A few years ago while scrolling through Pinterest I stumbled
across a picture of a yellow 1950's cocktail dress, and immediately knew I
wanted to create a dress inspired by it.
I had bought brown silk for $5/yd. when Joann's was
discontinuing it, and it sat in my stash awaiting the perfect project.
We were hosting a "Spring" themed ball and I desperately wanted to make the dress for the event... "but brown isn't spring!" I said, to which a witty family-member replied something to the like of, "yes it is, spring is muddy". So I jumped on the idea of letting my dress be "mud and butterflies" and found the most delightful blue butterflies and ribbon to accent the look.
Despite having to draft/drape nearly every aspect of this
dress, it went surprisingly smoothly! I did my first (And so far only) hand
pick-stitched zipper, and I love the results! Much less obvious than machine
top-stitching! :)
Though I completed this outfit 3 years ago, I failed to take
photos. *face-palm*
After the first wear, I made a few adjustments, and for a
recent ball, I seized the opportunity to pull it from my wardrobe and finally
photograph it!
My brother obligingly photographed for me, yielding to my
whims of artistic, dramatic, whimsical, and practical by turn. Much laughter
accompanied the process, and I'm delighted with the shots we obtained.
Below are a few artsy and dramatic outtakes.
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| Vintage mystery film pose. |
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| My Brother and I waltzing at the ball. :) |
