Melanie Uematsu

This Was Once A Wedding Dress!!

Once upon a time… about 5 years ago this cute dress was a long heavy wedding dress. Sabine, who kept it and even brought it with her to Tokyo, wanted to change it for a long time. Now the situation was perfect: Her sister got married and she needed a dress! Having two little…

Tziporah Salamon in Tokyo

The Art of Dressing is something that many want to understand. One lady is definitely a master of it! Born in 1950, Tziporah is a New York based style icon. She never leaves the house unless she is fully dressed. And by fully dressed, she means a multi-piece, multi-layered outfit with matching hat, scarf, shoes,…

Little Witch and her Assistant!

Once year is Halloween, a little to less for a mum, who likes to make costumes… This year my daughter turned into a little witch and her brother was her assistant. Not bad to be a magician with 1,5 years 🙂

Top Less

Is your skirt too long and too tight? No worries: make it “topless” and wear it again! This is exactly what happened to this skirt: a client came with it and she couldn’t use it. The length was not in fashion anymore and it was just getting too tight around the waist. So we cut…

Veni Vidi Vici

She came, had a look and made it… faster than the wind! This lady is only 14 and is sewing since the start of this Summer. After two colled dresses that she made already, this is her 3rd project: a school girl’s uniform inspired skirt. It fits perfectly, with a side zipper, hook and waist…

Simply Amazing

Recently I made some adjustments for this dress. It was ordered by my client from an Online Store in New Zealand and unfortuately it was too long and not shaped enough around the waist and hip line. I shortened the length without loosing the wonderful flowing shape and the diagonally added skirt and lace at the…

Long Time No See – Worth Reading!!!

Dear All…. you might have wondered, why there was no update on this blog for such a long time…. Well… things have happened!! There were more new sewing students than ever and from the start of this year I have been happily working on some great projects of Wedding Dresses. In example for a german,…

Skirt & Shirt

A new order from a client that we know already. Please see her beautiful Pixie shots. I made this outfit about a year ago among other custom made ideas and these are the newest pieces that we just finished last week. A green jersey shirt and a denim skirt with extra many loops… to have…

Tink’s Uniform – A Minimal Wardrobe

If you will travel to Miyanmar, Thailand, India etc to do Hoolahoop Workshops and Circus, if you move to a much smaller appartment and get rid of many things that aren’t really neccessary for your daily surviving, you might think about a minimal wardrobe. So does Mediatinker Kristen and came to my atelier. What she…