R.I.P the great Alexander McQueen

This is really a huge lost to the fashion and art world.. <sign~>
I am still a big fan of his since he 1st took over Givenchy..
R.I.P... May you rest in peace.

Headgear ii

Made this tiara on 2007, for a pageant show... it's suppost to be the show's 10th year anniversary and the producer ordered 10 similar tiaras to be gifted to all their previous winners.

Material:
metal hair band as base,
Different shapes and sizes of Swarovski crystals - multi color coated and extra faceted cut for more shines,
Swarovski crystal rhinestone chains,
Artistic wires.

This is not difficult to make, just need steady hands and some suitable plyers to finish the job.

Headgears i

I was spring cleaning a couple of days ago, found some old photos of my previous headgear work.

Yes i love to do headgears too... All of them are for special custom orders only.

This headgear was ordered by someone from a chinese temple years back... It's the head piece of " Queen of Heaven" in the Chinese believe.  

It should be a glamour Goddess headgear, and i used colorful Swarovski beads and gold base parts to make it look 'expensive'.

 Materials:

Basic wig 1

hair buns 3

metal hair accessories/chopstick with dangling parts  2/3

Swarovski bicone crystals - Red, Green, Gold, Pink and Multi color coated

Gold metal jewelry findings - eye/head pins, stoppers, jump rings etc...

Cords: art wires, tigers tails, ribbons, 

others:  black hair (bobby) pins, 
hair spray ( extra hard ;p) 
and sponge ( to be placed inside headgear - for wearer's comfort)

I remembered i went all over Kuala Lumpur to search for a suitable wig, some hair extensions and hair buns.

I bought some existing hair accessories for the metal piece.

Used red, green yellow, pink and gold Swarovski bicone beads to weave flowers then fix them on the upper part of hair piece with art wires.

I removed those actual beads from the dangling hair accessories then redesigned with more colorful ones.

The wig part is most complicated.  Having to attach the buns onto the wig and they had to be very stable... and art wires are the best cord to tie then conceal inside the wig. 

There were also 2 ribbons at the each side of the headgear to fix on the wearer's head.

Another Chinese  headgear " Kuanyin Goddess" was in my  previous post.

 http://veronicalau.blogspot.com/2008/09/headgear-work-in-progress-part-vii.html