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Sewing Expert Dawn Wood says:
Take a strapless black dress, such as those seen here, and cut 2 circles of similar black fabric. The inner circle to be the circumference of your neck, with a small lap over for fastening, and making it approx 10cm wide plus the addition of a ...
11.14.09 | Cheryl Cole Style, Sewing: Dawn Wood, X Factor 2009 | Read more
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Sewing Expert Dawn Wood says:
For the hairpiece worn with this dress use a plain large hair comb, or Alice band, available from most chemists and accessory shops such as Claire’s.
Taking some ribbon wrap it tightly along the full length of the comb or Alice band ( if using ...
10.31.09 | Accessories, Bags & Hats, Sewing: Dawn Wood, X Factor 2009 | Read more
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Sewing Expert Dawn Wood says:
Any asymmetric shoulder or strapless dress such as those seen here can be turned into a classical column with the addition of a length of fabric.
You may find a friend or a tailors dummy helpful here so the draping sits where you wan ...
10.31.09 | Cheryl Cole Style, Dresses, Sewing: Dawn Wood, X Factor 2009 | Read more
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One of the clearest trends we've observed this past week has been the HUGE amount of interest in getting hold of Cheryl's slit harem pants trousers. As Sarah wrote when she contacted us a couple of days ago:
I need to know where I can get some of those pants Cheryl w ...
10.24.09 | Cheryl Cole Style, Sewing: Dawn Wood, Solo Music Career, Trousers & Leggings, X Factor 2009 | Read more
Source: Versace
Sewing Expert Dawn Wood says:
To turn the Dorothy Perkins red dress into an approximation of the Versace bubble dress you will need a large quantity of sequins and a few hours of patience.
The largest size of sequins available to buy, are 24mm in diameter, which is a lot s ...
10.24.09 | Dresses, Sewing: Dawn Wood, X Factor 2009 | Read more
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Answering more blog questions; this time it's for Hannah who asked the following:
I really like cheryl's gold dress (the one she wore on the first x factor show) - where can I buy it?
Sorry Hannah; you're not in luck here. This is Versace Atelier and not available t ...
10.16.09 | Dresses, Sewing: Dawn Wood, X Factor 2009 | Read more