Have you ever seen the Peter Sellers movie "The Party"? It's a slapstick comedy set at the party of a Hollywood director. What starts out as a sophisticated dinner party soon turns into an overblown rave with drunk waiters, pools turned into giant bubble baths and a painted baby elephant!
It's rather fun and good for a giggle on a Saturday afternoon while sewing.When making this dress I was reminded of this movie. The bright pink and purple would be perfect for a party dress! The little orange dots in the fabric go well with gold jewellery and overall it has a rather frivolous feel to it.The pattern I used was Butterick 4774 this particular pattern has 7 options and is called ?The wardrobe maker" Like some kind of fashion daemon - it will create you a wardrobe of your 60s dreams! A jacket, coat, pants, shorts, top, dress and gown. Why you could make them in coordinating colours and always look the same! Haha no just kidding....
The fabric was purchased from Etsy and could possibly be Mercerised cotton. It has a little bit of a sheen to it adding to the party feel and was listed as original 60s
The dress was nice and simple to make - especially because there are no sleeves! The neck and sleeves are faced but I?m yet to slip stitch the facings closed. The front also has a simple strip of fabric as decoration which when worn with the coat, is supposed to replicate the zip closure.
This is one of those wonderful things about 60s patterns - little details that are repeated in different ways which link them all together and help to tie an outfit as one. Andr? Courr?ges was known for doing this with his coats and dresses which was very modern at the time and lots of high end designers still repeat this technique within entire collections.
My next project will involve teal silk. I've never sewn with silk or satin before - do you have any tips or advice?