Prom

Left: Aidan Mattox Peacock Dress     Right: Original Moda RoJo Design

This past weekend was what a lot of people would consider the highlight of their high school experience: prom. I had an Aidan Mattox dress that I had bought last year for a wedding, but I really did not want to wear it. Then I found a beautiful Jill Stuart gown at a guild shop, but it was hemmed too short. I've been rather busy, preparing for Coachella and a month long trip I will be taking in May, so I have been rushing to finish school projects and what not. (One of those including my school's literary and art magazine which a selection of my girl talk piece and a poem I wrote were included). And I decided to make my dress the week before prom...

After spending about two hours at the fabric store, searching for the perfect fabric, I finally found the perfect shaded olive green silk. With my luck, I figured the fabric was at least $50 a yard, so I asked the man who helped me how much it cost. Of course it happened to be an Oscar de la Renta fabric, but it had gotten water damage (which was not visible in the piece I used), so it was 50% off! Then the fun began..

1. I cut my finger while trying to cut the boning, so it was a deep cut

2. I fell asleep at the machine as I was sewing at late hours of the day

3. I worked on the hem the day of prom, before hair and makeup appointments

But in the end, I finished the dress in three short days, and I was quite content with the outcome! If I would have had more time I would have made it even more detailed, but time did not allow for this.

The top is all hand rouged, and my zipper is put in by hand, as always (thanks Ms. Foreman). Makeup courtesy of Chanel at Neiman's.

xox,

RoJo