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Parachute Dress in Studio

June 20 th, I did a photoshoot with the lovely April   in the white studio at Something OldDayton.  The shoot was basic test shoot to see how the parachute dress I made from an old US Army cargo drop parachute would work and ultimately photograph.  First, let’s talk on about the dress.   The dress is made from a 25-foot diameter green cargo drop parachute. To make the dress I placed the parachute on a dress dummy, using the center hole in the parachute as the open and relying on the tension cords to   hold it up. After centering the parachute, I pinned the top to the dress dummy, at this point I left the tension cords for the time being, while I draped and pinned the parachute to the dress dummy to give it shape.   Once everything was pinned, I did one of the hardest parts, cutting away the excess fabric so there would not be a bulge in the back.   Once the excess fabric was cut away, I did some more pinning, then hand sewed all the draping points. I...