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Do you have the time?

Jul. 15th, 2008 at 6:42 PM

The lovely, beautiful, and talented bettine_punkn (aka Heather E. Hutsell ) has designed and created a dress entirely from a parachute. The dress contains a harness that has over 25 different pocket watches attached (and yes you can hear her approaching you!)

This is the serial # and manufacturing information of the military parachute which is on the back of the bustle

She will be appearing at San Diego Comic Con wearing it on Saturday & Sunday so make sure to say hello to her :)

Location:Salem, MA

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__uptight wrote:

Jul. 15th, 2008 10:44 pm (UTC)

this is more than impressive.

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mister_sable wrote:

Jul. 15th, 2008 10:45 pm (UTC)

agreed!

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kenderkin wrote:

Jul. 15th, 2008 10:48 pm (UTC)

Gorgeous!
I've seen other things made out of parachutes....but that dress by far surpasses them all.

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selkiechick wrote:

Jul. 15th, 2008 10:55 pm (UTC)

What a fantastic dress!

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roguebelle wrote:

Jul. 15th, 2008 10:57 pm (UTC)

That is seriously amazing.

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isabelladangelo wrote:

Jul. 15th, 2008 11:04 pm (UTC)

Now that is cool. The design is great. I'm curious about the buttons. Do you know if she just used vintage buttons or something?

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kissmythistle wrote:

Jul. 15th, 2008 11:04 pm (UTC)

This is amazing. :)

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harlequin_elf wrote:

Jul. 15th, 2008 11:05 pm (UTC)

That may be the most wounderful think I've ever seen done with a parachute! Hat off to her, this has made me day. :)

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velvetgarden wrote:

Jul. 15th, 2008 11:09 pm (UTC)

That's a beautiful dress!

One of the things I like most about the steampunk genre is how often it involves recycling old things into such beautiful, wearable pieces!

Great work!

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chalepa_ta_kala wrote:

Jul. 15th, 2008 11:14 pm (UTC)

Incredible!

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neku_niku wrote:

Jul. 15th, 2008 11:25 pm (UTC)

that dress is simply amazing. it's a work of art, and I wish i could see it in person.

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eris_star wrote:

Jul. 15th, 2008 11:29 pm (UTC)

Wow! Beautiful!

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criollo wrote:

Jul. 15th, 2008 11:30 pm (UTC)

amazing!

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brilliantnova wrote:

Jul. 15th, 2008 11:31 pm (UTC)

This is great example of steam punked themed fashion. A definite innovative AWESOME!

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slurketta wrote:

Jul. 16th, 2008 12:09 am (UTC)

oh shit. your icon just caused my head to asplode w/ delight!

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dj_mouse wrote:

Jul. 15th, 2008 11:36 pm (UTC)

That is fabulous!

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bettine_punkn wrote:

Jul. 15th, 2008 11:40 pm (UTC)

The Time Jumper Dress

Thank You!!!! everyone for your comments. I put a LOT of work into designing and making this dress and I am glad it has been well received...it seems surreal that it is done!

To answer the question about the buttons: they are actually all new, but I did choose them all based on different eras (Eutruscan, Ancient Rome, Byzantine, Medieval, Late Middle ages, Elizabethan, Baroque, 18th Century, a few Victorian spans, to name a few) so it would look like I had collected them while "Jumping" through time...And so thus as well--all of the watches.

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bete_noire wrote:

Jul. 15th, 2008 11:44 pm (UTC)

Re: The Time Jumper Dress

all you need is a watch made from a miniature sundial.

love it. good show.

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jj_maccrimmon wrote:

Jul. 15th, 2008 11:45 pm (UTC)

That is very impressive.

Edited at 2008-07-15 11:45 pm (UTC)

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opiumt wrote:

Jul. 15th, 2008 11:54 pm (UTC)

What a stunning Success!

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_boxinghelena wrote:

Jul. 15th, 2008 11:55 pm (UTC)

Gorgeous!!! And great location too!

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hrafn wrote:

Jul. 16th, 2008 12:17 am (UTC)

Wow. That is gorgeous and wonderful!

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mr_roper wrote:

Jul. 16th, 2008 12:18 am (UTC)

This crosses the line well into the Art camp because it's not pretentious but well-thought out, innovative and most of all, interesting. I see 'art dresses' quite frequently and most of the time they are, quite frankly, ludicrously ill-thought out. This one is far more fascinating and I thank you for sharing it with us.

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bettine_punkn wrote:

Jul. 16th, 2008 12:30 am (UTC)

Thank you. The idea of it first struck about this time last year. Took a few months to simmer before I finally forged ahead and started it. There was much planning and collecting to it, everything specifically hand picked to be exact...Thank you again.

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morgan303 - Jul. 16th, 2008 04:44 am (UTC)

blackrayne wrote:

Jul. 16th, 2008 12:38 am (UTC)

Way too awesome.

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faerydragonet wrote:

Aug. 8th, 2008 01:15 pm (UTC)

I just want to show some Agatha love.

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tattooedartgirl wrote:

Jul. 16th, 2008 01:02 am (UTC)

amazing!!!

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mephistopholina wrote:

Jul. 16th, 2008 01:13 am (UTC)

The parachute dress on it's own is amazing, but the addition of all those lovely pocket watches shoves that outfit into the realm of being mind boggling! You've done such excellent work, bravo!

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bettine_punkn wrote:

Jul. 16th, 2008 01:17 am (UTC)

Thank you. Every single one chosen specially! I've yet to wind all of the ones that work (along with the battery ones) and see just how loud the ticking is...

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scorpionturtle wrote:

Jul. 16th, 2008 01:16 am (UTC)

that is breathtaking and a damn excellent use of a parachute.

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bettine_punkn wrote:

Jul. 16th, 2008 01:19 am (UTC)

Thank you. :)

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vonslatt wrote:

Jul. 16th, 2008 01:50 am (UTC)

Oh that is so awesome! Do you mind if I blog this post at SPWS

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bettine_punkn wrote:

Jul. 16th, 2008 01:51 am (UTC)

not at all! please do!

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vonslatt - Jul. 16th, 2008 02:16 am (UTC)

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