Autumnal Classics

 Gus is feeling cozy this morning, and ready to face those cooler daytime temps! ☕️🐏🍁🍂

His flannel cap is made with Tiny Apparel pattern 0028. His sweater is made with pattern 0023. And, his trousers are made with pattern 0026.🧵🪡📍

 

 

 

Kenfidance

 Accessories: they’re not what we are. They’re what we wear. 😎✊

Gus, Lucian, and Bryce bring their OOAK Kenfidance to @adrian.dollslife’s #weareken photo challenge. These custom boys walk their own way. 👟👞🥾

 

Tile Print Resortwear

Gus is ready to check into a glamorous resort, and start lounging around the pool! 😂🏝🧳🌺

I’ve been seeing the new “Extra Fly” resortwear Ken doll popping up on #dollstagram a lot lately, so you know Gus has to try to style a similar travel-ready cabana set look. 😜 I made his shorts with pattern 0004, his shirt is pattern 0003, and his sandals are made with pattern 0022.

Gus saunters off, showing us the back of his majolica tile print cabana set. I used different sections of a multi-print fabric, for each of the sleeve, back, yoke, and collar pieces, to get a kaleidoscopic effect! 🌀The finished look totally exceeded my expectations! I think this is a really fun way to combine prints! 😃
🌴☀️🌊🛟

 

Lucian Goes Business Casual

I hope you all are having an awesome weekend! ☀️ Today, Lucian’s paired a suit jacket (pattern 0012) with wide-leg pants (pattern 0026) to create a comfy casual slouchy suit. 😎👔

 

Relaxing in the Sun

Gus living life to the full, and loving it! 😎🌊🐠

The Tiny Apparel Patterns featured in this look are the Button-Up Shirt (0003) and Retro Style Swim Trunks (0020).

 

Bryce's Freckles

Just Big Bryce, modeling his freckles. 💪✨ Happy Friday!!

 

Welcome Bryce!

Welcome, Big Bryce, to the Tiny Apparel crew! 🎉

Gus and Lucian met big Bryce, over at the gym, and they all hit it off immediately. At brunch, today, the cousins pitched bringing Bryce on board for an exciting new Tiny Apparel project: discovering which sewing pattern designs are best suited for big boys like Bryce!

Bryce enthusiastically signed on to help. He’s brand-new to modeling, and a little camera shy, but eager to try new things. We are all thrilled to have him on the team!

Welcome, Bryce! 🤝🎉

 

Hollywood Glamour

Today, Gus pays homage to one of my favorite publicity shots of Deco-era silver screen icon, Tyrone Power. 😎 Do you have a favorite Ty Power movie? Mine are “Café Metropole” (1937) and “Lloyd's of London” (1936). 🍿🎞🎥  This picture was also inspired by the #monday4dolls theme: reflections.

 

 

A Walk on the Dieselpunk Side

Happy Saturday! Gus gets industrial in the scrapbook paper studio, modeling the flat cap, from the latest sewing pattern in the Tiny Apparel pattern shop, linked here. 🧳⚙️

 

Name That Show!

 Name that show 😁: I will always be impressed with the impact that a certain iconic tv series has had on the trajectory of modern menswear history. Even if, like me, you never watched it through, you may have seen the publicity stills, with their dark tweedy aesthetic, dominating style blogs and Pinterest, through the 2010s. They have influenced everything from wedding photography to some of this very season’s major fashion editorials. Today, Gus and Lucian are putting their own spin on it.

Sewing patterns for the caps, and Gus’ coat and sweater (on the left), can be found in the Tiny Apparel Etsy Shop, linked here. 😊🧵🪡

 

Flat Cap and Beret Sewing Pattern

A new sewing pattern is in the shop! 😃 This one includes instructions for making a classic flat cap, and a slouchy beret. Both designs are beginner friendly, and created with hand sewing in mind. Swipe through, to see Gus modeling them.

The pattern can be found in the Tiny Apparel Etsy Shop, linked here. Happy Sewing!! 😊🧵🪡

New Profil Picture!

 This week, Gus got a touch-up on the ol’ eye paint, and new glued on eyelashes. Time to pose for an updated profile picture! 🕺📸

I make Gus’ lashes out of tiny snippets of black faux fur. They are definitely on the silver-screen leading-man side of things, but I’m partial to the interesting shadows they cast in pictures. 😁

 

Boards and Blizzards

We’ve got blizzards this week, and Gus’ cousin Lucian, is modeling a retro spin on slope style. ❄️

Inspired by the #mondays4dolls theme: Winter Look

Sunflowerman Coffee!

Today, Gus is posing with a beautiful bag of signature Sunflowerman Coffee by @haveanicedaycoffee! 😃 A great big thank you to @sunflowerman, for this wonderful gift! It has a lovely, sweet, rich buttery aroma, and I know it’s going to taste amazing! The packaging is a work of art too, and can be opened up to reveal an even larger image. Scroll to see my 3D felt rendition of the little Sunflowerman dragon featured on the bag. 😊☕️🐉✨

Style Inspo

It’s January, which means it’s time to pour through all those new fall/winter 23/24 menswear collections, and gather inspo! 😁 Gus’ beret here will appear soon in an upcoming sewing pattern. His sweater was made from a sock with the Tiny Apparel bulky sweater pattern, and his flannel pants are from the Tiny Apparel slim-fit pants pattern. (Available at the link in my bio).🧵🪡

 

Top 9 of 2022!

Here are 9 of my favorite pics from 2022! These past months, Gus and Lucian got to rock a wide variety of menswear looks; from comfy everyday street-style, to extravagant high fashion, and everything in between! I’ve also had a ton of fun this year, exploring new ways to add texture and detail to my photos! Thank you all, for your encouragement, inspiration, and friendship throughout this year! I am truly grateful for each and every one of you!! Here’s to lots more fun photography in the New Year! 🥂🎉📸✨

 

Comfy and Cozy

 Today we’re having the first snowy day of the season! 🌨☃️ Gus is dressing for maximum coziness, in a turtleneck sweater, joggers, and an overcoat. Sewing patterns for all three are available in my Etsy shop. 😊🧵🪡

A Haute Couture Ball

 It’s a Haute Couture weekend! Gus has arrived at @hautecouturefordolls’ High Fashion Ball, draped in velvets and metallic armor and chainmail references; in a mashup of Dior and D&G Alta Sartoria. Scroll down to see my inspiration from the runways. 👑💎🛡⚔️🐴

 A closeup on the details of Gus’ Alta Sartoria inspired headgear; completing his ensemble for @hautecouturefordolls’ High Fashion Ball.

A Cozy Sweater

Gus cozies up in a big textured black sweater, for the #monday4dolls theme: Sweaters. 🧶🐏🍁🍂

I made this sweater from a sock, using my bulkey sweater sewing pattern (available at the Tiny Apparel Etsy shop). 🧵🪡📍

 

90s Throwback

Gus is heading out on the town, with a strong nod to the 90s in his OOTD.
😎📼✨ Patterns for Gus’ bucket hat, and wide leg pants, are available in my Etsy shop (linked in my bio).