This is the second outfit that I have made from the film “Meet Me In St. Louis”. When I first started thinking about sewing for Gene in 2003, I wanted to make all the outfits from the movie. I made the Trolley outfit in 2009, it was a lot of work. This outfit wasn’t so bad once I figured out the design.
While I was making the pattern, I noticed that the stripes in the skirt were thicker than the stripes in the bodice.
You can really see the difference in the stripes in this photo. I have not idea why the stripes are green in this photo. The stripes also look like they get thinner the closer they get to the waist.
There was no way I was going to find fabric like that so I just used a blue stripe.
Here is my lame attempt at using props.
A few of these dresses will be available for sale on my Blog Store soon.
2 comments:
I am sooooo impressed. This too is one of my fave movies. My husband just took me to see it at a local theatre - on the big screen. It was stunning. I just love the tennis dress and was considering making something similar to it for a casual wedding this fall. your work is amazing. These costumes for dolls!
I also adore the white/black dress from rear window and was excited to see you had made it also.
Kudos to you! beautiful !
The thin stripes of the bodice might have been created from the wide-stripe skirt fabric by stitching a very even narrow tuck along the edge of each wide stripe (on the wrong-side of the fabric) to make each stripe thinner. Coco Channel did this sort of thing all the time. :)
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