Brigitte Bardot's Gingham Wedding Dress

Styled after the dress worn by Brigitte Bardot designed by Jacques Esterel 1959. There is actually a rare Prominent Designer sewing pattern of this dress as well as a slightly easier to find Advance 9283 sewing pattern, which i of course found after i had already made my own pattern. Sigh... Anyway i had quite a time with the ginham fabric, it was 100% cotton very nice weight and texture but the print was about 2'' off the grain on one side, so the checks seemed to be sliding down hill. I have run into this problem a lot with stripes, plaids and other such prints on cotton. So getting the pieces to line up was nearly impossible, though i think it turned out well despite a few lines being slightly off. Other than that the dress went together quickly. I gathered the eyelet lace myself and made matching covered buttons, i decided to do a bias belt for a little interest.  I also made the short sleeve version earlier this year but never got around to writing about it.

Customer Photos June 2014

Just a few more customer photos that were shared with me recently, be sure to check out their blogs/websites too :-)

 The white Marilyn Monroe Bikini and the Happy Birthday dress.

 

 You can check out this lovely Marilyn Monroe look alike on her website here:

 http://debra-monroe.jouwweb.nl/

 

 The Pink checked Brigitte Bardot wedding dress. You can check out this stylish lady's blog here :

www.mynameispeggysue.es

And lastly the gold ''Mira Sorvino Marilyn Dress'' being used again for a local theater production.

 You can check out my post about this dress here

 http://morningstar84.blogspot.com/2012/03/mira-sorvinos-gold-marilyn-dress.html

Blue & Silver Pinup Wiggle Dress

This pinup dress made of blue decorator fabric, with blue and silver satin stripe. Silver satin Bust detail and under bust bow. Cute and sexy at the same time, pleated bust with bow and vintage pin. The pattern is one of my own, i draped the top, and used a vintage pattern for the skirt. I have used my pattern a few times now and am happy to say i have worked out the kinks. The dress has a cotton corset lining, with boning support, to ensure a smooth fitted 50s silhouette, of course to be sure one gets the proper wiggle a long-line bra and a fitted slip.
Check out more pictures and info on this and many other items at my shop Morningstar84
I also just started an ArtFire account just to try it out.



in these vintage images you can see some of the same details.

Brigitte Bardot

Though not as famous as say Marilyn Monroe, she has the kind of sexy that is just a little bit more girlie and cute. for a full bio you can check out this site,
http://www.brigittebardot.org/brigitte-bardot-bio.php

I had her in mind when i restyled these dresses, I think they look like something she would have worn.


The Teal Dress
http://www.etsy.com/listing/72100721/1950s-teal-silver-restyled-square-dance
it was a skirt and boat-neck top that i opened up the shoulder seams and added spaghetti straps, side dart and the satin midriff. I removed the waist band and regathered the skirt onto the new waist piece and put in a side zipper. I love the way it came out, it would make a great swing dance dress.

The Green Dress
http://www.etsy.com/listing/72097427/restyled-lime-green-and-white-square
This was just a vintage skirt that i made a eyelet bodice for. i took off the waist band and regathered it to the new top. hand beaded along the top edge of the lace.