I've had this dress on my bridesmaids dress inspiration board for a while, and I think it could be perfect for this occasion. The layered ruffles on the skirt combine with the straight bodice front give the feeling of a straight up and down 1920s dress, but its seamed into the fitted back so I'm hoping it won't completely disguise my figure (which I rather like)
Of course, I'm going to have to add sleeves, so I'm going to try a raglan style sleeve with lots of volume to echo the floatiness of the skirt. I think I will use up the left over fabric from the dark green bridesmaids dresses for this dress - hopefully I have enough!
Please excuse the quality of the pictures, my hubby took them for me and I didn't realise till afterward the setting on the camera was wrong.
I added a lot of fabric to the front piece - probably 8 slash and spread alterations per side, adding at least an inch at each. I gathered it to fit the neckline at the top. The result is a shapeless sack! I used slash and spread then gathered to fit the waist on the skirt too, and this was even worse than shapeless - instead the gathers stuck out right over my bum, yuck!
Oh, I should probably add that in order to add flare to the sleeve I ended up cutting it in two pieces, a front and a back. It still looks a little sticky-out in the pictures, but I think this is just due to the stiffness of the fabric I'm using for my muslin, in the chiffon version it should be fine.
I tried out the four layer - doesn't it look pretty?!
Thats all for now, watch this space!