A spur of the moment thing...

... that had been at the back of my mind for a while.

Granted, the fabric is old (salvaged from one of my dresses that redefined "wear and tear" in a quite literal and embarrassing way). The hat is slightly too big. But: it was a first test. Ms Mini Model loves it (and will grow into it anyway). Ms Mini Model has very little hair on her scalp (and we love it: I doubt we have more than an inch of hair on our heads between the 3 of us). We now have the correct proportions, that can be scaled up and down at will.

All in all, a quite satisfactory project!

Media success!

I'm told my little girl is a TV star. She went to an art exhibition at Nubuke Foundation last Saturday wearing a Tei Huagie "cloth on cloth" dress and the GTV crew fell in love with her and her style and took a lot of footage of her, putting her hand on her hip, under her chin, turning, etc. She really stole the show! I hope GTV will air her "performance".

 

Kids furniture

Although these are not new, I just realised I never posted any pictures of our range of kids furniture here. We have been using locally made ordinary furniture and "dressed" it with cloth. The we apply our secret protective concoction and you can wipe it clean with a soapy wet cloth or sponge! Available in a selection of fabrics or with your own choice.

Dresser, table, stools, kids-height handwashing station...

And a rain of knitted jute and batik floor cushions for a playful and inviting children's nook:

Fusion couture

Granted, we are in Africa, but it doesn't mean that we shouldn't be inspired by Asia too. Yesterday we found it amusing to use our repurposed flour sacks to create a kimono that would match some cool trousers we saw earlier on. 

 

The batik bias comes as a discrete reminder of our African roots and matches the trousers' cuffs.

Offline, but not idle!

We've had issues with our connection these last few weeks, but this doesn't mean that we were not at work!

We are now collaborating with visual artist Tei Huagie and playing around with his "cloth on cloth" creations:

We also worked a bit around African print and took advantage of this piece of high-end Vlisco print  remaining from another project to try a new tunic and shorts combo; the shoulder detail gives some girlishness to an otherwise quite relaxed, everyday style:

 

All-purpose lounging trousers are always very much in demand; we had fun producing this one with a very forgiving ATL (Akosombo Textile Limited) fabric (toddlers tend to get dirty very fast, and thoroughly!):

You can tell we are in love with repurposed flour sacks these days. We love their versatility. Isn't this dress just adorable?

 

More rompers

The little model is more than willing. She strikes as many poses as you want (and a few more).

Here is a "balloon" sort of rompers, which closes with bows on the shoulders. In an ideal world, it will have press buttons on the inseam.

Can you tell we have SIAO 2014 on our minds already?

Testing new styles...

Playing around with the little miss (how convenient to have a model at home!) and new, comfortable and casual styles.

We'll keep working at it until we are satisfied it can go into production. Come back to this page to see how well we're doing!