plaid cotton cowl-neck dropped-waist dress (pic heavy)

[IndividualFrog]

This is the last of the dresses I made this summer!  They were a sort of sewing-therapy for me as well as a chance to make something completely for the fun of it, not for any client or anything, just to make them.  Mostly this summer I've been inspired by FSA photos of farmers and their families during the Great Depression, PJ Harvey's album White Chalk, some beautiful Fragonard drawings, Japanese arty-noisy-folky acts like Moon Mama and Nakayama Futaba, and a bunch of friends old and new.  For this dress I really went for a 1930s-meets-1700s kind of thing.  The bias-cut cowl neck and the dropped waist are straight out of the late 20s/30s and the sort of pannier-like 3-part skirt is 18th Century inspired.  (Those are incidentally my absolute favorite eras of fashion, ever!)  I actually had this all but finished weeks ago but I needed something for the belt; so I didn't post it until I found this vintage belt buckle at the county fair last weekend.

The pictures came out kind of dark this time, sorry:









As usual I made the pattern etc myself, all from scratch.  Questions and feedback are always welcome!  I'd love to hear what you guys think.

[jodinan]

wow!  this is incredible.  amazing job!!

[craftychick]

Very Cute!  I love it.

[kate42]

Fantastic!

[distracting1]

Wow. I'm in love!!!! 

[krystasking]

thats an awesome dress

[MissJessica]

It's beautiful! I love the shape of the skirt.

[Eowynt]

I love the neckline.  Job welldone.

[professionalpineapple]

That's gorgeous! Everything in it flows together so well, and the belt buckle is just awesome! Fantastic work!

[ejacqui]

I absolutely love this. Love love love!