IRISH DANCE DRESS PHOTOS
KATIE IN HER SOLO DRESS AND KERRI IN THE SCHOOL DRESS OF THE FIRST DANCE SCHOOL THEY ATTENDED.
KATIE'S FIRST SOLO DRESS... WE PURCHASED THIS SECONDHAND,  AND SOLD IT WHEN SHE IT OUTGREW IT.
KERRI'S FIRST SOLO DRESS... SHE PICKED THE PATTERN, WHICH WAS A NEW DESIGN AT THE TIME, AND DESIGNED THE COLORS HERSELF. PRETTY GOOD FOR AN 8 YEAR OLD!
MARCHING IN THE NEW HAVEN ST. PATRICK'S DAY PARADE, 1997. KERRI WORE HER SOLO DRESS FOR A FEW YEARS.
KERRI IS WEARING THE LENIHAN SCHOOL DRESS, WHICH THEY ATTENDED FOR 2 YEARS, UNTIL WE MOVED. KATIE IN HER SECOND SOLO DRESS, WHICH SHE WORE FOR OVER 3 YEARS!
KERRI'S SECOND SOLO DRESS. WE BOUGHT THIS "OFF THE RACK" FROM DEDE GOLDEN, BUT IT FIT AND LOOKED AS IF IT WERE MADE FOR KERRI!
KATIE'S THIRD SOLO DRESS, MADE BY DEDE GOLDEN. KATIE AND DEDE BOTH DESIGNED IT AND PICKED THE COLORS.

 

 

KATIE'S FOURTH SOLO DRESS, AGAIN SEWN BY DEDE GOLDEN. IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST ORIGINAL OUT THERE FOR A WHILE, UNTIL WE STARTED SEEING THE COLOR COMBINATIONS SHOW UP. SOON, HOWEVER, IT WAS OVERSHADOWED BY GEOMETRIC DESIGNED SATIN DRESSES, SO KATIE ONLY WORE THIS FOR ABOUT A YEAR. PERSONALLY, THIS IS MY FAVORITE OF KATIE'S DRESSES.
KERRI'S LAST SOLO DRESS, ONE FOR HER AND ONE FOR MOLLY! COLOR DESIGNED COMPLETELY BY KERRI, AND MADE BY DEDE GOLDEN. THE GREEN MATERIAL IS IMPORTED FROM IRELAND.
THE CAPES ARE THE PLACES FOR DETAIL AND ORIGINALITY THESE DAYS.  WE HAVE SINCE ADDED RHINESTONES TO THE DRESS.  IT IS STUNNING ON A STAGE! 
KATIE'S MOST RECENT DRESS, A SILK BLEND (PHOTO TAKEN IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO THE LIPSTICK STAINING INCIDENT!).  THE GEOMETRIC DESIGNS AND COLOR LAYOUT WERE DONE BY KATIE AND THE DRESS WAS SEWN BY DEDE GOLDEN.
NEW ENGLAND REGIONALS NOVEMBER 2001
 
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