Bralettes, Bustiers, Corsets, Call Them What You Will...Would You Wear One?

Fashionista covered a variety of on trend bralettes, bustiers and corsets today. I believe these are quite wearable, otherwise I wouldn't be producing these for flesh.

If you're looking for these, I have a bunch in a variety of knits and laces. Now selling at:

Home 101

2530 Shattuck Ave

Berekeley, CA 94704

and

Wonderland SF

2929 24th St

(between Florida St & Alabama St)

San Francisco, CA 94110

quadron

Quadron - Official Slippin Video from Plug Research on Vimeo.

roisin murphy

 

Overpowered by Roisin Murphy

girls, pearls & french 75's

Home 101 invites you to a night of Girls, Pearls, and French 75's

Thursday, July 29th

7-10pm

featuring

flesh. lingerie by Jody Siu

&

paintings by Sita Rupe

2530 Shattuck Ave

Berkeley, CA

510.848.8615

www.home101shop.com

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ruffles galore

Ruffles EVERYWHERE!!! I especially love the sheer pieces - flesh tones and black <3!

prada 08

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re: http://jodysiu.blogspot.com/2010/06/flesh.html

In a recent post I had jumped the gun and shared a piece that I was working on (a new item to the flesh. collection). Well I just finished yesterday and I'm quite pleased with the results. The godets I added in chiffon gave just the right amount of flare at the hem of the cape. I believe it also helped give more weight to the skirt of the cape so that it actually stays on your shoulders better.  For the fashion fabric I used a dark pinkish mauvey colored velvet with a black speckled print, the lining is made of silk charmeuse. See it touch it feel it try it only at Wonderland SF!

sketch

 

nina

I didn't catch this bustier in the A/W 10/11 Nina Ricci RTW show. This image, which I found on Fashiongonerogue.com, is from the August issue of Vogue Nippon and Eniko Mihalik is the model. I'm not sure why this piece was styled the way it was on the runway but I still love it the same. Have any of you been wondering what the difference is between a bustier and a corset? Because I have!! As I've been using the two terms interchangebly I had a feeling I was using them inappropriately. Corsets are typically designed to emphasize curves by cinching in the waist while bustiers are designed with a built in cup to give lift to the bust area.

(image viafashiongonerogue.com)

(image via style.com)

(image via style.com)

pride

I'd been itching to attempt another bustier project...so much that I had two going on at once. Here's one I finished for my friend Dalen to wear for the pink party this pride weekend. I love me a good challenge every now and then. This was my first time fitting another person for a bustier...and I really couldn't tell if Dalen's man figure was working to my advantage or working against me. I say this because he has a relatively boxy frame, which makes sewing non-curvy seams really easy. I guess I was just really struggling to find the areas to "push up". Instead I padded the bust area. With more time I would've liked to build up that portion a bit more with some real underwire and cups. Check out the process:

 (muslin fitting)

 (mid-sewing progress, lining and fashion fabric...yes that's dupioni silk woven with silver metallic thread! It wasn't cheap!)

(Dalen pre-wig, sorry for the not-so-clear photo, hopefully I'll have some better ones to show soon)

the gender bend

Here's a photo from a photo shoot collab with my friend photographer Rosemary Mamisay. The shoot was from last December for a W magazine photo competition. Needless to say we felt inspired to play around with some gender bending. I remember going out the night before the shoot only to come back pulling an all-nighter to finish the dress. For the sake of art endeavors...I will do anything. 

Photographer: Rosemary Mamisay

Model: Dalen Gilbrech

Designer + Stylist: Jody Siu

new look

A good friend of mine just sent me this jacket from Huffer's LA office. The line Huffer, which is new to me, is a New Zealand-based clothing line which caters towards street style...check out 80's Purple for something similar. I got the xsmall in this jacket and even though it's meant for a loose fit I feel like the xxsmall may fit better. Its all good though...I'm in a phase where I like to get lost in my over-sized coats. Today was perfect weather for something lightweight like this too!

flesh. now bone + black

I'm working with a new colorway, bone and black. I love the fabric, which is a bone colored mercerized cotton knit, but what do you think of the black scalloped lace ribbon? Honestly, it's giving me a hard time when sewing but I like the end results I suppose....

flesh.

flesh. has been restocked at Wonderland SF! My best selling pink knit panties can now be paired with the new matching baby dolls. Let me know what you think!

coach carries bloggers

Okay, so I know no one asked for my opinion but can I make a suggestion to coach to have the option for brass hardware on all bags??!? I think the second they started using silver hardware for the majority of their handbags the quality of the bags themselves just didn't seem as classic...but I guess I'm just partial to gold tones.