Viva!: Take It to the Wire ; Her Dresses Are Unique, Stunning and Cost Up to Pounds 2,500 ... The Drawback Is You Can't Really Wear Them. Abigail Hughes Meets a Fashion Designer Who Makes Clothes Out of an Altogether Different Material

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AS every fashionista knows, in the heady world of catwalk style, hand-stitched haute couture doesn't come cheap. If you want to stand out from the crowd but don't fancy buying clothes off high-street pegs, you'd better have a wardrobe budget to rival a whole team of Premiership footballers' wives. Because made-to-measure gowns that are individually designed, drawn, crafted and, finally, worn to glittering events, have price tags to rival most people's mortgages.

Designs by Bangor born Julia Grffiths Jones don't quite fit into that category. But her utterly unique frocks come close. Each one takes two months to make from scratch, as Julia carefully contemplates size, fabric and colour - and with eye-stinging prices from pounds 800-pounds 2,500, these are clothes you'd want to show off at every occasion, not shove to the back of the closet.

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Viva!: Take It to the Wire ; Her Dresses Are Unique, Stunning and Cost Up to Pounds 2,500 ... The Drawback Is You Can't Really Wear Them. Abigail Hughes Meets a Fashion Designer Who Makes Clothes Out of an Altogether Different Material

There's only one hitch - they're made from wire.

A night spent dancing in one of Julia's colourful creations would leave you with aches and scrapes in more places than just your feet. And with gaping holes and asymmetrical patterns, wearers can expect more...

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