This old thing

Firstly, please ignore that pouty/grumpy look. This is another one of the dresses from my final collection. This one first started as a 1950s style twinset comprising of a calf length dress and cardigan. Which i rejigged to make a a bodice. I am trying to locate a picture of the original garment which i will hopefully post up here soon.

Here is the finished garment.

I don't particularly like the silver skirt thing that i knocked up in about 5 mins... It looked better in my head. However, the bodice underneath is actually quite cool. The cardigan of the twinset was beautifully pleated and i inevitably decided to cut it up into shreds, or trendils as i like to call them and arranged it across the bodice to follow the body contours. I also decided to leave a trailing, floaty piece at the side (I do have a passion for floaty trendils!) Unfortunately the majority of all of this detailing is hidden by the grotesque silver thing! grrr! Never mind, more to come...