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17Jul

Customer Profile: Gabrielle

By Erin
Posted on July 17, 2014
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I’m currently up to my elbows in bridesmaids dresses and wedding gowns (tis the season…), so it’s become a fun game to figure out the minimum changes necessary to transform a typical Bill Levkoff dress into something you actually could wear again. It’s sort of the tailoring version of the Kevin Bacon game 🙂 This project was a variation on that.

14Jul

Customer Profile: Emily’s Epic Vintage Dress

By Kristen
Posted on July 14, 2014
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Emily is one of our beloved regulars, and she has an excellent eye. She found this amazing vintage piece and saw the potential it had, and it was by far my favorite piece to work on lately!

11Jul

Customer Profile: Jon’s 1920’s Blazer

By Kristen
Posted on July 11, 2014
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Jon came to us a few weeks back, and 1. His pieces were amazing and 2. I was very impressed with how he shops! Modern jackets don’t fit him right but he found that his size in vintage clothing fits perfectly in the shoulders. Thus, he ventures online to various vintage shops, does his shopping, then has pieces tailored for any extra needed tweaking. This particular piece was from the 20’s and was in ridiculous condition (we suspect it could in fact be proof of time travel).

28Jun

Customer Profile: Mallorie’s Threadbare Vintage Dress

By Kristen
Posted on June 28, 2014
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Mallorie had this adorable little vintage number in her collection, the problem is it came to her with some rough spots.

27Jun

Problem and Solution: the Hole-y Shirt

By Kristen
Posted on June 27, 2014
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So you ripped a hole in your favorite shirt. Whatever do you do? Throw it away? We think otherwise.

21Jun

Customer Profile: Angela’s Traditional African Dress

By Erin
Posted on June 21, 2014
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We have a lot of fun at Ginger Root, and I feel lucky that there’s such variety in our work. True, I spend a large portion of my day on bridesmaids dresses, or fixing broken invisible zippers, but there’s always a few totally creative redesign projects in the mix to keep us inspired. Angela’s dress was one of these.

20Jun

Customer Profile: Louisa’s Patterned Skirt

By Erin
Posted on June 20, 2014
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We’ve all done it. Nearly every one of us has gone out and purchased a garment who’s ill-fitting design, no matter how unflattering or inconceivable, has one redeeming feature that cannot be ignored: awesome fabric. Amazing colors, crazy patterns- whatever it may be, you HAD to have it, and yet, it’s never left your closet. This week’s customer profile is one of those items, reworked and refashioned until it’s finally as cute a garment as that pattern deserves!

12Jun

Customer Profile: Julie’s Goofy Collar

By Kristen
Posted on June 12, 2014
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Julie has quite the vintage collection. She brought in a beautiful sheer vintage blouse that had us both stumped.

06Jun

Denim Repair: Catch Small Holes Early!

By Kristen
Posted on June 6, 2014
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There are some things are are just unavoidable, and for some people, no matter how hard we try to avoid it, the seats or thighs will inevitably wear out on our jeans. We could let it get us down, OR we could just accept it and reinforce the buggers before they get worse.

03Jun

Denim Repair: Knee Blowout

By Kristen
Posted on June 3, 2014
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We’ve all been there one time or another where the knee just completely gives out on your favorite pair of jeans. However you are not ready to give up on the jeans yet. This project is a perfect example of that.

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