The Walk-a-Ways Dress by Anthropologie made the rounds in the blog world for good reason - it's a beauty. Unfortunately it looked horrible on me, I even went up a size to no avail. The dress was made for a much shorter torso, or smaller bosom, than mine. However, it did spark some memories of the tee shirt dresses my mother made for myself and my sisters when we were little (and before my "I will not wear dresses" phase). The formula was simple enough: purchase a tee shirt, measure fabric for a gathered circle skirt, hem fabric, gather skirt fabric and attach to bottom of tee shirt. Occasionally, from leftover fabric, my mother also appliqued some simple shapes to the tee shirts. Looking at the walk-a-ways dress with it's silk skirt, I thought "I can make grown-up versions of those tee shirt dresses"; and if I make them for myself, there won't be any bodice length issues. Plus I could do all sorts of different skirts, not just a gathered circle. I love bubble skirts, and pleats are growing on me, lace or different-colored bands are a personal style favorite; empire waist, drop waist, banded waist, natural waist are all possible and all without the sleeve waterloo to slog through. Happiness.
And now, without further ado, some images of the dress that sparked the memories and ideas:
the cheaper look-a-like "Sparkler Dress" by Lulus
And also a few "inspiration" dresses:
fields of gold by anthropologie
autumn check dress by toast
silk faille dress by Lela Rose
(found here whilst looking for images of the Blushing Faille Dress by Anthropologie)
Easton Stripe Skirt by Kate Spade
and, just because it's pretty, the Plaza Jackie Dress by Kate Spade:
1 comments:
I love that yellow skirt!
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