Thursday, October 27, 2011

Vogue 1205. The Red Dress

After much frustration, and re-making, and modifiying and well, much frustration, my red dress is DONE! 


Let me tell you about this dress. First of all, I love it. It's made from red ponte de roma knit. And it's red. It's versatile, it's updated, and well, it's red. I love red.

I made some modifications, of course. I cut a size 18. and did my usual full bust adjustment. and narrowed to a 16 from the hips down. I eliminated the back vent. I enlarged the armholes ( they were very high cut)...and still probably could have cut them away even more.

I also eliminated the zipper. I am terrible at putting in invisible zippers, so my way to get around it was lining the bodice with a black tricot knit ( yes, I actually cut the lining from a thrifted black slip!). This gave it enough stretch to be able to get it over my head comfortably. The rest of the dress is lined in red Bemberg Rayon.


This dress can be worn is so many ways, through every season. Which is another reason I like it so much.
With tights or without, with boots or heels, a sweater, jacket or no topper at all... I can see so many wardrobe possiblities with this dress. I give it two thumbs up!


14 comments:

  1. You look wonderful in the red dress! Bravo for not giving up on it. And it certainly is versatile.

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  2. You look incredible. Way to stick with the project. Enjoy your dress!

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  3. Versatile, indeed! I especially like it with the black blazer which makes that red really POP!

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  4. Totally gorgeous!! A perfect dress for the holiday season - can be worn in so many ways and looks fabulous every way!

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  5. You look gorgeous in your red dress! Great idea on using a stretch lining in the bodice so no zipper is needed. I love seeing how you styled it in different ways. I find that difficult to do.

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  6. Love, love, love it!! Its very chic and you wear it so well!

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  7. Love the dress, you look fabulous. Great job and thanks for all the hints and tips.

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  8. gorgeous YOU! I am happy you put the dress size on so we can all think about wearing one like it......

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  9. Love! Glad you got it done - looks fab! x

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  10. You look beautiful in red. That dress is just awesome and perfect for the holiday season. You always do a great job fitting your garments ... Thanks for sharing the details. •Linda•

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  11. Love your sewing, love your blog, love you ... do you knit anymore?:-)

    Esther

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