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peggy davis around town

Maggie Dianovsky, designer/owner of Peggy Davis Design, featured in ChicagoShopping.com

 

 

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Peggy Davis Design dress featured in MGO’s Spring Fling Fashion Show

 

 

New Items at Le Thrift for Upcoming Fashion Show

Thursday is fashion show day!

You can win two free tickets, details HERE

I dropped off a few Peggy Davis items to be featured at the show

Floral and Brown Slim Dress

Sequin and Silk Dress

Silk and Sequin Dress

Purple Halter/Racer Dress

Purple Halter/Racer Dress

Full Sequin Dress

 

fresh items

some fresh new items

I made this dress the night before Easter, the top came from the bottom of a nightgown looking dress and the bottom of the dress came from another dress I bought from Family Thrift that was too big. It was an Easter hit.

 

little apron I made from a dress from my aunt Vicky

 

close up of apron pattern

 

I made this dress for a dance film I'm collaborating on, hopefully shoots next week, can't wait!

Recently Sold Items!

I dropped into Clothes Optional last week to bring in a few new spring items. I also learned a few items sold including these:

Blue Shimmer Dress

 

Blk Wht Eye

 

B&B Dress

Videos

For Christmas MJ got me a Kodak play/sport video camera. I once owed a hand held video camera and tragically left it in the glove compartment of a rental car which the company denied seeing it after we gave it back…jerks. So I was thrilled and surprised to open this high tech HD camera. I like having film to look back on as documentation of memories. My new little camera has been traveling a lot with me since, it’s water proof too so it will come in extra handy when I’m fishing and tubing down rivers in Wisconsin this year. With that said, I’m no filmmaker either and have been learning everything as I go along. But here is a video I documented from a show called “The Little Things” last month. The idea behind the “performance gallery” was teaming visual artists up with performance artists to collaborate on a piece about the little things in life that get us by. I constructed the coffee color sweater :)

 

Fast Forward to the Good Times from Maggie Dianovsky on Vimeo.

NEW – wrap dress & cozy sweater

 

Two new pieces for Peggy Davis!
Both can be found at Le Thrift

New: Blue Shimmer Dress

How did I miss this?!

Recently realized that Le Thrift has a facebook page and a blog! AND they posted a little bit from the Peggy Davis site/blog!

Le Thrift blog!

There were also some photos from Le Thrift photo shoots on their FB page

 

new reupholstered looks : one for winter , one for spring/summer

Triangular Patter Dress - sleeves came from a tank top that was sewn into a blouse I thrifed, the bodice material came from a high necked 3/4 sleeve top from a clothing swap, the skirt came from a thirfted skirt.

Triangular Pattern Dress

Triangular Patter Dress - look at that twirl!

Tori Racer Back Halter Top - Pink/Floral made from a dress donated by my Aunt Victoria. Thanks!

Tori Racer Back Halter Top - Pink/Floral

There is always at least one blooper in the photo shoot with Matilda. I believe she really likes to model.

Blooper!

 

A big thank you to Michael for photographing this series. It’s so much fun getting to work with him :)

The Triangular Pattern Dress is now for sale at Le Thrift!

the Lynn Black Velvet Dress & the Barbara Pearl Coat

The material came from a skirt my mom's friend and co-worker donated to the reupholster collection. It has transformed into a great night out dress and pairs well with a belt. Thanks Lynn!

The wool coat shell was once almost ankle length and rather boring, it's been hanging around for many years. I chopped a good 5 inches or more off, added vintage buttons, and added a real fur collar. The fur was originally on a suit my sister's boyfriends mom, Babara, donated to the reupholster collection. The suit traveled home with me after our recent visit to the east coast and will be reupholstered into something new soon! Thanks Barbara!

love my jack russell!

 

Really excited about these new looks and even more excited that Michael photographed! Love the blown out spotlight look we’ve been working with for our past couple shoots.

During one of the shots Matilda ran in… blooper!

Blooper!

 

 


New Looks — Photographed by MJ

Block Sweater Dress

Block Sweater Dress

Block Sweater Dress

Structure Dress

Structure Dress

Structure Tie Top

Structure Vest over Structure Dress

Structure Vest

So thankful MJ helped me out with this shoot. He is talented at getting the lighting just right.  I enjoyed just getting to play model/stylist, and not having to jump in back of the camera. So thankful for that man, he also made me perfect cheesy scrambled eggs right before our shoot :)

The “Structure” series comes from this beautiful dark textured fabric my mom passed on to me. It makes me think structure because it has an urban city feel to it and yet the fabric does stretch a little and hug the body, the garments still have their own structure that comes through. The maroon fabric I used for the neck, bow, back, and sleeves came from the reverse fabric from a bridesmaid shawl. The black boots were passed on to me from my girl Erica when she moved to Boulder, CO.

The Block Sweater Dress is a new love of mine. I made it a size or two bigger so it doesn’t quiet hug my body in the way I envision. The material stretches to adjust. I love the asymmetrical color blocking. The turquoise fabric came from a cardigan that belonged to my mom. The mustard fabric is actually the reverse plaid fabric from a shrug top. The trim on the arms and hem came from a shirt that used to belong to my dad.

I am extremely excited to announce that Peggy Davis will be featured in a fashion show! Saturday, November 12 @ Beauty Bar in Chicago. More details to follow. But this weekend is the casting call for models, hopefully they will inspire me about what pieces to have walk the runway. I don’t know how I will edit down to only 6 looks! ekk!

Two of my pieces at Le Trift will be showing up in a Chicago fashion magazine soon! Can’t wait to share the photos.

Fall has skirts and vests to layer, and fancier than a t-shirt comfort

T-Shirt Fancy

Midnight Panel Vest - Front

Midnight Panel Vest - Back

Lace Over Skirt

This “over skirt” is meant to be layered over dresses and skirts to bring new texture and dynamic to clothes you already have. Totally inspired by a dress my Portland home girl wore to Friendsgiving last year.

Day After BDay Dress/Top

I literally made this the day after my birthday this week. MJ took me to the Frank Lloyd Wright house and studio in Oak Park, it might have influenced my creative juices.
This “dress/top” can be long enough as a dress for some… but for those of us with long torsos it can easily transition over pants.

Day After BDay Dress/Top - Back

The back has two black satin triangles…brings a little surprise when you turn around!

Day After BDay Dress/Top

the m&m love-dress jean-dress

the “m&m love-dress jean-dress”
constructed from jean scraps from pants Michael and I either turned into scraps or scrapped all together. I call it our “love dress” because it’s made from a little bit of each other.
the top bodice is constructed from a black stretchy denim jean pant I believe I bought from Express many moons ago.
there are two different gray denim scraps, that both came from Michael’s pants, which I used for the skirt section.
the design is rather simple, but it fits like a glove and is made completely from scraps so I had a very limited amount of eat jean color.
the side zipper is something I’m starting to play with more and I like the way it added a small block of color and went with the a-symmetrical lines.

the yellow apron is another new recent making of mine. everything I make goes right to the stores, I rarely hang onto or make something just for myself. I made this yellow apron for keeps. It’s perfect.

New Items for sale at Clothes Optional

Mitten Paw Tunic

Ann T Dress

Black & Purple Shirt

Branch Out Top

Side vies of Threads Vest

Back view Threads Vest

 

 

 

Fresh Sold Items

Dina Blouse Version Two w/ Belt

Dina S&S Dress

 

PB Dino Dress

Ricky Indigo Dress w/ Pockets

There was another “Ricky” dress, but unfortunately I never photographed it.
All items sold at Clothes Optional.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Before/After

Before

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

After.

New Work… in a new store.

Peggy Davis Designs has branched out!

There are now TWO Chicago locations to find Peggy Davis.
Clothes Optional located in Lakeview, at 2918 N Clark, has been a home for Peggy Davis for about two years now.
Le Thrift is a new edition! Located in Wicker Park at 1754 W Division.
I started the new store off with 10 brand new designs!Here are 8 of the 10 hot off the press designs. I can’t believe how much I got done in 4 work days. Whew!

Bare with me, I shot these all myself.

Sheer Bliss

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blue Racer Top

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Floral Tori Tank

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Netting Top

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blue Line Dress

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dottie Blouse

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bright Lights Dress

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cooking Apron

Sold! To the lady in red.

I biked to Clothes Optional today to check in on my items. These pieces have recently sold! You might see women of Chicago in any of these great looks…

Any of my dancer friends who stop by the shop will now receive a 10% discount on my items only! It pays to dance with me :)

SOLD!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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SOLD!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SOLD! (it's a dark photo but that's what happens when I play model, designer, photographer)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SOLD!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New items made by me.

The ‘CC’ Sun Dress.

The ‘Gumdrop Top’. Sheer bliss.

Sheer bliss.

Both items are now available at Clothes Optional along with many more newbies.

Humboldt Park Photo Shoot with Michael Jarecki