LBD (long black dress)

Added Oct 12, 2011

by carolyn-s

Perth, Australia

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Description

Made using Vogue 2858, an original 1944 design. Given that this is an evening gown the sparsely finished nature of the pattern was an eye-opener! The construction techniques were also interesting, I’m assuming lapped seams were normal in 1944!
I incorporated a few modern details, namely an invisible zip. I also left off the shoulder pads; I made them and covered them but left them off the final version. Shoulder pads + Me = Too horrible for words…
I’m giving away this pattern on my blog here
(it’s OK, I have my own traced version if I want to make it up again!)

Material Notes

black crepe, invisible zip

Categories

Season
Summer
For
Women
Garment Type
Dress
Style
Bohemian, Classic, Evening Wear, Romantic, Vintage
Material
Blends

2 Comments

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    Oct 12, 2011, 11.09 AMby Ruffles Gazebo

    ah how lovely! sometimes length adds so much understated class to a dress! also a very nice tree :p

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    Oct 12, 2011, 06.28 AMby Ralf Schmitz

    very very lovely! i wish i could see a bit more details on the pix!

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      Oct 12, 2011, 06.46 AMby carolyn-s

      Thank you Ralf! I added a zoom-in, just please ignore the weird facial expression ;)

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