Entries from TortillaGirl.com tagged with 'fashion'
Poetic beauty.
Fact: While on my honeymoon I stood in line for over an hour at the Uffizi in Florence just to slap my eyes on Sandro Botticelli's Birth of Venus in person, because it really isn't the same if you...
Oh, Jean Paul...
...please don't ever change. {source: style.com}...
Tuileries in White
Tuileries in White. I made this at the request of a buyer in my Etsy shop, and if I say so myself: It sure is purdy! I am so happy with how it came out that I am sharing...
Warriors, revolutionaries & romantics
Things I liked from French Vogue 909....
Fall 2010: Richard Chai
Richard Chai Love[s] armwarmers, slouchy knits, long skirts and tiny tees and that really, really rocks my socks. Kinda commercial, yes. [Come on, designers have to eat.] But stylish, everyday wearable and fun to mix and match. Some clever girls...
Chanel Resort 2010 a.k.a. Dig on the Tricorne
{Photos @ style.com} {Lara in a tricorne, French Vogue 901}...
Pre-Fall 2010: Christian Dior
LOVE: All of it. Military, short jackets, cinched waists, touch of boudoir, lace, ruffles (particularly those "tranchés" and contrasted by leather jackets), [beret!], 40s influence, touch of the bombshell...it borders on fantasy but is highly wearable. Gorgeous and inspiring....
Pre-Fall 2010: Proenza Schouler
Really like: hint of preppy, shirt details, clever layering, college boy meets cowboy, waist emphasis, plaids, tweeds, feminine skirts. {Proenza Schouler @ style.com}...
Pre-Fall 2010: Viktor & Rolf
Like: cut of jackets, beautiful draped looks, discreet emphasis on waist, hint of rock and roll, jabot. {Viktor & Rolf @ style.com}...
Pre-Fall 2010: Chloé
Like: Menswear details, nod to English countryside, plaid, touch of ruffles, higher waist. (Some of the skirts and dresses are at an unflattering mid-knee length, but the others are fab.) {Chloé @ style.com}...
Coco Generations
A very small sampling of my favorite Chanel jacket inspired looks, different decades, that I'd like to share with you. Reportedly, Coco Chanel was not a fan of the New Look, launched by Christian Dior in 1947, with its nipped...
Tear-outs: Ruffles, rock & froth
Miscellaneous things I liked from French Glamour No. 70 & 71, in no particular order....
<3 J.P. Gaultier's Spring 2010 Couture Collection
When I look at a couture collection, I want to see fashion as art. Something unusual. A quasi museum exhibition. A fantastical dream. An awesome vision. Most of all: A really BIG show. One thing's for sure: Jean Paul Gaultier...
Hey! Wanna sneek peek at my latest hang tags?
Today I re-ordered some more of my mini cards because I'm nearly out! If you've purchased something from my shop, you've probably gotten one of my cards attached to it as a hang tag. In case you didn't know, the...
La robe Pont Neuf est de retour!
In my shop, that is. I'm carefully making each one to order and is very limited edition due to what I have left of this French fabric in my little stock. If you had your eye on this charming...
Hi! I'd like for you to meet someone...
Her name is Tuileries. She's my favorite dress this season and my new BFF. I loooooove her. She comes with a belt, but I only wear her with the belt when I want to wear her tunic-style or pants...
"Oh, you sexy thaaaang"
Essoyes, by tortillagirl // friedinbutter. Sleeveless mini dresses with pretty little collars make me feel like that. In a good way. Miss Essoyes, she's back and rockin' it all out in this lovely color. Find her in my shop...
Montmartre, Gray
Let's see my little checklist, now: 1) Cotton poplin in gray - check 2) French painter inspiration - check 3) Original, built from scratch via "moulage" (french draping) - check 4) Scoop neck, pleated pouf sleeves, bubble hem -...
Dear Spring,
Know what? I'm really happy you're here. Okay, I admit that I could do without the allergy attacks I get when you come a-callin', but the tree blossoms and green leaves and sunny skies that come with you make...
Montmartre, Taupe
Let's see my little checklist, now: 1) Cotton poplin in taupe - check 2) French painter inspiration - check 3) Original, built from scratch via "moulage" (french draping) - check 4) Scoop neck, pleated pouf sleeves, bubble hem -...
Chaumont Sleeveless Linen Dress
New for Spring! Inspired by the romantic parks in Paris and impressionist paintings of the late 18th century, I sketched this dress and built it from scratch using pale sand linen and colorful plaid cotton trim. I created this...
Tuileries Sleeveless Linen Dress
New for Spring! Inspired by the English-style parks in Paris and impressionist paintings of the late 18th century, I sketched this dress and built it from scratch using indigo linen and coordinating cotton bias trim. I love it so...
Montsouris Painter Sleeveless Dress
New for Spring! Inspired by the English-style parks in Paris and impressionist paintings of the late 18th century, here's another dress in the same design as my Essoyes dress. This one is in the same toile, but in blue...
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Draw, draft, sew "Essoyes": A little dress named after the country town where Renoir painted "Laundresses". Made for spring in rustic cotton medium-weight toile with layering in mind so the armholes are cut extra deep for ease of movement...
Etsy Artist of the Day: cocon-a
poupée cocon, originally uploaded by cocon-a. cocon is a line of handmade children's clothing and dolls created by a Japanese designer based in France, who is not only very talented but extremely gracious. (Sweetness only makes the handmade item...
VOGUE enfants
Last week I received my yearly issue (March supplement) of French VOGUE enfants. Four words: The U.S. is IN. (Which totally rocks my socks. Come on. You knew it would, right?)...
Women'secret polaroids : WAI LIN TSE
Beautiful photography with play on colors and textures. See the story at "Women'secret polaroids" by Wai Lin Tse, a fashion designer based in Barcelona. {Image source: wailintse.com}...
Lara à Broadway
I was looking through my magazine tear outs and found a few of pages from my February issue of French Vogue (894) of the spread called "Lara à Broadway" with photographs by Inez Van Lambsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin, styling...
It's heeeeere!
"Ratatouille Trouser Dress" made by deconstructing and reconstructing chef's trousers made in France. Traditional houndstooth print in dark navy on white background. Hand-stitched pleats. All trouser elements left intact. The hem has elastic panels at the back for a...
La robe Pont Neuf est de retour!
In my shop, that is. I'm carefully making each one to order and is very limited edition due to what I have left of this French fabric in my little stock. If you had your eye on this charming...
Ratatouille in the making!
[Er...not the edible kind.] Yes, my friends, what you see hanging on my dress form is another authentic French chef's trousers in mid-transformation. Another Ratatouille dress in houndstooth print is in the making! Each one is unique as much...
Pont Neuf
Now in my Etsy shop! "Pont Neuf Painter Dress" (Click here to purchase) This season I'm very much inspired by 18th century painters and the draped clothing in 18th century paintings, particularly La Cruche cassee by Jean-Baptiste Greuze (found in...
Of Painter's Tunics and Sleeky Bustiers
Now in my Etsy shop! "Montmartre Painter's Dress" (Click here to purchase) "Sleek Bubble Bustier" (Click here to purchase) I can't get enough of these bubble bustiers. I mostly wear mine layered over teeshirts or under boleros, or on their...
Sneaky peek:
Inspired by the painters of Montmartre and the draped clothing in 18th century paintings. Lightweight winter crinkled madras which makes this piece ideal for travel. In purple, black and gray plaid for a modern touch. Coming very soon to the...
Summer Dresses!
I've made a few ready-to-wear dresses as offshoots of my summer fashion collection, where I was inspired by prairie dresses, moulin rouge and 18th century clothing details. My color scheme for this collection is red, white and blue (or bleu...
Lara Handbag
I've been playing around with the textile samples I made for my Hey Dolly clothing collection (for kicks, a few of my drawings/designs from this collection are in the backdrop), and I came up with this dainty little bag: Pink...
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