i originally started this blog to post pictures of my clothing line, lladybird (hence why the blog is ‘lladybird’ and not something clever, witty or, at the very least, involving my name somehow). lately, though, my poor clothing line has become my bastard child… much like this blog, actually. HA!
ok ok, so anyway, i made a cute new little collection and had it photographed last month by a lovely photographer, shea! this shit was legit – we even had hair and makeup done!
photos are under the cut because uhh there are a lot of them.
reconstructed vintage dress
reconstructed vintage dress
the plaid inset in this one was originally a sweatshirt!
the white fabric used is some super soft, cozy, almost flannel-y stretch knit. i don’t even remember where i bought it, but yeesh i sure bought a lot and i hope i never ever run out.
plaid sweatshirt, take 2!
the shirt was also made by me… no before pictures, but it was your standard run-of-the-mill screenprinted tshirt. i changed the sleeves and added the pocket!
love this picture
another vintage reconstruction… the original dress came from the bargin basket at local honey :3
collar detail
don’t care much for the skirt (it was mostly made just to give the models something to cover their butts haha), but i looove how the jacket turned out! it was originally a huge raglan sleeve sweatshirt. the skirt was also a sweatshirt. the undershirt, which you can’t really see in this picture, is all lace.
more
and more!
many many MANY thanks to shea for doing this FANTASTIC photos for me (seriously y’all i can’t get over them, esp the last black/white shot) and thanks to the girls for the hair and makeup and modeling. i can’t do jack with photos and god knows i’m an awfully awkward model, so it is really nice to have someone else take care of that stuff so i can just make clothes and know that the pictures are going to turn out really nice and worthy of showing off! yeah!
photos: shea halliburton
hair: lindsey halliburton
make-up: sara halliburton
models: lindsey halliburton, sara halliburton & cass moore
obligatory cat-helping-me-sew shot:
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LLADYBIRD 
We so totally have to work together! I love your stuff and am dying to do some hair and makeup for you! 🙂
YESSS let’s do it!! 🙂
I love all of these! n I especially love the black and white dress! I need it!
Awesome job, Lauren! Your clothes rawk!
Great job and the photos turned out beautifully
Very Cute, great job.
Ok so I am totes creeping your blog and I am OBSESSED with all of these dresses. I need one. Adorbs. Where do you sell your clothes?
I “retired” from selling about 2 years ago. Sorry! 😦