebrations. Mwah!

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Prom Tales 2012: Part 2

Next up is Dolapo! She wanted a nude coloured dress and the rest was pretty much up to me. She came round for a chat and together we came up with an idea, went fabric shopping and here's the outcome. Hair by Jadoy of course ;) I thought it'd be quite interesting to create a feather detail as an embellishment to the dress. Hand stitched some gemstones on as well. I love it! It's kind of like my new thing now lol so if you're into feathers like me and you like it, hi 5!! :D

Here's what Dolapo had to say: "Prom that is the day where every girl wants to be beautiful and wants all eyes on her, I wondered 4 a long time is the stress really worth it. Let me just say I was so happy with the finished product and I spent a whole week wondering what it would be like it was definitely not what I imagined, it was classier, even letting people know that the dress was made especially for me was an even nicer feeling. In the end looking back at the pictures, I will not change a thing just wanna say a massive thank you to Wura the dress was stunning!"

Sorry for the delay guys, hope it was worth the wait :)

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Prom Tales 2012: Part 1

This spring/summer, I've had the opportunity to create 6 prom/leavers' ball dresses. 4 yr 11's and 2 yr 13's! Loved each and everyone of them. However, I will only be blogging the 3 most original ones (the ones I influenced most design wise, as I also sometimes just recreate pictures given to me). Hope you enjoy this series.

First of is 16 year old Debbie. She'd been telling me about making her prom dress for a while but we made no concrete plans e.g fabric shopping, face to face consultation; but she did send me a lot of style ideas via bb lol. She wanted a black, long sleeve, straight fitted, shiny/sequined dress with a high slit and an open back as seen on Ms Cheryl Cole.

For some reason, Debbie insisted on not showing her arms, but I'm of the opinion that it's nicely proportioned to her lovely figure.

I didn't have a consultation with Debbie until the saturday before the wednesday, which was prom day! We also went fabric shopping on this same saturday. (she had her first fitting on Monday night! yes i turnover quite quick! lol). During our short consultation, I encouraged her to be more open to other colours and not restrict herself. As we were out fabric shopping, I came across a very rich looking nude colour lace fabric and Debbie couldn't resist. We worked around that to find the rest of the fabric to work with for the dress. And just like that, the design was tweaked slightly. At this point, she still insisted on her long sleeves. However, when Debbie came for her first fitting,(sleeves not attached yet), she decided she loved it as it was. yayy =]

Debbie came round to get her hair done by Jadoy on prom day; very classy and ideal style btw! We did a quick styling after and a photo shoot. She looked absolutely beautiful even with very minimal make up on.

What Debbie had to say: "My original idea for my prom dress was a long sleeve tight fitting dress, but as we went on a search for material, new ideas arose and eventually some lace was to be included, I had my mind set on the long sleeves but Wura, as always did an amazing job by altering it to look better with the lace. It was different from my original idea but was definitely better. I felt like a princess on that day in my dress as it was elegant and classy. I was comfortable all through the night and had ease when putting it on and taking it off. Loads of people asked where I got it from and was proud to say it was made by WuraFola ;) "

Awww thanks Debbie, how sweet! lool.... Hope you guys like it. Watch out for part 2!

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God save our gracious Queen /Diamond Jubilee

Wherever you are on the globe, you must've heard the buzz about the Queen's 60th year on the throne aka her diamond jubilee and if you're privileged to be on this side of the world, you would've definitely felt it too!! A whole weekend plus 2 bank holidays to celebrate, street parties, union jacks everywhere and free travel!! (LOL i wish). Church kindly organized a street party for the community; although it rained all day, we didn't let it dampen our spirit! Woop! We took the party inside and had a blast.

I made a simple pencil skirt to wear. This print caught my eye when I went fabric shopping; I was told by the shop assistant that it was used by Burberry in a recent collection! He said I've got good taste! lol (If anyone's seen the collection, send me a link plssss). I bought a top from Pr***** to wear with it.

My brother had a lil swag of his own lol I guess it runs in the famlay.

My girl Toye telling me a very interesting story... yeah right.. lol

Big up the Red, Blue & White!

Long live our noble Queen

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