My 45th birthday is coming up and I have been thinking a lot about aging. So far I don’t have any grey hair and due to lack of sun exposure I don’t have too many wrinkles yet. However, I am not JLo and don’t expect that I will look endlessly young forever. Maybe some of my patterns won’t be that nice on me in a decade so I need to sew them sooner than later.
Welcome Vogue 1807….I loved this pattern on the website but on second glance it shows alot of skin and the front if very peakaboo. It’s hard to wear a bra and I guarantee you there are not alot of people in Winnipeg waltzing around in something this high fashion. Fantasy sewing brain Kirsten knew she had to have it—-reality really didn’t come into play of whether it would be appropriate. That’s the best part of sewing – you can sew anything you want…and stores don’t get to dictate whether it comes in your size or colour.
The pattern was very easy to sew and fast to cut out. I sewed mine out of a dark green crepe, I had some vintage bright printed crepe but summer was over when I sewed it so I thought dark green was better. I skipped the pockets because in the thin fabric the pockets would have shown and I don’t think they would have been practical. I would say this is a 2 hours sew including the hemming and I finished mine in time to go out the same night.
An issue with this jumpsuit is it is very showy, you can’t wear a bra because there is no back and the front is very low cut. I sewed my front an extra 2 inches closed and it still showed alot. I ended up using adhesive boob tape as a bra. It shows alot of skin overall and I wouldn’t recommend wearing it outside in Fall. Yikes! I was so cold even with a jacket overtop for warmth. My pictures have alot of sour face because we took them in a very quick window before going out for drinks….but here goes…
I think this jumpsuit would be really nice on a hot day and out in a big city – not Winnipeg. It’s pretty fancy for Winnipeg, it’s just a jumpsuit but when I looked around when we went out for drinks on the weekend…..I was so overdressed. Most people were in work out clothes, jeans and a sweater or yoga pants and a sweater. I am usually better dressed than most people when I am out but I was on a whole different level this time. I would say I could wear this in Italy because it is cool for hot weather but women there don’t usually show a lot of anything. This might create a riot in Southern Italy with my blonde hair, odd height (I am kind of tall in South Italy) and all my bits on display….so maybe I will save it for a big city in the US with some killer heels.
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