Showing posts with label BCUK. Show all posts
Showing posts with label BCUK. Show all posts

Monday, November 4, 2013

Best Use of Tartan Competition

Thought I'd shine some light on my winning entry for the BCUK '13 Fashion Competition. The theme for 2013 was "Best Use of Tartan" in honour of the location: Glasgow, Scotland.

Design Sketch and Ideas / Dolly Fashion Sketchbook

As usual I designed my own pattern for the costume based on my illustration for the outfit, but this time round I designed my own fabric too. We printed out the same pink tartan pattern onto thin cotton, and coated canvas.



And here is the costume all finished...

Corset Front
Corset Back
A prim little schoolgirl!

It was such an honour to place first in the competition, a truly wonderful recognition at BCUK!
The entire ensemble set is now available in my Etsy Shop.



Sunday, November 3, 2013

BCUK 2013 re-cap

Such busy days! A little late but let us re-cap our wonderful time at BlytheCon UK.....

Held in Glasgow, Scotland, Orchid's Designs attended as a vendor - it was also our very first Blythecon. Here we previewed our brand new collection for Neo and Middie Blythe that I designed and completed over the prior few months. We met many lovely people, saw some beautiful creations and custom Blythe's, and had a wonderful time. I'm glad we were able to drive all the way up to Scotland to be a part of this, and I really hope I will be able to attend many more Blythecon's in the future... I find it really nice for "dolly people" to meet up, share stories and ideas, praise and admire each other's collections. 

Enjoy just a few little snapshots, at the end of this post I have listed a few photo pools and albums where you can get the entire visual scoop :-)

Last minute tweaks and adjustments

This was our cute little stand!

Outfit twinsies: Orchid's Designs and Obvious Zebra

It was also a wonderful surprise and a honour to place first in both of the competitions on the day, we won both Photography and Fashion!! This was a truly wonderful recognition for me, and I felt very proud of Orchid's Designs! I had spent weeks to months creating my entry for the fashion competition, and my lovely partner (hence why I always refer to us as "we" - he is the other integral member of Orchid's Designs!!) took the photo of Middie as a heavy-weight lifting champion.

Accepting the tiny trophy from Fifilatrixibel.
Winners!!

You can find many more photographs using the links below... enjoy browsing!!


Photo Documentation from BCUK 2013