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Friday, March 23, 2012

Grace Kelly

This is another skirt-to-dress remake with a bit of slapdash pattern cutting thrown in.


The V&A had an exhibition back in 2010 called ‘Grace Kelly – Style Icon‘ and published a book alongside the exhibition called ‘Grace Kelly Style‘. The front cover of the book is an image of Grace Kelly taken in 1955, wearing a pink and grey dress with circular arc sections in contrast material at the chest/neckline.
First thought on seeing this dress was that it would make a really interesting pattern drafting project.

 Here's my version:

Millions more pictures, a full descriptions and plenty of diagrams for anyone who wants to try drafting this over at my blog, Charity Shop Chic.

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8 comments:

  1. Corina23 March 2012 at 17:03

    This looks so amazing.

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  2. Bat Ma'am23 March 2012 at 18:19

    WOW amazing!!!!

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  3. Anna Keeton23 March 2012 at 20:00

    Lovely dress! You have a great talent to turn shabby thrift store clothes into chic outfits.

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  4. Debi23 March 2012 at 20:35

    WOWZA! Best refashion ever!

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  5. Eileen Cox23 March 2012 at 20:39

    AWESOME job!!!!

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  6. Refashion24 March 2012 at 14:31

    That's incredible. Great job!

    -Natalli (EOD)

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  7. vintagevogue26 March 2012 at 20:40

    I'm very impressed by your pattern-making skills! And I love anything Grace Kelly.

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  8. Charity Shop Chic (Sally)13 April 2012 at 10:24

    Thanks everyone, this dress got a great response and I am thrilled! Thanks for your support.

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