I have twins girls and made a prom dresses for each. They both have very different tastes; the two piece black dress ismade from black RPL with an embellished bodice. The blue dress is made from ombre dupioni (very finely woven and drapey) with a rhinestone band embellsinment aobe the waist.
My twin daughters drssed for prom
Detail of the beaded top. The embellishment is the border froma beaded vintage sari, beaded trim, medallios, sewn on jewels and some handed stiched sequins
Bodice closeups
I also made a matching vest from the same ombre fabric
The blue vest
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Can you share which pattern you used for the crop top? I have been looking for that everywhere. I don't see it on Marfy or Vogue. I could have missed Marfy though.
Yes I’m happy to! The crop top is Very Easy Vogue 8808 (still in print). All I did was utilize the top of the pattern and the fabric for the top is a rayon poly lycra twill with some stretch because I needed a stabile base fabric for the heavy embellishment. I did not use the skirt from 8808 (but one could certainly) and instead made a simple and narrow A-line floor length 2 piece skirt from black ITY knit with a waistband in the same RPL as the crop top. The back of the top has a keyhole opening secured with 2 sets of hooks/eyes instead of a back zipper – my daughter asked for that but I think the crop top with a zipper would look good too.
Can you share which pattern you used for the crop top? I have been looking for that everywhere. I don't see it on Marfy or Vogue. I could have missed Marfy though.
Yes I’m happy to! The crop top is Very Easy Vogue 8808 (still in print). All I did was utilize the top of the pattern and the fabric for the top is a rayon poly lycra twill with some stretch because I needed a stabile base fabric for the heavy embellishment. I did not use the skirt from 8808 (but one could certainly) and instead made a simple and narrow A-line floor length 2 piece skirt from black ITY knit with a waistband in the same RPL as the crop top. The back of the top has a keyhole opening secured with 2 sets of hooks/eyes instead of a back zipper – my daughter asked for that but I think the crop top with a zipper would look good too.
Love both gowns! Great job!