The Refashioners 2018: Clare

I’ll confess when I asked Clare to take on the challenge…I knew what I was hoping she would do….and boy oh boy has she delivered! In spades!

Clare took her inspo from Meghan Markle and the final garment is a mash up of inspo of these two Givenchy numbers. Her wedding dress and a classically elegant piece worn at a formal royal engagement shortly after her wedding…

Her starting point was this 80’s charity shop find….more than a nod to the groom’s mother…this is a classic Princess Di inspired wedding gown typical of the era…

And here is the outcome in all it’s stunning and elegant simplicity….our first refashioners wedding dress! Eeeeeep!!

Thoroughly encourage you to read about this one. Clare also has some posts coming up about what she did with the left overs and a feature planned on ethical bridalwear. So follow if you have a particular interest in that! Head over here. 

This is the last week of this blogger element . Designed to provide you with loads of inspiration, tutorials  and tips to get you going! After that, the main event! We want to see YOUR #inspiredby refashions! (They’re starting to trickle through already. SO exciting!!) So mark these dates in your diary :

• Community Challenge: This will run right from 1st Sept to 31st October. There will be the usual phenomenal prize package for our winner(s) at the end. You can share your creations any time between those dates to be entered into the competition. To enter you’ll need to SHARE your refashions (We want to see the inspiration image, the before image(s) of your source garment(s), and the after images of course! Extra kudos given for how closely your “after” images resemble your inspiration images!) Share with us in one of the following ways:
  • On Instagram: Share a pic using the hashtags #therefashioners2018 #inspiredby (if you do not use these hashtags I will not be able to find your entry and it will not count)
  • On Facebook: There is a community board here where you can post your makes (You will need to request an invite to join)

  Only entries shared via the above 2 methods will be entered into the competition. Closing date for entries is 31st October 2018 Midnight GMT.

Check out the AMAZING prizes on offer this year!

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