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Cut out details
I have been drawn to elaborate cut out details lately, like Wang’s shoulder cut out dress from Spring 2010 RTW, and some vintage dresses from 70’s, like this one, or this one. Those back cut out details are so interesting, I can’t help staring at the photos. Also, I think Luella’s heart cut out dress is just adorable.
So here is my version of cut out dress:)
I used Danielle pattern from BurdaStyle as a base. Danielle pattern has been one of my favorite patterns from BurdaStyle just because it is so versatile and you can arrange it in so many different ways. Their smallest size is 34, but I think it gets too loose around bust area (or maybe it’s just me since I have no boobs), unless you wear the dress as a jumper. So I took the top front panel, and adjusted to fit better. For the back part, I traced the Danielle top back pattern twice, and cut it in shapes you see in the pictures below. There are two back panels: top and bottom. The top part has a button closure and the bottom is connected to the waist band, and has a zipper closure.
I’m thoroughly happy with the result, and excited to make more variations of it.
And what’s great about this dress is that with a cardigan or jacket on, you can wear it to work etc, without looking too revealing. 🙂
Gift for myself
Wearing: Vintage 70s dress, thrifted cardigan, payless booties,coat I got 5 years ago in Japan, and Bally bag.
Last week, I went out to Ginza (it’s like 5th Ave. in NY) with my high school friend. I knew what I wanted to get, and was glad to have found it on 50% off sale! I bought this Bally bag as a gift for myself…what’s the occasion? Well, Christmas bonus from my job, plus, having 100th sale for my etsy shop. I usually feel terribly bad for spending a big money on clothes, and I rarely do it, but for some reasons, I can justify spending money on bags. How crazy is that..
By the way, I was in right timing for the Rebecca Minkoff project at TweetMyBag. By posting a picture of your favorite bag at TweetMyBag, you get 25% Rebecca Minkoff bags and enter a style giveaway from Rebecca, and of course I entered it:) Liebemarlene Vintage and KeikoLynn made lovely posts about their bags in their blogs as well.
I was in terrible mood this morning, so I threw on my favorite dress. I knew it would help my mood and it did. I auctioned this off at Market Publique for 20 bucks! And the color, pattern, fit… just about everything is perfect with this dress. I’m ashamed to say that that was my very first time to purchase clothes online. The whole time I’m selling clothes online, I had not bought clothes online until a couple of months ago. But after that experience, I realized shopping clothes online gets pretty addictive..sometimes you can just lost in worldwide web, browsing through all the pretty things that you could buy.
