Strictly Come Dancing 2011 winners: Top Dresses plus get the look HERE

Strictly Come Dancing 2011 has had some winning dresses. In fact a whopping 500 outfits have been individually designed for the hit BBC show.Sequins, chiffon, tans, tit-tape and aches of tulle have been used during the 14-week-long series - but who are the Strictly all-time style winners? Who got the best dress? And which celebrity contestants shimmied straight to the top of the fashion charts?
Ntouvas designs for the boutique have been priced at $180-$220. Since they are one-of-a-kind pieces, Ntouvas has only been making one size, the traditional sample size, eight.“I’m gonna start doing sizes for fall ’12,” said Ntouvas. “You start with the sample size then you grade it up or grade it down.”Designing a line is a complex endeavor.There are many beautiful dresses and fashions for the election. Ntouvas wants to create 10 to 20 pieces. Some will mix and match and some will stand on their own. Then she has to find sources for fabrics and hardware which allow her to reorder as necessary.“Now I’m finding various fabric wholesalers online,” said Ntouvas “Most of them specialize, so I’ll go to one wholesaler for cotton, one for silk, one for hardware.”
While she would like to order most of the fabric in her chosen colors, Ntouvas plans to do some of her own dying.“I don’t want to dye everything. But I know that to get exactly what I want I’ll have to,” she said.After creating the entire line in samples, Ntouvas will hit the street to sell it. Locally she plans to put it in S’more Couture, then look for other independent boutiques in surrounding cities.
Once boutique owners place their orders, Ntouvas will sit down at the sewing machine and make each piece herself. Depending on the complexity of the design, a single jacket, skirt or dress takes from four to 16 hours to complete.“I’m not doing this on a huge scale,” said Ntouvas. If sales take off, she could contract a factory to produce her line, which is more of a monetary commitment, but speeds up the process considerably.“When you put things on a production line in a factory, it’s silly how fast they can do things,” said Ntouvas.Like a true artist, Ntouvas has not set a goal of extraordinary financial success, but wishes instead to be recognized creatively.
“I hope that someone would be able to look at my collection and know that it’s by Lindsey Ntouvas,” she said. “My dream is to be able to sell what I want to wear.”“I do want to be able to make a living, but you don’t go into fashion wanting to make money. If you know what you are getting into, you are not doing it for the money. You’re doing it as an art form.”