Paper doll dress up

I have been thinking for quite some times how to blog about this cheongsam of mine till Winnie visited my blog. On a whim, China paper dolls came across my mind. I heart paper dolls when I was younger. I created each character of hand drawn paper dolls and dress them up with my designs as part of my homework. And here I am doing my homework. 😀

It was love at first sight. I knew right away what I’m gonna do with this cotton, japenese patterns fabric when I first saw it from the display shelves. Yes, my ever first cheongsam.

It’s a huge progress in making a cheongsam where the mandarin collar is the most technical part. What I enjoy most is making the chinese frog buttons. I called it “yao jah guai” buttons. I designed my cheongsam with cut-in sleeveless, ‘A’ line skirt, key hole, knee length, an invisible zipper on the centre of the back side and one hand-made frog button is decorated on the mandarin collar. This simple yet elegant cheongsam can be made a new look for a big party. I believe you’ll be more confident in any shows.

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psst… Cheongsam is known in Mandarin as qípáo (旗袍). 😀

Note: This cheongsam is tailor-make. To order, please message me at work@chomelle.com

Flower on your hair

Here comes the hair accessories some friends of mine have been asking for.

Voilà !! Kanzashi flower on snap clip and french barrette.

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Sizes:

Kanzashi flower 4cm diameter
Snap Clip 5cm long
French Barrette 8.5cm long

Selling at:

4.90MYR (Kanzashi Snap Clip | Limited to 10 pieces) SOLD OUT
8.90MYR (Kanzashi French Barrette | Limited edition | 1 piece only) SOLD OUT

Message me for order at work@chomelle.com

More accessories to come. 🙂

Vintage Millinery

Have been busy bee lately and I can hardly find extra time to pay full concentration on my kids wear project. But hey, I have a pretty-back-dated-but-not-so-back-dated dress I made a month back for lil’Meg. You know what? I love seeing her on this knee length, beautifully pleating at the front dress made of 100% vintage flowery printed cotton. Oh, how can I forget the matching cotton eyelet lace from the 60’s that I admire most? This is such a cute and casual one just waiting for a fabulous summer event. 

Come Meg. Party time !! Weee…

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Selling at 55MYR.
Limited to 2 dresses only.
Fit in the 2-3 year range.

Message me for order and size measurement guide at work@chomelle.com