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Professional dancer Aliona Vilani looks glam in a feather trimmed dress.[/caption]
Last week saw the return of one of television's most successful entertainment shows when the 2014 series of Strictly Come Dancing kicked off on BBC1 on Friday night. In true Strictly style, the celebrities and professional dancers took to the floor in a dazzling selection of show stopping costumes, dripping with sequins and sparkle. Since the series launch in May 2004, viewers have been captivated not only by the acrobatic moves and intricate choreography but by the fantastic costumes. Vicky Gill and her team of seamstresses and designers work around the clock selecting fabrics and Buy Haberdashery to create an array of intricate pieces. Every aspect of the dancer's costume is strategically placed to convey the feelings and emotion of the dance whilst delivering the requisite visual va-va voom to the enthralled audiences week after week. Vicky and her team will select fabrics for their colour, drape and fluidity of movement which will work to make the dancers and celebrities look and feel fantastic whilst complementing the producers chosen theme for that week. It is estimated that around 200 costumes are designed and handmade each series using around 2000 metres of fabric and an astonishing one million crystals! It is vital that the costume designers pay close attention to the dancer's silhouette, movement and current fashion trends in order to create a fresh and glamorous collection every week.
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Beyonce also worked the feather look on the red carpet back in 2012.[/caption]
Of course, the selected fabrics will play an important part in the finished piece, however it is the finishing touches which will make or break the finished design. Whilst paying close attention to the fabrics and stitching, costume designers will select and Buy Haberdashery items which will add the finishing touch to an already breathtaking costume. The current series has already seen a vast array of designs in which Haberdashery items play a key part. For week one of the 2014 series, the embellishment of choice was feathers; professional dancer Aliona Vilani looked breathtaking in a thigh skimming gold outfit, embellished with glittering gold and silver sequins and trimmed with dark gold feathers whilst the Siberian siren Kristina Rhianoff wore a similarly glamorous piece in red. Feathers were also a popular feature during the 2013 series, Sophie Ellis Bextor wore one of the most talked about costumes of the series in the form of a floor length gown trimmed with pink and gold feathers. The feather dress has been a fashion staple for a number of years now and with a little toning down it is possible to take this look from dance floor to special occasion. Celebrities such as Beyonce, Cheryl Cole and Kate Bosworth have been spotted out on the town wearing fab feathery dresses which are glamorous and elegant and really stand out from the crowd. Feathers are not the only item of Haberdashery which has featured heavily throughout the programmes history, tassels are also a very popular choice not only for strictly but for ballroom and latin dancers all over the world. Coronation Street star Natalie Gumede made her strictly debut back in 2013 when she wore a gorgeous tasselled white dress to dance a show stopping Cha Cha with her professional partner Artem Chigvintsev.
If you are a big fan of strictly style fashion, it is possible to Buy Haberdashery pieces to add a special touch to your occasion outfits. We carry a range of items including feather, lace and trim which will look wonderful on a very special occasion.
Professional dancer Aliona Vilani looks glam in a feather trimmed dress.[/caption]
Last week saw the return of one of television's most successful entertainment shows when the 2014 series of Strictly Come Dancing kicked off on BBC1 on Friday night. In true Strictly style, the celebrities and professional dancers took to the floor in a dazzling selection of show stopping costumes, dripping with sequins and sparkle. Since the series launch in May 2004, viewers have been captivated not only by the acrobatic moves and intricate choreography but by the fantastic costumes. Vicky Gill and her team of seamstresses and designers work around the clock selecting fabrics and Buy Haberdashery to create an array of intricate pieces. Every aspect of the dancer's costume is strategically placed to convey the feelings and emotion of the dance whilst delivering the requisite visual va-va voom to the enthralled audiences week after week. Vicky and her team will select fabrics for their colour, drape and fluidity of movement which will work to make the dancers and celebrities look and feel fantastic whilst complementing the producers chosen theme for that week. It is estimated that around 200 costumes are designed and handmade each series using around 2000 metres of fabric and an astonishing one million crystals! It is vital that the costume designers pay close attention to the dancer's silhouette, movement and current fashion trends in order to create a fresh and glamorous collection every week.
[caption id="attachment_7821" align="alignright" width="176"] Beyonce also worked the feather look on the red carpet back in 2012.[/caption]
Of course, the selected fabrics will play an important part in the finished piece, however it is the finishing touches which will make or break the finished design. Whilst paying close attention to the fabrics and stitching, costume designers will select and Buy Haberdashery items which will add the finishing touch to an already breathtaking costume. The current series has already seen a vast array of designs in which Haberdashery items play a key part. For week one of the 2014 series, the embellishment of choice was feathers; professional dancer Aliona Vilani looked breathtaking in a thigh skimming gold outfit, embellished with glittering gold and silver sequins and trimmed with dark gold feathers whilst the Siberian siren Kristina Rhianoff wore a similarly glamorous piece in red. Feathers were also a popular feature during the 2013 series, Sophie Ellis Bextor wore one of the most talked about costumes of the series in the form of a floor length gown trimmed with pink and gold feathers. The feather dress has been a fashion staple for a number of years now and with a little toning down it is possible to take this look from dance floor to special occasion. Celebrities such as Beyonce, Cheryl Cole and Kate Bosworth have been spotted out on the town wearing fab feathery dresses which are glamorous and elegant and really stand out from the crowd. Feathers are not the only item of Haberdashery which has featured heavily throughout the programmes history, tassels are also a very popular choice not only for strictly but for ballroom and latin dancers all over the world. Coronation Street star Natalie Gumede made her strictly debut back in 2013 when she wore a gorgeous tasselled white dress to dance a show stopping Cha Cha with her professional partner Artem Chigvintsev.
If you are a big fan of strictly style fashion, it is possible to Buy Haberdashery pieces to add a special touch to your occasion outfits. We carry a range of items including feather, lace and trim which will look wonderful on a very special occasion.