Retro Reconstructed Dress

I found a big skirt at a vintage shop that was made of a beautiful fabric, so I bought it with the intention of making a 1940’s style inspired dress. This is the process of the reconstruction.

Step 1 Making the Pattern

For the bodice, I drafted my own pattern roughly based on a couple of different patterns, adding my own alterations through trial and error. I arrived at my own design after several sample pieces.

Comments

[MISTHULA]

Those little hats are quite the rage right now even the new Princess has been seen sporting them. They are called "Fascinator Cocktail Hats". Yours is just precious. Love it.

[triciab1212]

very nice!!!

[water rat]

Yeah, I LOVE the dots, too! v cute :)

[jaxofalltrades]

I want it.
Seriously.
I.Want.It.
:D

[javajunkie1976]

It's nice to know that SOME of the young people today have some fashion sense!! With the low-ride jeans and the apparently acceptable thing of having your pants halfway down to show off their boxers, etc; it's a relief to know that an outfit as beautiful like this exists. I'm a Steampunk fan during the Halloween season but for the rest of the year, I just LOVE the 1920-1950s fashions...and I'm a straight male!

[box guitar]

Que espectacular! So adorable!

[andyxxpanda]

I'm liking the polka dots good job!

[i_am_vindicated]

So adorable :) I love it! Retro was such a classy fashion period! I wish retro/classy was popular enough to wear everyday :D

[jessandstavro]

Cute! It looks like a lot of work, but turned out so nice! Like the hat!
Jess

[Strawberry Mia]

Thank you so much! It was a lot of work lol I worked on it for three days straight! I'll probably post a Step-by- Step for the hat soon :)