CLOTHING TUTORIAL: Boudoir Coat
Tonight is the debut of "The Drawing Sessions", which is a live model drawing session at Fallout. Tonight theme is "Pin-Up", so I'm wearing an theme appropriate outfit for hosting "The Drawing Session" as well as enjoying the evening after the session is over. I plan on wearing the dress and vertical stripe stocking from this post.
It's been chilly, rainy and cloudy here lately (well until this morning which is now sunny), so I decided I needed a coat to keep me warm. I have this long sweater coat of sorts by Guess (I paid $10 for it), but it's not the bulky kind that makes you look frumpy (I do have those too, sorry I could resist the comfort). It's a crochet mesh, so it's much sexier...you know because it's see through. The jacket was nice how it was, but I wanted to make it sexier by adding a black feather boa trim. I bought two 6' black feather boas from Michaels. They were about $9 each. I have a dress form. I hung the coat on the dress form, so sewing the boas on would be as accurate as possible. I started at the on the back on middle of the neck. I used a blanket stitch with black cotton thread to attach the boas around the opening and bottom of the coat. This took me a couple hours to get them attached nicely. Should I want to, I can easily cut the threads to remove the boas and not damage the coat, but as I have not worn the coat in years, I suspect the boas will be there for a while.
Update 8-31-2012 : I forgot about these photos until I saw this post again, so I'm updating the post.
I think Jennie Araujo Wood of Pink Photography too these. These are of Nikki Mayo, Kit McSmash (my best friend), and I in a pinup photography area set up in the back room of Fallout. They are very dark, but you can see the coat a bit, a hint of the dress under it, and the line of my thigh high stocking. I choose the fishnet stockings instead of the vertical ones. I don't recall why. However, I've worn the vertical ones recently, and they are crap quality. They are too thin, and they snag very easily, which equals many runs and tears.
It's been chilly, rainy and cloudy here lately (well until this morning which is now sunny), so I decided I needed a coat to keep me warm. I have this long sweater coat of sorts by Guess (I paid $10 for it), but it's not the bulky kind that makes you look frumpy (I do have those too, sorry I could resist the comfort). It's a crochet mesh, so it's much sexier...you know because it's see through. The jacket was nice how it was, but I wanted to make it sexier by adding a black feather boa trim. I bought two 6' black feather boas from Michaels. They were about $9 each. I have a dress form. I hung the coat on the dress form, so sewing the boas on would be as accurate as possible. I started at the on the back on middle of the neck. I used a blanket stitch with black cotton thread to attach the boas around the opening and bottom of the coat. This took me a couple hours to get them attached nicely. Should I want to, I can easily cut the threads to remove the boas and not damage the coat, but as I have not worn the coat in years, I suspect the boas will be there for a while.
This is the coat with 1 boa partially attached. This way you can see the difference between the coat with and without the boas.
This is a close up of the neck area with 1 boa attached.
This is the finished coat...Front
Side
Back
Update 8-31-2012 : I forgot about these photos until I saw this post again, so I'm updating the post.
I think Jennie Araujo Wood of Pink Photography too these. These are of Nikki Mayo, Kit McSmash (my best friend), and I in a pinup photography area set up in the back room of Fallout. They are very dark, but you can see the coat a bit, a hint of the dress under it, and the line of my thigh high stocking. I choose the fishnet stockings instead of the vertical ones. I don't recall why. However, I've worn the vertical ones recently, and they are crap quality. They are too thin, and they snag very easily, which equals many runs and tears.
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