So, the first two garments in "WoMAN with a PLAN" - my comprehensive wardrobe plan for 2010 are my holiday party dress and wrap (well, it's a jacket but I'm going to treat it like a wrap.)
Both my husband's holiday party and my bootcamp (friends I work out with) are on the same night - in San Francisco and Oakland, and both are equally important to me. So, we're going to have to try and hit them both and hope they don't end early. If I know my bootcamp friends, I'm thinking the dancing will go on for a long time.
So, starting my wardrobe plan with a party dress means I get the fun part first but also means that it will be done and I need to focus on "real clothes" in the new year.
Here is what I'm making for my party dress, a vintage pattern from 1956:
I'm making out of this wonderful, irridescent red/blue silk dupioni that I have (see swatch), literally 20 yards of (anyone interested in buying some off of me?) I sort of feel like, because I have so much of this fabric, I should make the full skirt, but I'm making the straight one. I'm lining it with a lightweight, burgundy silk that matches well (albeit without the weave of blue).
Here's the jacket I'll wear:

I realize it's not the same style or era but I think it will still look like it goes, with the 3/4 sleeves and cropped length (I'm doing the short version). I don't want to look like I'm wearing a retro "costume". That is never my goal. It's in the mixing of styles from different eras where your own personal style emerges.
I'm making it from this incredible deep peacock blue cotton velvet that I've had for a while. I'll probably line it in peacock blue silk dupioni (like my peacock dress.) And add some big beautiful statement button.
And then I'll panic about shoes and handbag. But that's for later. :-)
Both my husband's holiday party and my bootcamp (friends I work out with) are on the same night - in San Francisco and Oakland, and both are equally important to me. So, we're going to have to try and hit them both and hope they don't end early. If I know my bootcamp friends, I'm thinking the dancing will go on for a long time.
So, starting my wardrobe plan with a party dress means I get the fun part first but also means that it will be done and I need to focus on "real clothes" in the new year.
Here is what I'm making for my party dress, a vintage pattern from 1956:
I'm making out of this wonderful, irridescent red/blue silk dupioni that I have (see swatch), literally 20 yards of (anyone interested in buying some off of me?) I sort of feel like, because I have so much of this fabric, I should make the full skirt, but I'm making the straight one. I'm lining it with a lightweight, burgundy silk that matches well (albeit without the weave of blue).
Here's the jacket I'll wear:

I realize it's not the same style or era but I think it will still look like it goes, with the 3/4 sleeves and cropped length (I'm doing the short version). I don't want to look like I'm wearing a retro "costume". That is never my goal. It's in the mixing of styles from different eras where your own personal style emerges.
I'm making it from this incredible deep peacock blue cotton velvet that I've had for a while. I'll probably line it in peacock blue silk dupioni (like my peacock dress.) And add some big beautiful statement button.
And then I'll panic about shoes and handbag. But that's for later. :-)
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