This girl’s got some major talent.
Twitter user Ciara Gan (@ciaragan) posted a now-viral post on Monday sharing how she sewed and painted her own gown for her graduation ball in the swanky Shangri-La Hotel at the Fort in Taguig City on Friday.
“I painted over 80 flowers, sewed + stoned my dress with my mama and designed the whole thing myself!” she tweeted.
In the first two photos, she shares the process of how the floral emerald gown was created. In another two photos, she’s seen strutting her creation at the ball.
i made and painted my own gown for my graduation ball! ✨
i painted over 80 flowers, sewed + stoned my dress with my mama and designed the whole thing myself! pic.twitter.com/fsDwQK1NfD
— ciara gan (@ciaragan) April 8, 2019
Gan told Coconuts Manila through a Twitter message that she wanted to make her own gown because she likes “trying as many things as possible.”
The 17-year-old senior high school STEM graduate from Colegio San Agustin in Makati City also shared that she fixed up her “disaster” of a prom dress last year.
She said her mom suggested that they make this year’s gown together.
“Since I know how to sew, I thought ‘why not?’ I could save money and it was my last event in high school that I’d be able to dress up.”
While the gown looks totally professional, Gan said this was her first time to create a dress.
“This is my first time to make my own dress from scratch,” she told Coconuts.
“I conceptualized it (the gown) for around a month (including drafts and cloth) and I made the dress for a week and painted for five days.”
“All the materials, me and my mom handled all of that!” she shared. “So in total, [It took] around 2 weeks for [me to make and finish] the gown.”
The post had over 77,000 retweets and 357,000 likes as of this article’s posting. Netizens totally loved it and some even asked Gan to design gowns for them.
Twitter user @hhh_oney said: “U need to start a business I’m ready to buy from u”
U need to start a business I’m ready to buy from u
— ✨Honey (@hhh_oney) April 9, 2019
@suntle18 asked: “Would you be interested in make (sic) a wedding gown?”
Would you be interested in make a wedding gown?
— Seokjin Man [석친] (@suntle18) April 9, 2019
Twitter user @GuchoPRMaven said: “The Fashion industry needs someone like you.”
The Fashion industry needs someone like you.
— Toni Y. Gucho (@GuchoPRMaven) April 8, 2019
“This is so gorgeous,” said @e_fan_girl.
this is so gorgeous
— E_fangirl #freepine (@e_fan_girl) April 9, 2019
@Woodalchii said Gan looked gorgeous in the dress. “It looks very well done.”
U look gorgeous in the dress and it looks very well done
— S• Map of the Soul (@Woodalchii) April 8, 2019
Twitter user @delia_pilapil asked: “Damn that’s talent, would you consider that to be a future business?”
Damn that’s talent, would you consider that to be a future business?
— Delia Pilapil (@delia_pilapil) April 8, 2019
Gan replied that she’s not saying no to opportunities.
i’m not saying no to opportunities!!
— ciara gan (@ciaragan) April 8, 2019
@MayFaireMoon said: “I’m an independent designer in the US, and I have to tell you I’m madly in love with this. I LOVE ball gowns, and yours is one of the best I’ve ever seen! You rock on with your bad self!”
I’m an independent designer in the US, and I have to tell you I’m madly in love with this. I LOVE ball gowns, and yours is one of the best I’ve ever seen! You rock on with your bad self!
— MayFaireMoon (@MayFaireMoon) April 9, 2019
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