Clara Clairvoyant

 Hello to all my lovely ladies!

I am very excited about what's been happening lately with my designs , it has been an absolute and wonderful time to be creative, I must say. The above design was to be a part of collaboration with an Artist friend of mine, I am to do a few pieces and he will put his magical artwork on them! But we decided instead of doing FULL pieces, I would do fronts only. Seeing that I had already made this one fully, I figured I would give you a sneeky peeky . I had originally wanted to do a Tragic/Romantic theme, with a lot of soft ruffled laces and rough fabrics, to give it the ultimate contrast. Here I go again with my OBSESSION of Picnic at Hanging Rock, always trying to build around that wonderful , haunting, spectacular movie!

Oh and I was super excited to get my very first sew on labels for my line! Yes, Crusheleptic is working hard on getting all designs out there to you.

 Above is a beautiful Summer Smocked dress I made a few days ago. I love smocking, it's fun for every type of size out there and definitely speaks 70's to me. I can't decide whether to add lining to it or let it stand in it's sheer, literally, presence...What do you think? I like light weight flowy fabrics, but some might not be brave enough to wear it without lining...so, do give me your opinion!Oh, and  this design is saturated with Nikki Sudden  , so her name is "String of Pearls"

This half way dress, is actually not done-obviously. It's a really cute mini dress, well on me it's sort of mini. I wanted to mix some of my favorite prints together, def boho inspired. I am having a hell of a time with the sleeves though, that sharp angle is sooo hard to sew! I have the other sleeve left and it's ready to go in my shop. My music soundtrack for this dress was a mix of Donovan and mando Diao...I decided to call her " Alcoholic Artist" once she's all done some fun photographs to follow with the story behind it.

My last new design to show you is the cutest Reversible Bolero Shrug. Yes, you get 2 for the price of one. I think these jewel toned colors are perfect for fall. My phone camera is not the best, so the colors don't come through so well in these pictures, but once I, or someone else, can model this, you will be able to see how rich and beautiful the colors and fabric are.

This picture was supposed to be at the very top with the "Picninc at Hanging Rock" inspired design, but it went out of order and I don't feel like messing with the settings right now. But yeah, basically a front view of the dress. Perhaps this one will go in my shop too, once it's been in my friend's Art Show. I actually might be wearing it the night of...we'll see. I'll def have pics when it takes place though.

One more thing I did forget to mention, I will be working on some custom trousers and button up shirts for my friend, who is very much into the whole "Mod" scene! So excited about that! I will have pictures up when I'm finished with those too, although something tells me I will have a bit more problems executing those than my regular dresses.

Until then!

Much Love to everyone.

I knew the sign you flew around

I call this dress "Bummer in the Summer" I was listening to a lot of LOVE music and inspired thoroughly by the album "forever Changes"

So I have a little preview for you of this Amazing photo shoot I did with the best photographer ever- Michel Lynch. I'm so thankful to be surrounded by such creative people and who I can collaborate artistically with . Check out his site at http://www.michaellynchphotography.com/ The photos came out so amazing and I am so proud to share them with you here.

Here is a sneak peek of my designs soon to be in my Etsy Shop!

This one is a half shot of a Missoni Crochet woven Lace, I picked out this particular lace for it's "pulp" appeal, reminded me of the good old Jarvis Ssasasexual dancing nights. So she is called "Lip gloss" , the lining is an awesome Magenta contrasting color that looks rad with the lace against it!This one is a 60's A -line type dress with pockets. Really fun zipper front, so easy to get into and out of. Again, this reminded me of Pulp with the colors and Jarvis-esque dancing, I named her "Razzmatazz"The below is my super maxi dress , aptly titled "Nightmare Hippie Girl" from the Beck song from way long ago. Although I made it much much later than when the song came out, it definitely was made in that same style and tone of the song. Hope you like my little preview, will have up on my shop soon but wanted to share with you a bit of what I have been working on!

XOXO Cynthia

Birds of a feather flock together!

I finally got around to putting 4 of my Dress Designs on Etsy! Although the pictures are somewhat un -profesh, they will do for now. I have, oh I don't know, about 8 more dresses to add but have no pictures. I would love for you lovies out there to please browse through my shop and recommend, if you will, to some friends who may be interested. I can also take special requests!



I am so excited to begin this new process of selling my designs! the fab thing, I think, is that each of these dresses are one of a kind, I don't have 2 of the same so you are guaranteed that! I know my sizes right now may be either too small or big for some out there but I will be working on different sizes, especially if requested!

It's a rather gloomy day in L.A. and though i had complained in the past about working under scorching temperatures designing and sewing, somehow this cool and glum weather is not motivating me to go near my sewing machine. Maybe later towards the night I will get moved, afterall I am more a late night owl.

I hope you all get to check out my shop, tons more to come!!!

XO Cynthia

We were the kids that caused a commotion

It's been a long, long time since I have posted anything new- or at least it feels like it. So much has been happening that I haven't had time to make a proper compilation of all the photo adventures I have been having. Below is my newest Watercolor, I made this before going on my train trip up north.I don't know why I gave her a name, but maybe I was listening to too much Neil Diamond(I know, I like Neil Young better but the Diamond has his good ones too) and decided with Belinda. She is the first of my water colors to be named and I think last.Also, before leaving, I managed to finish a dress! He re is a picture of the finished product on my ghetto mannequin. I took it up to my trip with the intentions of wearing it but didn't get the chance to. Not to worry, for I have pictures at the very end of it's debut.

So I don't know if I had mentioned it before but i have not taken the train since I was a kid, so I was going a bit camera happy with in on the ride. Below is a picture of the famous L.A. Union train station, although this picture does no justice to the real place, as it is decked out in Art decoish style.

I was extremely excited as I had plenty room to move about and my views were coastal for quite a while. The train ride was a good 11 hours but can I just say that this was most enjoyable, better than a 1 hour flight anywhere!

The food was actually quite good. I had the Spicy Black Bean Veggie burger, it was yummy : )

As we were almost approaching my destination I had dinner and this was probably my favorite, it was some type of pasta with mushrooms in a rich cream sauce and of course, with some white wine.

Below is the only good picture I could get of that impossible cob web. The only semi good one and this kid is in the picture! I just loved it out here, Muir Woods anyone?

So, I did and went to a lot more places but didn't really have the time to snap pictures...is that what happens when you are having too good of time that you don't care to reach for the camera anymore? Well, I think that says it all then : )

Below is a picture of my last day at the train station heading home, I was pretty bummed out and not ready to come back yet, but this adorable cat definitely cheered me up. He was like a little baby, reaching out to you to be picked up, no joke.And here are a few gloomy shots of my departure with some neato Carnival happenings.

And as promised the debut of my dress. Not the most professional of my pictures but I went out dancing with some friends for my pre B-day celebration and thought what better than to wear it then?

Yes, I was enjoying the tunes quite well, my hair had a good time too.

I put the below shot, not to show what a drunkie I can be, but to show my favorite detail of the dress-side buttons! I really loved the way it turned out and fit like a glove. All in all very happy with my trip, my designs and birthday.

Now I'm off to finish working on my other design, I have taken into late night owling since I can. So I will continue with the music and the cutting and frustrations of the sewing machine. Oh and I am just itching to collaborate with others on something, anything! I have all the time in the world now and think it would be wonderful to get together with some of you and help each other with our designs...I'm ooozing with want and creativity! Please let me know if you have any ideas.