A sneak preview

[frualeydis]

After some more fixing I think that the dress is as good as it's going to get. Not perfect, but good enough. The stiffer fabric alone made for a different look than the original and if you add the fact that I'm not tall and willowy you end up with a slightly different look. Despite it not being exactly like the original dress it's very much a 40s dress though. The fact that I shortened the skirt to "a little below the knee" (there was a club called that founded in the US as a response to and protest against the so-called New Look) just makes it more typical of the period.




What remains is to finish the neckline, hemming of the sleeves and a little at the bottom of the dress, adding five decorative buttons on each pocket and ironing. The buttons will hopefully be bought today.

Comments

[sneprinsesse.livejournal.com]

Stylish! It is interesting how the stripes can have so many orientations in one dress. I enjoy seeing all the different kinds of garments you make :)

The club was actually called "a little below the knee"? (I get an image of people running around with scissors and cutting into hemlines).

[therru.livejournal.com]

I'm really impressed with the matching of the stripes!

[operafantomet.livejournal.com]

How come you manage to make both très funky modern (modern as in 1940 and later) garbs as well as awesome historical garbs? Darn it, woman, you're so talented!

[amonik.livejournal.com]

It's wonderful! And very summery.

[frualeydis.livejournal.com]

Thanks. You did hear about the little boy, did you?

/Eva