Lady by Tokyo in Aydan dress

Named patterns stole my heart from the moment I saw the launch announcement on Rachel's blog. They've managed to create an elaborate wardrobe with their first collection. And so, they made me stray away from my sewing list and start working on the Aydan dress :)

It was love from the first sight: a fitted princes seam dress with the intriguing collar. It is just perfect! As soon as I saw the pattern, I knew what fabric I wanted to use for it: two cuts of Japanese cotton which I purchased in Kyoto. By the way, if you like the print,  Rakuten sells it for international customers!

Although I desperately wanted to use this fabric, I knew from the very beginning: stripes are not good friends with princess seams and they are almost impossible to match. But after a few days of hesitation I said: "FUCK IT!" and sew it without matching. After all,  I am the designer and I'll do what I want with my fabric. If Issey Miyake came with a striped and unmatched garment everybody would say that he is a genius and a talent and blablabla. Why not me? :)

The crucial moment when I decided NOT to match the fabric

And here is the unmatched dress!

After some embarrassing experiences of taking self-photos, my choice for this photo-shoot was to take even more embarrassing photos. And so I went to Purikura! Basically, it's a crazy photo booth where you customize photos before they are printed. Moreover, these machines use some special super fancy software which evens your skin and makes it whiter but also automatically enlarges your eyes. So if you eyes are already big, you can imagine what happens ;)

All photo-booths have different themes and targeted audience: singe shots, girlfriends, boyfriends, girlfriend and boyfriend, romantic, friendship etc. For the occasion, I picked a single Lady by Tokyo photo booth!

How fancy it looks from the inside! 

During the photo-shoot, you see the suggested poses on the screen and then, on the count three, a photo is taken. I approached this photo-shoot very seriously though and did not want to rely entirely on hints from the Purikura.  And so I took some props with me: two lollipops and some old heart-shaped sunglasses.

Once I'd finished the photos, I went to a separate box where I had 4-5 minutes to customize my photos. Usually, they are designed for two people to work on photos simultaneously. In the middle, under the Lady by Tokyo banner you can see a music navigator which offers several song you can choose from during the artistic process!

I followed some of the suggested poses, but also improvised

The end result looks like this! In the editing box, you can also choose the combination of photos. Girls and boys here keeps these photos in their wallets or diaries. I, on the other hand, collect them for the future generations.

I really wanted to show you the close-ups of every picture! I added tons of hears and kisses and stuff :) More on the actual sewing process and the experience with the pattern I'll write in the following post.

Enjoy!

I tried to look like a Bond girl

My eyes doubled in size! Thank you, Purikura!

By far, my favorite photo ;)

Here I didi my best to show the matched back panels!