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Princess Annie -- first peek

#1 Post by silvercamaro » Mon Oct 27, 2008 5:45 pm

I present Princess Annie in her new birthday suit, courtesy of the 1111 House of Couture.

The dress needs a few adjustments before you will be able to see the final design, but this photo was taken at the first fitting. What will become straps for the bodice has, for photographic purposes only, been wrapped around her neck like a ruff. In addition, the skirt has been draped temporarily over her backside, rather than being properly attached. (She's fascinated by the skirt, and pulled it up higher than I had placed it.)

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She's very much taken with her royal role. Note the imperial gaze, not dissimilar to that of Alexandra Feodorovna, wife of Tsar Nicholas II, or even the non-royal-but-imperious Anna Pavlova, today's Sploofus "Who Am I?"

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Additional photos of the finished gown will be forthcoming at a later date.
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#2 Post by kayrharris » Mon Oct 27, 2008 5:46 pm

It's beautiful and what a wonderful job by Christie!
I love it!! :D
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#3 Post by christie1111 » Mon Oct 27, 2008 5:48 pm

I am so glad you got it and sorry if it requires a lot of fitting.

First attempt at this and I hope it wasn't too horribly bad.

But the tiara is perfect!
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#4 Post by tlynn78 » Mon Oct 27, 2008 6:02 pm

She looks properly, well, proper and princessy and lovely! Very regal, indeed. Great designing, too, Christie.t.
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#5 Post by silvercamaro » Mon Oct 27, 2008 6:04 pm

christie1111 wrote:I am so glad you got it and sorry if it requires a lot of fitting.

First attempt at this and I hope it wasn't too horribly bad.

But the tiara is perfect!
Donna, thank you so very, incredibly, magnificently much! I am astonished at the quality of the fabrics, thought, workmanship, and effort you put into this. The straps will be easy to do, and I need to shorten the bodice section a bit so she can walk more easily. (I think if I do some ruching up the sides, that will hold it in place without having to touch the velcro and finishing lace on the back. At that point I can pop the skirt on her easily, and she'll be sashaying around all over the place. It is gorgeous. In fact, it's a better dress in every way than most of the garments that showed up on Project Runway.

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#6 Post by Ritterskoop » Mon Oct 27, 2008 6:42 pm

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#7 Post by Evil Squirrel » Mon Oct 27, 2008 7:09 pm

I'm calling up all my buddies to come over to my branch right now! They've got to see this! It'll be a BYOA party (Bring Your Own Apple).....
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#8 Post by Beebs52 » Mon Oct 27, 2008 7:32 pm

This has made my day. The outfit plus the expression just made me smile and laugh. It is a wonder.
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#9 Post by PlacentiaSoccerMom » Mon Oct 27, 2008 7:47 pm

She is so beautiful!
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#10 Post by SportsFan68 » Mon Oct 27, 2008 11:57 pm

What a beautiful girl!

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#11 Post by secondchance » Tue Oct 28, 2008 3:01 am

So sweet! :D
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#12 Post by ulysses5019 » Tue Oct 28, 2008 8:10 am

I thought a birthday suit required less material.
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#13 Post by kayrharris » Tue Oct 28, 2008 8:18 am

ulysses5019 wrote:I thought a birthday suit required less material.
Halloween birthday suits are different.
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#14 Post by a1mamacat » Tue Oct 28, 2008 8:20 am

Just Beautiful.

And the dress is lovely too :P


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#15 Post by AnnieCamaro » Tue Oct 28, 2008 8:29 am

Evil Squirrel wrote:I'm calling up all my buddies to come over to my branch right now! They've got to see this! It'll be a BYOA party (Bring Your Own Apple).....
Poor Evil. You are a jealous little fuzzball.

You and your friends can throw all the apples you can steal from little children, but if any of them hit me and get my new dress dirty, you may find out that princesses can climb trees.

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Thank you to everybody else, who said nice things.

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#16 Post by christie1111 » Tue Oct 28, 2008 6:12 pm

I'll add my gracious thank yous for compliments, but I know SC has a little tailoring to do.

It was a good choice of colors though! Annie looks marvelous in that pink!
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#17 Post by silvercamaro » Tue Oct 28, 2008 6:18 pm

christie1111 wrote: It was a good choice of colors though! Annie looks marvelous in that pink!
She is fortunate to be a girl who looks good in pink or orange.

I noticed that she didn't say thanks to you in her post, but I noticed earlier today that she was composing a thank you letter. Princesses like to be formal about this sort of thing, or so I've heard.
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#18 Post by mellytu74 » Tue Oct 28, 2008 6:23 pm

Annie looks just wonderful!

But, I knew she would, what with her dressmaker and natural good looks.
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#19 Post by PlacentiaSoccerMom » Tue Oct 28, 2008 11:37 pm

I still haven't fixed Zap's costume.

I have to take in the headpiece and add extender straps for his chest.
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