samedi 12 février 2011

LBD!

Hello there, how are you? I hope you're having a great weekend :) Mine is going on quite well, I've just completed my very first little black dress! Indeed, even though I've had little navy dresses or little flashy dresses I had never tried the classic, black version simply because it looked too classy to be worn at school or at the bar^^. However I've been in the mood for femininine outfits recently and I can proudly say that I now wear skirts and dresses as often as jeans so I've overcome my fear of the LBD and here it is:


It's a super simple design from Fait Main, a French crafts magazine, the bodice has French darts in the front and classic darts in the back and the skirt is the same in the front and the back with 6 pleats. I had to gather the neckline a little to get rid of fabric excess, I finished it with black bias tape as well as the armholes and there's a handsewn regular zipper at the side. I know this dress by heart since it's my mum's favourite one, I've made at least ten versions of it for her -I really need to take pictures of them so you can see the little variations from one to the other^^- so it took me like 2 hours to make it, including handtacking the bias tape and sewing the zipper. I'm showing you the dress without any accessories but I found (and washed!) an old white collar I had made when I started to sew again a few years ago and I'm going to try and make a removable bib to dress it up a little. Big necklaces would also work well I guess, a bolero or a frilly cardigan too... I'll see how I can make it more interesting :) Since then see you friends!

9 commentaires:

  1. Very pretty. I love the shape of the pleated skirt.

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  2. That's very cute, and you can make jackets to go with it, from casual to dressy!

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  3. I really like this because I'm a big fan of simple, classic shape dresses. They will never go out of style, will always be appropriate, can be topped with a cute cardi or livened with bold accessories. I wish my closet were stocked with this type of dress.

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  4. Hi Cecili! I love this pleats on the skirt. It's so feminine! Is this french magazine like the Japanese FEMALE magazine?
    Black color makes women beautiful:) I love it!! I will definitely make one in this summer!

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  5. Hey girls, thank you for your nice comments! I checked the collar and it's too short for the dress neckline but I'm going to make another one, I swear that really brightens up the dress :) Ophelia the French magazine doesn't offer as many cute patterns as Female but sometimes it has one or two nice designs! And knitting and crochet patterns as well as home decoration ideas :)

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  6. very Audrey Hepburn, looks lovely on you :-)

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  7. super lovely! I'd love to see the versions you made for your mum x

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  8. A lovely dress! I'm a fan of Japanese sewing books too.

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