I had quite a few options when working out the Gucci event outfit conundrum and House of Boing [1]’s dress hire options did entice me because I have noted in the past [2] that their creations are the sort that have life and motion in them.  The fabric lattice work is still ‘bouncing’ about in their latest outfits [3] and the prices of the items are definitely swaying me to buy as opposed to renting the outfit, in order to have the pleasure of keeping a ‘boing boing’ skirt in the wardrobe lest I feel like injecting some life into an outfit at any given time.  They have also introduced a concertina folding technique into the tops which have me thinking of my paper craft projects when I was five (that meant me wasting a tree’s worth of fax paper and getting slapped on the wrist for it....).  But it’s the crinolined puffy sleeves and two tone bouncy bouncy skirts that have got me hankering for a visit to Sandra Bamminger’s studio in Brixton for a rummage around her collection of wonderful animated clothes.

The two toned underskirt here is calling out to me, to be stick under SO many outfits.  I'm wondering if they make a rustling noise as they move because that really would be a bonus.      

The pale pink creation on the left seems to have reined in 'ballerina' making this a highly wearable bit of tulle frou frou. 

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I'm all set to wear this entire ensemble to any sort of a afternoon tea event.  It's really ripe for sitting down in a dramatic fashion.   

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