Making your own clothes give you the ability to create a wardrobe with just about every piece of clothing you can dream of, and you save thousands of dollars while doing it. So if I want to add endless black wool dresses to my closet, I don’t think twice. Over the summer I was browsing one of my favorite blogs and spotted this Roksanda dress and loved every simple aspect of the dress. Typically when I spot something I’m inspired by, I’m not so literal but this simple gorgeous dress needed very little tweaking to make it my own.
I used this medium weight wool suiting that’s the perfect stash builder. Not only is it perfect for dresses, but equally perfect for fitted pants. It sews, cuts and irons with ease.
The pop of color on the sleeves is from my leftover silk Rag and Bone umber
The pattern used was McCalls M5927 for the bodice with the following alterations:
-Add 1 1/2″ to the height of the neck front
-Add 1″ to the height of the neck back
-Removed 17″ from the length of the sleeves
-Added a 7″x32″ pleated bell sleeve, lined in silk
The skirt used was vintage Simplicity 6573 with the following alterations
-Removed the waistband and added to the bodice
6 comments
This is very classy. I love that pop of color in the bell sleeves snd the full skirt. I will try something like that in pastel colors next spring.
LOVE this! So chic.. That pop of color is perfection.
WOW! Beautiful dress! You look amazing, and stylish. Thanks for sharing.
Very creative. I like your version better than the original since your skirt seems to be sleeker and much more chic. It also has the advantage of looking terrific on you! Job well done.
Nikki how wide are each of the pleats on the sleeves? and how many pleats did you create per sleeve?
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