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J-Princess Dress
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There’s a story behind this dress. I needed to get some practice making a princess line dress, so I asked a friend if I could make one for her. She told me that her mother had been telling her all her life that if she would only get her life together, she would buy her a Chanel outfit. So we decided my dress would do instead. We developed the design together – the idea we were aiming for is what looks like a coat over a dress from the side, so the front piece is done in cotton and the rest in black linen. We found a really cool print for the cotton inset. Then, while I was putting the finishing touches on the dress, I stumbled onto the line-up for Channel’s spring ‘09 collections, and, lo-and-behold, a whole slew of their dresses use a very similar motif as the one we developed for this dress!
My friend finished up the outfit with a pair of red boots and a red corsage to set them off (red corsage not shown).
The dress is lined with black satin as well. Did I mention this is the first dress I’ve made? The whole project took about 30 hours, but about half this was spent on developing the pattern, and the rest on assembly, finishing and fitting.
For completeness, I’ve included the original design from my Photoshop files.
Material Notes
Printed cotton, linen, satin lining, black thread, interfacing, zipper, snap
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Credits
The dress was co-designed by myself and my friend Jane, shown in the photos
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Aug 3, 2009, 04.20 AMby toril
Wow, this is just imaginative and beautiful. And clever (looking like coat from a side). I hope I’ll find the time and the will to try and make similar dress… :)
Mar 5, 2009, 12.54 AMby lybu
She looks great in it. Fantastic work !
Mar 1, 2009, 05.33 AMby maha1965
very nice simple dress and good job
Jan 20, 2009, 12.15 PMby olyaboieru
What a lovely story! You friend’s mother may be satisfied yet! :) You have a very nice friend too, so as she!
Dec 22, 2008, 01.17 AMby Noel Laws
Princess lines aren’t the easy, but they sure do look nice! Great job!
Dec 11, 2008, 04.55 PMby justmica
Great one!!
Dec 11, 2008, 12.31 PMby bola
Oh great job!! well done! this dress suits your friend so much!!
Dec 11, 2008, 07.02 AMby anajan
Well done! I like the contrasting fabrics you used, and I like the design very much. You have a lucky friend.
Dec 11, 2008, 04.35 AMby sewella
Lovely story gedwoods and congrats on your first dress! It’s beautiful. Great job!
Dec 11, 2008, 01.01 AMby victors
looks really good and the neck is lovely. Great job ;)
Dec 11, 2008, 12.37 AMby sew4my3
Wonderful story! The dress is really nice, especially for your first one! The idea of making the garment look like it has an overcoat is creative and then to find that Channel is making similar dresses is so kewl! Great job!
Dec 10, 2008, 09.54 PMby allygally
Great story! I hope your friend enjoys her new dress.