Lavender Dress Plans

Game There's a game I want for $50, which is 9 off. I would get it if it were multiplayer, but I'm a little resistant to get it as a single player game. Still, I have played another game a lot like it by myself. It was nice when I had other people to play with, but I don't mind playing that one alone, so maybe this one would be nice, too. And since it's single player, maybe it'd be easier and less frustrating to play than the other one... Hm.

Lavender Dress to Coco Chanel There's this dress I LOVE that is vintage-inspired and costs 292 euro. I have this light purple, lavender linen fabric, and a bunch of it. I'm thinking it's going to become that dress. Or, rather, a dress inspired by that dress which is inspired by vintage dresses. I don't have lavender lace, so that would be scratched out altogether. I suppose I could dye what I have... Actually, that may be a really good idea. And I would be able to make the dress and just apply it later. I'll just extend the fabric where the lace should be so I can easily clip it and apply the lace later, if I want. The dress is cut with the bias, which makes sense, because cutting against the bias wasn't popular until the early 1900s, whereas this dress is more like a modern, sexy take on a Jane Austen-era nightgown or underdress. I just did some research on this, thinking I'd put it in my paper, but I ended up going with Coco Chanel. I did hesitate to use Chanel, as a lot of the more recent articles I've read (leisurely) on her have been political. My paper touches up on proto-feminism, but not Nazi intelligence operations. Anyway, I almost went with Vionnet, who was noticed for her use on cutting against the bias. Actually, I thought that would be perfect, but... well, maybe I'll reconsider it. I think it goes hand-in-hand with bloomers, because both were considered wild concepts that ended up having a lasting effect in fashion history. Chanel's innovations I link with proto-feminism. Her designs also changed fashion history, and fashion design altogether. Actually, yeah, no, I forgot for a moment that's why I chose her designs. She picked a fabric made for men's clothes and hosiery. Bloomers were made of trousers. It all goes hand-in-hand, really.

Lavender Dress Oh! Went on a rant. So anyway, I'd really like to make this dress. I also want an adjustable body form and found what I believe to be the perfect one on Amazon, but I'll wait to get it until I move to  Alabama. I have a couple of body forms, well, mannequins that I use as body forms, but still. It looks like I can make a tie at the waist which shapes the dress to the wearer. Then, I sew in the skirt section so that there are mini panels from the waist to the knee. there's some lace sections here, as well, to add some sexy allure to it, but I'm not sure I want to implement that into my own dress. The skirt goes all the way to the ankle and finishes off with some ruffles. I think I'd like mine mid-length, sans the ruffles. There are also bows tied at the shoulder which I'm not sure I care for... At first I was thinking it was part of the function, but now I'm thinking it's just design. I think the sleeves were made tank-top style, just simple straps with some lace detailing, and then a strip of fabric was tied and bowed at the top of each sleeve for looks. It scrunches up the sleeve and adds a little more femininity to it. I'm not against that, so that I may consider. If they were used to tie the sleeves together, I wasn't too fond of that idea. I've seen a few youtube tutorials where they make dresses and tops like that, but I'm not a fan.

Writing I was considering doing 100 Day Book, but after looking more into it, I don't like it. Still, that doesn't mean I can push myself to the same limit. And, I'll be able to start just after I turn in my paper instead of having to wait. I'll need a specific plan with goals in mind, to keep myself on track and moving fluidly. Let's see if I can actually do this, now. I am bringing back one of my story ideas, the one I spent the most (or maybe second most, not sure) time coming up with, but never wrote. I know what my flaws were before in the planning process, but just never went back to rectify it. Now, instead of a 13-book series, it will be a singular novel. Just to see if I can.