Announcing the Pearly Holiday Giveaway W...

Congratulations to Erica, Angela, and Maggie! Each of you have been randomly chosen to receive a piece of beautiful pearl jewelry from DressMakerInABox.com. Thank you to everyone who entered our holiday giveaway and for sharing your thoughts on our ladies jackets. We appreciate each and every one of you. Happy Holidays! ps – By the way, the overall consensus is that the hand-painted raglan sleeve ladies jacket is a...

Last Chance to Enter Our Holiday Jewelry...

You have until tomorrow, Wednesday December 16, at 8am Pacific Standard Time to enter the DressMakerInABox.com Pearly Holiday Giveaway. Simply tell us about your favorite DressMakerInABox.com ladies jacket and we’ll enter you to win. Click here to read the rest of the details and to...

Our Custom Made Floral Fashions Featured...

We recently told you about our custom made floral fashions, which were influenced by the artwork of Heidi Rand at Garden Arts Delights. Well, Heidi was interviewed by the crew at Melange, a mixed media team for artists who sell on Etsy. Melange frequently features artists and their works, which is why Heidi had the chance to sit down with them. In the interview Heidi also mentioned DressMakerInABox.com, which tickles us pink. Thanks again, Heidi! Below is a quick excerpt of that interview, or you can find the entire interview by visiting the Melange site. ****** Question:...

Choose a Jacket and Get a Prize – Let ...

A few days ago we told you about our first ever giveaway here on DressMakerInABox.com. We’re really excited to give three lucky winners a special holiday gift this year. Of course, if you don’t want to keep the pearls you can always re-gift the items to someone you love:) Contest ends next Wednesday. Don’t wait; click here for the sign-up details. Looking forward to the...

Announcing our Pearly Holiday Giveaway...

Do something nice for yourself this holiday season. Enter the DressMakerInABox.com Pearly Holiday Giveaway and let us buy you a holiday gift this year. Here’s what you can win: Ooooh. Ahhhh. The crowd says. Both of these items contains cultured pearls and sterling silver findings. Here’s how you win. 1. Look at these three ladies jackets and decide which of the three you like the best. Tell us by leaving a comment on this post. (If you click the image, you’ll be taken to a larger picture.) 2. Sign up for our Fashion News & Cues newsletter to get a 10% off coupon...

Floral Patterns Like You Have Never Seen...

We are happy to announce that our winter line has launched and the items are available through DressMakerInABox.com. You can find all of our women’s suits, skirts, and blouses on BattiseFashions.com. As usual, the items in our winter line can be purchased in standard sizes or you can request our Fitting Garment and have one of our fashions made custom, just for you and your frame. Actual, True-to-Life Floral Prints… DressMakerInABox.com often partners with local artisans to add a creative flare to our designs. For the winter line we chose to partner with Heidi Rand of...

DressMakerInABox Fashion News...

DressMakerInABox.com has several exciting announcements. We’re so delighted with all the events that we don’t even know where to start. Hmmm…how about Twitter! That’s right. We are officially engaged in social media. We’d love to hear from you and share even more of our fashion knowledge with you, so please swing by @DressMakerInBox and say hello. We enjoy hearing from our customers and visitors here through the blog, and we only hope that great interaction will continue on Twitter. If you are new to Twitter, simply click on this link to see our account:...

A Childhood Sewing Dream Come to Life...

I don’t see any better way to inaugurate the Dress Maker In A Box blog than by starting at the beginning – the very beginning. In our first blog post, I (Michele Battise, company founder) will talk about my childhood dreams to become a dressmaker. Long before founding this business and long before designing the Fitting Garment, I sat side by side with my mother learning the intricacies of sewing. At eight-years-old, I watched her cut out dress patterns from discarded newspaper turning pictures of clothing into real life clothing. It was here that my understanding of...