WIW: Wedding

Wearing hijab can be a bit of an art sometimes. Like last month, for example, when I attended the wedding of a very close friend. It took me a while to find something that was appropriate for the wedding itself, and ticked all of the hijab boxes 

In case you were wondering, my personal hijab checklist is as follows:

• Clothes that cover everything except my face, hands, and feet
• Nothing too form-fitting. 

This means that hijab tends to involve layering - which is fine for everyday wear, but can be trickier when you're trying to dress up since most dressier clothes are designed to show at least some skin.

A pretty maxi dress was obviously the first choice (because wearing a nice cocktail dress with pants is a not really a good look!). I wore it with a plain long sleeved white top - this ticks the hijab boxes, but I still wanted something a bit extra to suit the occasion. I looked around for ages for some sort of cardigan/bolero/cover up thing that would tie the outfit together and found a loose bolero on sale for $15.

I had some spare fabric that I sewed into a scarf and finished it all off with a brooch borrowed from a friend, a simple cream clutch, and cream heels (that I actually wore to my highschool ball 5 years ago!).

Maxi dress - Jeans West

Bolero - Glassons

Clutch - Equip

Scarf - Handmade

As a gift to the bride, I worked with her a few weeks before the wedding to create something special - she really wanted a rose for her hair that matched the roses on her dress, so I created this little gem out of some ivory satin.

On the day she ended up attaching it to the waist tie of her dress, which looked beautiful. I actually didn't even realised that it was the rose I'd made until she told me!

This photo was taken by the Wedding photographer Candy Capco. Click here to see more photos from the day.

It was a beautiful sunny day, and the wedding was held outside amongst nature. And I was super-glad that day that I wear hijab, because I didn't get sunburnt! (it was totally hot). Remember to slip, slop, slap, people.

Enjoy your weekend! :)

Copycat RTW Exhibition & Opening

Last week was the exhibition of my artwork Copycat RTW as a part of iD Dunedin Fashion Week. The exhibition ran from the 27th - 31st March, and I had a small opening on Tuesday evening.

        

I exhibited at an awesome little boutique that stocks 'nearly new' clothing - there are so many pieces there that I just fell in love with. Particularly those studded heels holding my promo postcards! 

Collectibles was an awesome place to exhibit; the women there were so helpful and accommodating and my bags looked really awesome sitting in the shop window at the feet of the mannequins.

This was my very first solo exhibition and it was very exciting and nerve-wracking! I was nervous, but it all went well. During the opening, my husband actually stood outside the shop and talked to people that passed by about my artwork and what it was about. He's officially my PR person, as well as being my official photographer :)

And of course, the biggest decision of the day was what I was going to wear! :P

I clashed prints and colours and went with a striped orange dress, and a floral blue scarf. And I got to wear my grey heeled boots! They're 5", so at the moment I only wear them to places that don't involve much walking - I'm not that co-ordinated yet.

If you managed to see the exhibition, I'd love to hear what you thought about it!