Welcome to Elvish Towers and the blog of the Elvish Tailor.  I am hugely busy here at the moment  and stitching away like mad . At the moment I am wading through the 1950's in an elvish sort of way so taking a bit from here and a bit from there to come out with something even more fabulous. One of the most exciting projects is working on is a copy of the 1947 Dior Bar outfit .

Its for a client who is going to a big wedding it the US so I changed the jacket colour to a soft dusky pink as it is apparently a big no no for anyone but the bride to wear white in the US. The jacket is in taffeta and the dress underneath is in black Duchesse satin; the original skirt was in pleated wool and was incredibly heavy so I felt the satin would be a better choice. It is interlined in silk organza to hold its body and a new hat is underway too in black straw.

Next is a purple satin evening dress , the shape of which is based in a Balenciaga dress but with a pleated bodice.

The underskirt is in black, its nearly finished and ready for final fitting.

The final outfit is for a client whose son is getting married at the Bodlean in Oxford the whole outfit is a surprise so all I can tell you is that it is in shades of topaz and jade with a huge hat. Its all so exciting!

There is so much work that the elf needs somewhere new to work  and the summerhouse in the garden seems like the best place. At the moment it is used as a dumping ground for gardening tools, recycling, plant pots, and other detritus including about 200 empty wine bottles which we had collected to use as edging around the garden. Yesterday we decided this was hugely impractical as they all needed to be filled with sand which took forever and have the labels removed which would take even longer. After a rethink of about 30 seconds we decided a trip to the bottle bank was in order.
Anyway the studio might take some time to get ready as this is how it looks at the moment!

Wish me luck