The fabrics I picked up a while ago - I decided to go for a dark pink rather than the peach of the original, mainly because I liked the sheer fabric - it has a little shine but not too much. I chose cream lace to go with it - the lace has to be strategically cut to allow it to drape into those scallop shapes, and I plan to do some sort of reconstruction to create long dangly bits similar to the original. But it was affordable which is the main thing! I also have a plain habatae silk fabric to make bias binding for the sleeves, the belt and any other bits that need to be solid rather than transparent. The lining fabric is a curtain fabric which has a slight slub effect reminiscent of dupion, but again was a budget option.
I realised when I tried it on that I cut out the pointed front version rather than the straight front - I must really have cold brain to have not realised that while I was sewing it up! The solution for now is a pencil line drawn on the fabric to mark where the waist will be. Looking at the pictures again I noticed that the original dress doesn't have a lining - I was planning to make the overlay and underlay as one for skirt and sleeves, and will probably anchor my bodice overlay to the underbodice as well. I assume that the reason they were originally separate was for ease of cleaning, and at the moment can't think of a good reason to not put them together.