Mlle. BoutonThe dress forms for these two "ladies" are from Cost Plus World Market. Mlle. Bouton wears a skirt made up of 21 coloured tags that feature all kinds of buttons - vintage, new, wood, glass, horn, plastic and metal with everything from flowers to the Eiffel Tower.
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Madame RubanMadame Ruban's skirt is made of dozens of snippets of ribbon - silk, satin, plain and patterned, vintage, retro and new. Both of these Parisian fashionistas sport a length of vintage French ribbon across the bodice, and are now available for purchase in the Shabby Chic gallery on my Altered by the Sea website -here & here.
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Groovy new site! Love it.
ReplyDeleteWHERE did you get all those buttons!? This is fun. I want to make a bunch of these.
I like looking through your collages and assemblages, one after another. Good work, my friend!