S/S 14 Hannah Elizabeth Collection @ Reba Unique

Reba Unique is a Boutique based in Barnsley, South Yorkshire that houses local independent designers such as Recycled Junkie, Lily's Pad, Dress Suite, Priority K, The Rework and more! You can get items here that you cannot get anywhere else! Hannah Elizabeth's Spring/Summer collection is now here available to buy plus our brand new leather bags.

S/S 14 Design Evolution: Rosie Dress

The second in our series of showing our design evolution is featuring our Rosie dress, a fit & flare vintage inspired dress with short sleeves and finishes at the knee.

In the original sketch it had full length sleeves but decided to make them sweeter by shortening the length to just above the elbow.

This toile (crazy cheap fabric was used) was when the main dress was together before adding sleeves and collar. Was already loving the subtle silhouette and couldn't wait to see it complete.

The completed toile/mock-up looked so sweet and vintage-esque, especially with the pointed collar.

The first properly made dress in the design was a printed jersey fabric and we really liked how the darts created these lovely falls through the skirt.

And the second dress made in the design was a Paris crepe fabric and vintage fabric collar. This fabric was more stiffer and held the shape more better throughout the skirt.

S/S 14 Design Evolution: Francis Dress

We are starting a little series of the evolution of our designs. Starting from sketch drawing to finished articles. Our Spring/Summer '14 collection is still basking in the pastel loveliness but with more collars and sleeves, following both current trends and looking at vintage styles to make a beautiful modern mix.

Our first design we'll be looking at is the Francis dress, featuring a shirt collar, elasticated waist, box pleats and gathers and decorative buttons or braiding decor.

From this drawing, we decided to put in a short zip in the back so that the shirt collar could be opened for access but the rest of the dress would simply pull over. The skirt has a series of small box pleats as well as it being gathered into the elasticated waist, this creates a wonderful full skirt.

This first dress was the toile/mock-up of the design, checking all the patterns I'd drafted were correct. It all worked out right and for the photo we pinned on some pink buttons to see the effect. This shirt-style dress had instant interest over on our Facebook.

Because we loved the pink toile we made, we decided the first dress had to be a pink beauty. We also had these flowers that were originally in a braid together but we cut them up and put them down the front of the dress. We thought it looked so cute and girly!

The second dress in this style was a more sophisticated take, in grey and lilac with mismatched buttons. We loved this one too and shows the opposite side of the design.

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LFW S/S 14 Faves

At Hannah Elizabeth, we've been Pinning away at our favourite London Fashion Spring/Summer '14 looks and designs. We have been so lucky to have such creative designers here and they did not fail to impress the fashion world! We mostly looked for beautiful pastel tones, feminine styles & designs, lush fabrics and lovely florals thrown in.

One particular fave was the Burberry Prorsum collection, full of gorgeous pastel tones, luscious laces and sheer fabrics, they will definitely be our main inspiration next summer! Julien Macdonald never fails with the glamorous glitzy evening dresses, full of embelishments, satins and sheers. Antonio Berardi was a surprise, really feminine shapes and fabrics were used as well as lovely soft candy pinks.

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