Style analysis: this dress has a fitted bodice that accentuates the waist, leading into an A-line skirt that flares slightly towards the hem. It features a V-shaped neckline with delicate crisscross straps that form a unique detail around the neck. The sleeves are long and have a ruched design created by the drawstring. The tie starting at neck arrives to wrist, allowing for some adjustability to sleeve fullness and texture.
Fabric: lightweight, woven fabric as cady, satin or crepe, viscose, silk or polyester. Should be something smooth and flowing material, which adds to the overall elegance and ease of movement.
Trace your basic dress with darts and 10cm wearing ease at bust circ.
our method for drafting and fitting it is included in our basic blocks course/module 1.
Adjust length to 5cm past knee or desired measurement, then flare skirt by 4 to 7cm on sides, blending to zero at hip to waist section.
Cut through waistline to separate bodice and skirt.
On back and front skirt, square down from dart apex to hemline, then cut from hemline all the way up and tape darts closed.
Here you see the skirt pieces with darts manipulated into additional volume at hemline.
Trace a copy of sleeve and cut it in the middle.
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