Martha Stewart Inspires Shoe Designer

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Martha Stewart Garbage Bag Witch

Garbage Bag Witch Costume How-To

Use 10 black garbage bags with drawstrings for witch (left). For bodice, trim bottom off 1 bag; turn inside out. 1. To reinforce armhole: Directly below each drawstring, tape a 7-inch strip of clear packing tape; perpendicular to that piece, just touching it, tape a 3-inch piece of tape, to make an upside-down T. To make armholes, cut down center of long tape just to edge of short tape. For sleeves, trim bottom off 1 bag; slit sides and drawstrings. Staple cut drawstrings to half-bags at each end. Tape each half-bag along edges to make a tube. With bags still inside out, match bodice to sleeves at drawstrings. Overlapping sleeve and bodice 1/4 inch, tape top 8 inches of armhole, leaving drawstrings free and armpit open for ventilation. Turn right side out. Cinch drawstrings; tie to fit. 2. For skirt, cut off bottoms of 6 bags. Lay bags on floor; refold so drawstrings are at sides. To tie bags together: Snip 1 drawstring of first bag, and cinch bag; snip both drawstrings on second bag, cinch, and tie tightly on one side to first bag. Repeat with remaining bags, creating a length of bags, but don’t snip last drawstring; use it and first drawstring to tie skirt at waist. Clip off excess drawstrings. 3. Rip and shred bottoms of skirt panels--we ripped more from top layer to make skirt fuller. Shred sleeve bottoms. For bodice details: From strips of bag, make 2 braids, each long enough to crisscross and wrap around arm twice; tie, and puff sleeves. Make a third braid long enough to crisscross around waist (for long strips, tape short ones end to end), and tie in back. Wear tights or slip beneath skirt. We used a long black skirt with white yarn and a long white skirt with black yarn--both look great. Wear a matching top. You may want to add a crinoline petticoat under the skirt for extra puff. The knotting and pinning of the yarn is easier if done when the skirt is on a dress form or a person. Cut 8 pieces of yarn, each the length of the skirt plus 4 inches; these will become the vertical spokes of the web. Tie a small loop at both ends of each length of yarn. With small safety pins, attach loops of yarn to the inside of the waistband and the underside of the hem, sliding pins through loops to secure, and evenly spacing yarn around skirt. For the horizontal lines of the web, cut 5 or more pieces of yarn, each of them measured to be at least twice as long as the circumference of the skirt at the point where you will place it; the yarn you fasten at the waist will be shorter than the yarn at the hem. Starting from the waistband, tie each yarn to the spokes, letting it sag slightly between them. Dab white craft glue on the knots so they won’t slip down the spokes. Space the horizontal yarns farther apart toward the bottom of the skirt, and add more sag.

Martha to wear ankle bracelet for 3 more weeks!

Good things come to those who wait -- and those who wait three weeks longer.Lawyers for Martha Stewart Wednesday confirmed that the domestic doyenne has agreed to extend her home confinement until Aug. 31.The move comes after published reports raised the specter that Stewart violated the rules of her sentence with an impromptu visit to an upstate yoga center and unauthorized use of an all-terrain vehicle on the grounds of her Bedford, N.Y., home.Her confinement had been expected to end sometime around Aug. 10, a date roughly five months after her release from prison.

On March 4, she ended five months of incarceration in West Virginia.The extension is a blow to the workaholic businesswoman, who turned 64 Wednesday. But the company she founded, as always, tried to put a positive spin on the unhappy news."We will be so happy to have Martha working without restriction at the end of the month," said Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia spokeswoman Elizabeth Estroff. Meanwhile, the players in Stewart's social life were anticipating her return."We're looking forward to seeing her again," said Manhattan restaurateur Keith McNally, owner of Schiller's Liquor Bar and Balthazar, both favorite haunts of Stewart.It's a safe bet that Stewart also was making plans for nights out at DB Bistro, or a private fitting with favored designer Ralph Rucci. But all that, and plans for her annual late summer trip to the Maine coast, will have to wait until September, according to the statement from Walter Dellinger, the attorney working on Stewart's appeal of her obstruction of justice conviction.

Chris Stanton, chief federal probation officer for the Southern District of New York, said Wednesday that an extension of home confinement could be implemented by federal authorities if there were minor violations of agreed upon conditions that "are not serious enough to warrant a full revocation of the supervised release."The terms of Stewart's home confinement only make allowances for work, church, medical visits and grocery shopping.Robert R. Rigg, a criminal law professor at Drake University in Iowa, said it was "rare" to see someone adhere to the terms of a home confinement "absolutely 100 percent.""The question is are they doing things that lead the supervising officer to believe this person is bending the rules for their use?" he said. Stewart's fall social calendar should remain unaffected.

"The Apprentice: Martha Stewart," one of more than half a dozen upcoming business projects, debuts on NBC Sept. 21.An associate who recently visited with the detained diva said Stewart, in keeping with her new image as a changed woman, also would probably throw her social powers behind the issue of mandatory minimum sentences for first-time drug offenders.One place Martha won't be going is to visit "old" friends in West Virginia, where she was incarcerated at the Alderson Federal Prison Camp.Federal Bureau of Prisons policy requires that visitors to the facility have a prior relationship with incarcerated offenders.The fact Stewart made friends, like poncho-making pal Xiomaro Hernandez, doesn't count, prison spokeswoman Traci Billingsley said.

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New York Businessman Designs Special 'Ankle Bracelet' Shoes for Martha Stewart Homecoming
Monday March 14, 5:00 am ET

NEW YORK, March 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Martha Stewart is getting a special pair of custom made shoes specifically designed to wear with her electronic ankle bracelet while she is under house arrest. The local businessman, Robert Yeganeh, owner of the retail chain Love My Shoes will unveil the shoes at a press conference at Monday, March 14th at 11:00 AM, 12 W.57th St., Suite 701.

After following all of the news reports that said Stewart's court-ordered ankle bracelet was the latest fashion rage, Mr. Yeganeh decided to create an outrageous, one-of-a-kind pair of shoes made to accommodate the famed "black box." Yeganeh owns stores throughout the NY metropolitan area and, as an avid follower of celebrity fashion, frequently designs shoes that fulfill a high- profile person's needs. He even gave Paris Hilton a pair of 14K, diamond- studded, custom-made size 11 shoes for Christmas last year.

"When I learned that Martha Stewart had to wear this special ankle box, I figured she'd need shoes that could fit around the anklet and be comfortable and fashionable," remarked Yeganeh. "If she wears them out before her five months of confinement are up, I'll make another pair."

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These are his prototypes especially made for the woman burdened by the unsightly house arrest ankle bracelet. Cowl can be used with pearl pump as well.

Pump with pearl waterfall

Flat with Crochet Ankle Cowl

What I do is kick them in the pants with a diamond buckled shoe!
~~Aileen Mehle~~