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Fire Shorts

I made these to wear to Southern Decadance 2003 in New Orleans.
I was very pleased with the fire-colored designed I’d worked out, but hadn’t started dying stretch fabrics yet. So these were sewn into a kind of "gym shorts" pattern.
The silk was very thin and I was worried about ripping and "exposure", so I sewn a liner into the shorts. This gave them plenty of body, but I thought it made the look much less flattering. (Other people didn’t seem to mind!)
So I dyed some Habotai silk and sewed the shorts with two layers of material. I was afraid just one layer of silk would be two flimsy for clothing.









These don’t have the best fit, but they’re very comfortable and look great in black light!