The Oscars 2011 - My Top Fashion Picks!

Okay so by now you've either seen the Oscars or just don't care.  I actually don't really care about the awards but I DO love to look at was the leading ladies wore that night!  A couple trends I noticed were a)metallics, b)sleeves, & c)very few ball gowns.  As far as silhouettes go, the column still reigned supreme with some form of trumpet skirt riding a close second (no surprise since this is a really flattering shape for just about anyone!).   So who were my favs?  Hands down I thought the most beautifully dressed woman there was Mila Kunis who wore a very romantic lavender Elie Saab gown! Runners up are Amy Adams who wore a deep blue short sleeve gown that was surprisingly sexy while being pretty much full coverage.  Then Cate Blanchett, Michelle Williams, Mandi Moore, & Jennifer Hudson.

Tuesday Shoesday!

I'm loving these silver pumps with feather shoe clips from BHLDN!  

Recent Work

Good morning all!  I can't talk too much about it but I've got some BIG stuff going on!  In the following weeks I'll be giving you, my readers, little sneak peeks of some of the lovelies I'm designing for what is sure to be an exciting launch!  Today is probably one of the more generous previews of a new gown design.  I'm just too excited about it!  I don't have a name for it yet, I've been tossing around the phrase "TR fan dress" for obvious reasons.  The drama on the back of the gown is a 3-D origami technique known as transformation reconstruction (google it!).  Anyway, I'm lovin' it & I hope you do too!

If you have questions about the availability of this gown please e-mail me at laura@uptownurbancraft.com

Happy Friday!

Have a great weekend everyone and think warm thoughts!!!

Customer Photos!

Over the past year I've been lucky enough to have some happy clients send my photos of their weddings featuring the garments I've made for them!  It's still my plan to get these up on the main Uptown Urban Craft website, but there always seems to be more demanding work taking up my and Dylan's (my web guru hubby) time.  So I thought why not post some here?  If you're one of my past brides and you'd like to send my a picture to post, I'd love to see it & you can e-mail it to me at laura@uptownurbancraft.com!  

Tuesday Shoesday!

Check out theses pretties from Kate Spade!  Lourdes Heels available here.

What I'm Working on Now.

Wow!  What a change since my Friday post!  We had a huge snow storm here yesterday and got about 15 inches!  So our little "spring" interlude is over but it was nice while it lasted.  I've been working on some new stuff, well, a LOT of new stuff actually, and while I don't want to flat out reveal anything yet here are a couple preview pics to peak your interest.