A Collaborative piece made with my friend Andrew Semple. Andrew is a sewing genius. He makes everything with so much care and precision. When I saw this dress he had made I knew I wanted to wear it to a FOTF event. I made a few tweaks and embellishments to add my own touch to [...]
Leather n Lace Dress
Kentaro Imai2016-11-20T08:23:22+10:00A collaborative piece designed and made with my very talented friend Andrew Semple. This dress was thought up embodying the trends of horizontal panelling, mesh, laser cut leather, texture and white on white. Months of tweaking designs, fittings, hand sewing, fabric sourcing, leather painting, trial and error and embellishing went into this dress and it [...]
The Atlantis Dress
Kentaro Imai2015-07-27T04:29:35+10:00This is a dress I had purchased from a store called Cue. When I saw it I knew it would make the perfect base for a races dress. Whilst shopping at spotlight I came across some green scale like sequins which inspired me to start beading that day. I beaded the front panel of the [...]
Teal Paradise Dress
Kentaro Imai2015-10-04T21:44:48+10:00This dress was my 2014 Melbourne Cup entry. It was the week before Melbourne Cup and I was frantically trying to put together an outfit. I wasn't sure if I was going to attend the races this year because I had been very busy moving back from Sydney to the Gold Coast and had not [...]
Gatsby Glamour Dress
Kentaro Imai2015-07-27T04:36:13+10:00A pattern with me is that I seem to always be rushing around trying to find outfits for events. I had a Great Gatsby themed function to go to in two days time. I did not want to hire anything and had a black tulle skirt at home. I had previously sewn a mesh base [...]
Pearl Flower Corset
Kentaro Imai2015-07-27T04:33:13+10:00This is my first ever embellished piece I created. For my year 11 Home Economics subject we had to sew a corset that was fully lined with boning and an invisible zip. This was a challenge for me being not the best sewer at the time, but the idea of embellishing the corset was the [...]
Cascading Mermaid Dress
Kentaro Imai2015-07-27T04:34:16+10:00This is my Mermaid Dress that I made in TAFE in 2013. My assessment was to make a garment which had a bustier bodice with boning. I opted for a corset dress which I made from curtain fabric- I love using curtain fabric because it has a good weight to it and sits beautifully as [...]
