Karadas and Rope Dresses

This gallery is a companion to our class handout on Rope Dresses and Karadas. See also our Endless Carrick Bend Dress.

A three diamond (hishi) karada Another hishi karada A form of kikkou (hexagonal tortoise shell) A square knot rope dress with internal lighting A square knot Basically a karada plus leg wrappings A longer square knot rope dress The vertical lines are extra rope brought upwards from the skirt Rope bra and skirt in Times Square NYC Subway Central Park Rope dresses in Central Park Partially completed rope dress This was made from 9 30 ft ropes Plus two ropes for the sleeves and two more for the underwear A karada made with two ropes and a Carrick Bend for the center knots A closeup of the Carrick Bend A karada made solely from Carrick Bends Another square knot dress Rear view of square knot dress Rear closeup...note vertical orientation of top middle square knot Rope dresses make great resort wear Double rear view Double side view A longer version of the square knot dress with verticals added A rope corset with seven diamond hishi patterns Plus a crotch rope and a flirty little skirt