I made a thing

[carrie_ironhorse]

I don't have all the photos I would like of the graduation dress yet, so you'll have to make do with this. It's a dress I made over two years ago. I had made it with the intention of wearing it to Hawaii on family vacation. When I got there, I decided it looked silly on me, and I never wore it. (Two major factors went into this: I wear dresses infrequently, so I was unused to the sight, and I probably needed a haircut. My hair length has oddly enormous effects on my self-image.) So I stuffed it in a closet for two years, occasionally contemplated selling it, and mostly forgot about it. Until last week, when I needed something fancy-ish and rediscovered this! (Important factor: I just got a haircut.)



The fabric is some embroidered polyester taffeta (from fabric.com I think?) in gray and blue. Ever since I bought it, I had played with the idea of a gored skirt with the blue poking out as an accent. I yanked the bodice from Vogue 2964, loving the low back, and drafted the skirt myself. The pattern is out-of-print now, I guess.



(I love the low back!)

I will admit I'm not super-ultra thrilled with the empire waist on this particular dress, it's not the most flattering. I did love it paired with a cardigan however.



Now that it's properly warming up, I can see myself wearing this a bunch now. Thank goodness I didn't get rid of it.