We took my girlie BM to Bluewater today to look at dresses. She had her heart set on a tea length dress, fitted to the waist with a full skirt - very 50s style.
We tried on dozens in John Lewis, HoF and various 'fashion' stores before we ended up in Oriental Pearl she tried on a couple before my mum persuaded her to try a full length dress on. She resisted, but tried it anyway - and loved it! Of course now she has her heart set on exactly the dress she tried on - full length, strapless (which I said she couldn't have because she's too young and doesn't have enough boob to put in it) with a chiffon overskirt. It was gorgeous though.
The dress itself is nearly £200, so I had to carefully explain to her that it was WAAAAAAY above the budget and we'd see if our dressmaker could make something similar, so I've just spent the last hour trying to fins a pattern.
So they dress she loved is:
and the pattern I have found is:
Do you think it will work if we make the dress full length and add a chiffon layer? (It will be silver with a red sash)
And is that style reasonable for a 13 year old who is a size 8 with A-cup boobs?
