A Dress A Day

A dress.
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May 09, 2005

Never say never.

I came across this dress while winnowing through my patterns for ones I wouldn't be too sad to get rid of. This one was an instant grab: I don't do peplums. It's been sitting on my desk for a couple weeks. Every time I see it, though, the "nah ..." reaction diminishes, so much so that now I've reached the point where I'm thinking about what fabric I could possibly make this in. That, perhaps, a cheery yellow gingham would be an ironic counterpoint to the absolute hard-edged cigarette-holder Crawfordishness of this peplumed wonder.

I still wouldn't use the floral embroidery transfer. That's a bridge too far.

6 Comments:

  • At May 9, 2005 5:43:00 PM, Anonymous msbelle said…

    I have a vintage dress very similar with florl transfer on one side. I loves me some peplum, but have never sewn one.

     
  • At May 9, 2005 6:32:00 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    Hooray!!!!!

    Herself

     
  • At May 10, 2005 11:37:00 AM, Anonymous Sue said…

    Lovely new blog. It may inpire me to drag out my sewing machine.

     
  • At Jun 12, 2006 6:38:00 PM, Blogger Websafe said…

    I love peplums (another thing my mom can't figure out).

     
  • At Nov 26, 2006 10:06:00 PM, Anonymous kemsmith said…

    I don't mind the peplum myself, but know what you mean; it's hard to pull off a full-on head-to-toe vintage look. Why not just omit the peplum? And although I also like the floral touch, you could just put in a keyhole slit at the neck to make it look a little more sleek.

     
  • At Apr 21, 2008 4:21:00 PM, Anonymous La BellaDonna said…

    Whereas I, on the other hand, lunge with glee for the with-peplum patterns first....

     

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