Anthropologizing: Unconditional Osier Dress

Once upon a week of blustery November days, I built a bit of pretty with a couple yards of lace.  I didn't need another LBD in my closet so I went to Joann's in search of that perfect shade between dusty pink and beige.  I don't know where the fabric store hides all the best fabric until they hit the clearance bin...it's a mystery.  I always find the best pieces tucked away like they aren't meant to be found.  This particular bit of amazingness cost a whopping $10.  I can so handle that...especially for a dress that has endless possibilities.

Editing the pieces I build from scratch starts long before the finishing touches. Choose the wrong fabrics, and the final product will be miles apart from what I imagined for a piece when I began. 

This lace is sheer, so the shade of the lining is going to have a huge effect on the finished dress.

I tried pink--it looked like a lollipop.

I tried cream--too bridal.

But this brown-toned silver?  Perfection.

The end result was a pretty dress in a versatile color shade you could dress down with a leather jacket or trick out with a fancy shrug.

Little confession.  I can never decide whether to use a circle skirt or a gathered rectangle.  It's a quirk.  For this dress, I used a gathered rectangle so I could keep the scalloped edge at the bottom, but made a flounce for the lining to imitate the fullness of a circle skirt. 

YAY! Love it.  

So what's been good with all of you?  

Much love, mah dears.