Rock them, Madonna!

The skirt of the dress is made from a jump suit and an old skirt of similar material. After taking measurements from a skirt of her own Elzbieta made a pattern and cut the two items into strips making sure she had enough fullness for the skirt to twirl. She also patched some holes that were in the items. 

Elzbieta harvested the cups from an old bra and covered them with black and white polka dot fabric harvested from an unwanted shirt. Using the boning from the bra for structure, she attached the cups to the top of a dress sourced from a charity shop and created a signature two-tone bustier top which she then attached to the skirt. She used fabric from the same shirt to sew a decorative strip along the bottom of the skirt and when she didn’t have enough she filled the gap with an embroidered name tag as her logo.

The zip at the back of Elzbieta's dress was harvested from the same unwanted dress. She attached halterneck style straps using leftover fabric from the dress.

The petticoat was made from old curtains using the same pattern as the skirt of the dress, Elzbieta cut the curtains into strips and sewed them together to create the base of the skirt. She then cut and gathered straight 13 strips and attached them as ruffles the petticoat to give more volume.

Elzbieta hand made over 400 tulle roses from second hand tulle skirts and fabric, to create the design feature at the bottom of her petticoat as well as her signature bolero. Lastly she dyed the petticoat a rose coloured pink and put it through the wash several times to test it’s durability.

Elzbieta researched viscose production, highlighting the fact that it is considered a more sustainable fabric even though 300 million trees are cut down every year for viscose production.