Like everyone else I sometimes partake in fantasy shopping where you, in your head, have endless pits of money and are able to buy the most divine of all clothes. Generally a useless and harmless endevour, fantasy shopping lets you disappear in an imaginary life where you clearly don't have to worry about such mundane things as paying bills. Even Royalty have gas bills to pay!
I must confess through that even in my fantasy head I'm am still quite practical. I suppose in some level I like to think that I could, if I saved really hard, actually own the things on my list, so £20,000 couture gowns never appear for me.
Hannah Marshall's stunning black trapeze dress from her VoID collection is one of those fantasy items for me. Multi layers that look like Mille-feuille pastry.
The problem is in terms of my sensible fantasy shopping list, this dress actually seems quite reasonably priced and do-able now that it's on sale for £648 at My Wardrobe.
OK, maybe it's still fantasy since I don't have a spare £648 lying around, but if I did have a job I would seriously consider investing in it as it's a shape that won't ever date and it could just as easily be worn on a day to day basis as for a special night out.
I can imagine it worn with a leather harness over the top to make it less frou fou. Hopefully someone who is gainfully employed will snap it up as £648 for this amount of work really is a great bargain.
Queen Michelle
can i smell a diy coming along...?
Posted by: tanya | Saturday, 25 October 2008 at 14:49
Tanya^^ beat me to it. How about a DIY, Queen Michelle?
Posted by: enc | Saturday, 25 October 2008 at 15:55
I want to put that on and twirl.
Posted by: WendyB | Saturday, 25 October 2008 at 16:18
I absolutely love Hannah Marshall's work, and this gorgeous piece is just divine! Hopefully one day it'll be reduced further...
Posted by: Brigadeiro | Saturday, 25 October 2008 at 16:23
oh this is so beautiful.... i so wanna make this dress
Posted by: kristel | Saturday, 25 October 2008 at 16:44
Ooh, I do adore that dress. Not for Aus $1400 (or whatever that equates to) though!
p.s. I'm a long time blog lurker, and thought it time to come out of the woodwork. Love the blog!
Posted by: Anika | Sunday, 26 October 2008 at 04:10
That's fantastic but the price is outrageous! DIY!
Posted by: Cheryl | Sunday, 26 October 2008 at 06:15
Wow! This dress is wonderful!
Posted by: Funky-Fifi | Sunday, 26 October 2008 at 08:23
Oh lordy -- Yes!!
Yes Yes Yes!!
Posted by: Alicia | Sunday, 26 October 2008 at 14:25
it's lovely
Posted by: Prêt à Porter P | Sunday, 26 October 2008 at 14:35
I loves it! It's so pretty! xx
Posted by: littlemolly | Sunday, 26 October 2008 at 16:45
It is lovely, but even if I was rich I wouldn't buy it. It's a bit too short for me, but on you I think it would be amazing!
Posted by: KD | Sunday, 26 October 2008 at 19:07
wow that is gorgeous, although i fear (not having model proportions) it would look like a maternity dress on me!!
Posted by: penny | Sunday, 26 October 2008 at 20:26
This dress is so gorgeous it hurts.
Posted by: S | Monday, 27 October 2008 at 13:19
I want this I want this! Mango had a similar one, but only with three layers..
Posted by: indie | Monday, 27 October 2008 at 19:48
This dress could be a lot easier to make than you think, using a base as a t-shirt and let the layers over take you.
:)pretty as pie
Posted by: olivia | Tuesday, 28 October 2008 at 13:29
It really is a fantasy, wow!
Posted by: hailey | Wednesday, 29 October 2008 at 02:46
what a perfect dreamy dress
Posted by: ediot | Wednesday, 29 October 2008 at 08:15
I really like her shoes in the 1st pic
Posted by: Mizztissa | Wednesday, 29 October 2008 at 17:04
Online window shopping is the best! But one must be careful not to let this lead to impulse buys like I did yesterday... oh well I don't regret it.
Posted by: Valentina | Thursday, 30 October 2008 at 01:34