The white wedding dress

Well I some how think I've created yet another profile on blogger trying to get to this page to write my second blog! Hey ho, I don't think at this stage anyone is actually reading me any way.
I intended to sew tonight but ended up talking to a family friend in the UK which prompted me in following her idea - Thanks Marion. The idea: to Twitter/Fb a suggestion  to my 'fans' that if you visit the White Wedding Dress exhibttion in Bendigo,  Zvi Design can make you an Edwardian style wedding dress if you want! I've actually tweeted this twice and because my twitter is conected to my FB page and that is linked to my personal FB page my firends will wander what's going on? Or perhaps they will smile to themselves at my efforts in marketing my brand.

I made this dress in 10 days during the last school holidays, I was desperate to create something beautiful.

Marketing myself just doesn't come naturally, this is an area that has always seemed to elude me. How do people believe in themselves in the face of their doubts and competition?
 So what can I share today? My thoughts on the white Wedding dress exhibition in Bendigo maybe. I was looking forward to this very much, too much perhaps because ironically I will need to visit the exhibition again as I ended up suffering a bad migraine and had to lie horizontal in the back of a teaching colleagues car!

The Bendigo Art Gallery website states: 'The White Wedding Dress presents the most romantic, glamorous and extravagant wedding dresses from the Victoria & Albert Museum’s superb collection. Every woman wants to look beautiful for her wedding and today the traditional, Western European white wedding dress is the garment of choice for brides across countries and cultures. This exhibition asks why and how this has happened.

Normal Hartnell

Wedding dresses also unlock memories and awaken emotions. Lovingly preserved, sometimes by several generations, their fabric and form conjure up the physical presence of the bride on one of the most momentous days of her life and form a tangible link between past and present. This exhibition highlights the histories of the dresses, revealing fascinating details about the lives of the wearers and offering an insight into their circumstances and fashion choices.

Also on display in the exhibition will be gowns by celebrated designers, including Vera Wang, Norman Hartnell, Christian Dior, Zandra Rhodes, Lanvin and Lacroix. Also included are sumptuous wedding dresses worn by celebrities Dita Von Teese and Gwen Stefani.'


As I cued up to go in with the other teachers on the Textiles Proffesional development day, (pre- migraine) I was reminded that as a young teen I created scrap books (yes I  filled more than one!) full of  wedding dresses, I would cut images of local brides out of the free news papers, hold onto sunday supplements and find photos of family weddings to paste in my albums. For a long time all I wanted to be was a wedding dress designer. 


It all started when I  was  12.  I  was with Mum visiting one of her school friend's   Her daughter had recently married and the wedding dress was dressed on a manquin. It was cream with leg of mutton sleeves with antique lace inserts and a hight neck, very Edwardianesque, Very 80's. I loved it, that was it I wanted to make peoples wedding dresses.  


By 14 however I'd moved on to other garments. I was the only one who put there hand up in a careers talk. Stating  wit conviction that I wanted to be a Fashion Designer.  Now as a Textiles teacher in a girls school, I often hear teenage girls declaring they are going to be a Fashion designer.  I smile and remember my dreams. 


I'm still holding on to them, believing that as my tag line states on my Google + account  


Designed by God to design


I'm wandering how much media presence will it take? it feels like I'm standing in the market square, naked shouting here I am , can you see me is it working? Maybe I should get my friends to read this and pass it on? mmm  who is the Right sort of person to read this blog?


I'll chat more another time. Do visit the exhibition their is so much beautful workmanship. So many hours of hand beading and pattern cutting  Inspirational.