Friday 22 June 2012

The Movie Project - Dress three - sort of.


I've been very inspired by the shift dresses I've seen on TV and film recently. Inspired enough to make a dress.
I may have mentioned that Last year my Hubby decided to watch the top 100 films - well this list crept up to more than 200! and we are still working out way through it. In response I decided to make movie inspired outfits. so Far I've managed 2, and this is the third.

A couple of months ago we watched Rosemary's Baby, but rather than following the plot I was following Mia Farrow's wardrobe and styling. Lots of classic shift and sack dresses.




And I just LOVE some of the styles worm by Megan in the latest season of Mad Men, in particular this very Mary Quant style dress.




So I thought I'd do my own shift dress. I wanted a black dress that I could dress up or down and I think I've achieved it. I made the dress in Black eyelet cotton with a black lining. It's just above knee length as I guess I may wear this for work - and modesty is a big thing where I work! As with the halter dress I made a couple of weeks ago I used the 60's dress by Alexandra from Burdastyle website as a starting point, but I ended up making quite a few adjustments to the pattern to make it fit my style.


I made the dress sleeveless - I extended the neckline to make a boat neck and a shallow v at the back. I chose the pattern as I only wanted bust darts in the front in order to keep the simplicity of the fabric as a feature. I lined up the fabric carefully before cutting, to ensure it was perfectly on grain. I fully lined this in a black poly cotton, understitching at the neck. the lining is caught to the invisible zip in the back and i'm really happy with the finish. I think it looks professional (no raw edges showing) I took the time to hand stitch the hem and it was worth it.

Now - how do I style it? would love to know what you think.

21 comments:

  1. I love your dress - it's one of those you can dress up or down according to the occasion. And you can never have too many LBD's can you?

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  2. It is amazing. I enjoyed reading about why you made the decisions you did. I hope you get a lot of wear out of it and enjoy wearing it.

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  3. I love the shallow v at the back. I always wear black dresses with shiny red shoes and red accessories- but that doesn't really fit with the Mary Quant style you were going for!

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  4. wow, its blogs like this that makes me really wish I could make clothes

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  5. That's a fabulous dress.When I see gorgeous things like that I really want to sew!

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  6. Love your dress! Sounds like a good challenge with the films!

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  7. Lovely dress. You could dress it up or down as it looks really versatile. Hope you have a lovely week.

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  8. Shift dresses are a joy to wear, they always look so elegant... and your LBD certainly ticks all the boxes :)

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  9. Fabulous dress, so elegant and understated. How I wish I could sew that well!

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  10. I love it, it would look good with any type of adornment, I'd like it with a little box jacket and chunky beads.
    Jan x

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  11. the dress has a syle of its own which means you can adorn it with anything well done xxx

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  12. Very nice! Have you ever seen the book Famous Frocks? I think you might enjoy it. It's full of ideas and patterns to create a fresh new spin on famous dresses from the movies. Thanks for sharing your shift at Etcetorize!

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  13. Shift dresses are so versitile. I used to have one way back when!

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  14. Your dress looks beautiful. I like the v shape in the back. Thanks for sharing. Ali x

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  15. Thanks for all your lovely comments and I'll certainly look out for Famous Frocks

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  16. Beautiful.. I absolutely LOVE your style.. Great pretty dress.. I would LOVE if you could please share / link this awesome post to my Mannequin Monday's party happening now pweeease.. LOVE this.. Hope you can stop in.. Wishing you a beautiful evening.. xo.. Marilyn - http://www.theartsygirlconnection.com/2012/06/mannequin-mondays-other-side-of-cool.html

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  17. Love the dress! A little black dress is so handy. It must be great to be able to just whip up something you fancy. Mich x

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  18. Beautiful job. I have a Blog Hop, and I would love it if you would link this post. You can find it at
    http://www.adornedfromabove.com/2012/06/natural-hair-gel-and-wednesdays-adorned.html
    It is called Wednesdays Adorned From Above Blog Hop.
    I hope to see you there. Have a great Day.
    Debi Bolocofsky
    Adorned From Above
    www.adornedfromabove.com

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    1. Thank you so much for sharing with "Wednesdays Adorned From Above Blog Hop". I love this dress. Hope you link again this Wednesday.
      Debi Bolocofsky
      www.adornedfromabove.com

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  19. with such a classic yet simple shape, I love how you chose such a lovely fabric. I like those subtle details you can't see from far away but that make a garment so special when being up close.

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  20. Very pretty dress, and it looks great on you! Thank you for sharing!

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