DKNY? Nope just Tara...

"Dress shabbily they remember the dress; dress impeccably they remember the woman"

- Coco Chanel

Last weekend I went to the first wedding from my group of friends which was exciting, and very weird 

to consider; that everyone's kinda grown up now and have 'proper jobs' (some of us). For the occasion I wanted to 

make a new dress from a pattern I traced from a Burda magazine many months ago. After searching the various 

fabric stores around Auckland I chose this great black and white print at Nick's for only $2/m!! I'd seen and fallen 

in love with the graphic fabric on previous trips, but only noticed after I bought it that there was a C snuck after 

the DKNY (what did I expect for bargain fabric) haha. This "50sish, business in the front, party in the back" dress

 was worked on for the next week on and off, but finished in the typical project runway style sprint to the finish 

 the morning before the wedding.

nails - Rimmel Kate Moss salon pro in 'Hip Hop'

lips - Rimmel Kate Moss in '111'

shoes - number 1 shoes

sunglasses c/o Choies

dress - made by me

A really hilarious moment happened during the ceremony when a girl behind me interrupted a conversation 

to tell me how much she loved my dress and she was "obsessed" with it! It was such a nice surprise 

compliment from a stranger and made the last-minute stick on bra purchase (to show off the back)

 totally worth it haha!

P.S I hope I'm not the only one that reads the title like "Nope Chuck Testa" lol