The dress has a simple design with a wrap bodice. It is intended for knit fabrics, so the fit is fairly forgiving. I opted for the gathered waist of view 2 with the sleeveless cut of view 1. When given the choice, I will always go sleeveless!
I grabbed this fabric at a previous Our Social Fabric sale because it has all my go-to colours in it. The rusty red paired with that warm camel and cool teal is such a nice mix.
Overall, I like this dress, but I don’t love it. I think it is very flattering and the colours are pretty, but either the print or maybe the length is throwing it off for me, it is not very modern. I will also make the armscye smaller if I give it another go. I feel like too much of my side is exposed through the arm hole. I suppose adding sleeves would fix this right up!
When I wear this dress people comment on how nice it looks, but I still can’t quite get to that love place. Do you ever feel this way about your makes? Oh well, back to the worktable!
PS: In case you were wondering, it is still full-on winter here in Vancouver, and yes, I was freezing! I quickly bundled back up after the shoot.
