Wet Dreams

Ok, picture this, I was in the midst of designing some more dresses, and visulaising a design that does not make a curvy lady lok frumpy, when I asked my fiance to get me some water. I was at his home and unfortunately his kitchen ceiling was leaking...midway through churning my brain, when lo and behold, I hear a hug crash bang wallop! Panicking, I thought my darling was underneath some rubble, when I called out to him , I heard nothing, and then his sweet squeaky voice said he was ok phew!! So now awkwardly, I am in some raggy night dress whilst he, his family and a friend are fixing this huge leak!

Ok so back on to the theme of designing...I am currently sketching, so I do not have a scanner, but will scan some images tomorrow. In the meantime I will try to design some wet looks...!

And just a quick mention, I design handmade jewellery and lingerie/clothing for women (UK size 8-30+). Get in touch and let me know your thoughts on dressing sexy with curves in all the right places!

My initial Designs

Ohh the weather is terrible, it is the type of weather, that encourages plenty of hibernation! As I cannot hibernate, I have been working on some designs for my project. As I have mentioned, I am self taught in all aspects of design, jewellery making and sewing! I have been thinking and churning ideas in my head, and came up with the following rough sketch! I love lines, and the way you can manipulate them. The lines represent folds/gatherings in mind for the dress. They will come from various points on the dress with no uniform starting point.


(Copyright Olivia Duke designs 2009)


I want this dress to be able to fit a beautiful woman with some high definition curves on her. Being larger than the 'average' size 10/2, it can be difficult to find a beautiful dress/outfit without looking like a potato sack. Although there are good shops out there, stocking clothing for curvier women like myself, it can be disheartening when you see a beautiful purple dress you want to fit so badly, but it doesn't, even in your size!!!!!!! (that happened to me on the weekend!)

I will sketch some more designs. The aim, is to make them come to life!