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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WuraF

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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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WuraF

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Wedding fun in Birmingham

Hey guys, Im sooo excited and thankful for the success of my first fashion show. I have had the opportunity to show the collection it in two different cities within a week and it's been well received! Glory to God. I want to add more to it before presenting it officially so be patient with me.

So last weekend me and 6 girls hired a car and drove all the way to city of Birmingham to celebrate the wedding of one of the brothers in church. It was pretty interesting: Girls will always be girls. Nevertheless the wedding was one of the most beautiful I've ever attended. It was so intimate and well organised. The mix of culture made it even more pleasant. (Nigerian & Jamaican) I met a different breed of Jamaicans lol so proper and civilised! No offence but I don't see that very often around me. The food was sooo yummy, we had to go for seconds and thirds! lol "no shame in my game" as my friend Yinka would say. I keep dreaming of mutton curry *sigh* lol. As usual I couldnt go all the way out of town in the regular high street clothing, I had to show them what I'm working with it lol! Made my dress the night before (STRESS!) Why do I do this to myself?? Anyway, loved the outcome except for the fact that each time I went to the loo, I had to take off the entire dress and get help with zipping it back up, lmao! Need to fix that. Here it is guys:

I get a bit excited with photos taken in motion! lol so here are a few of them:

the london massive(just a few of us):

me and my gurl Yinka

mi familia

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WuraF

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Angel in a blue dress/Hope4Congo

Wow, can't believe it's been almost a month since my last post. This month has been crazy busy, working round the clock, sleepless nights, all to make a good living :D but also in preparation for my very first fashion show! woop! exciting lol . I have been asked by the organisers of a charity event - Hope4Congo to do a fashion show as part of their event to create awareness on the situation in Congo and to raise funds to help. It's a beautiful cause and I'm so glad for the opportunity. Ok I have very few words on this post but I thought I'd leave you with something before I show you my premier collection and also more importanly to invite you to come down and support the cause! It takes place at RichMix in Bethnal Green on Monday 23rd April at 7.30pm. Tickets are ONLY £3 in advance and £5 on the door.

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WuraF

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