Dearest sewing friends!
I was super-happy to complete an outfit which, a) didn't fall apart or move around, b) was of a standard fit for the oltra-glamorosi folks who were attending the wedding (dressed to the nines and then some!), and c) allowed me to move around, sit, stay cool and feel comfortable - throughout a very intense and over-stimulating day!
A day prior to the event though, I was assuming my white top would be perfect with the black polkadot transparent skirt - but despite doing a ton of work to remove the peplum, replace the zip and take up the hem - it was too tight around my chest (to be wearing all day in excrutiating heat)!
I will alter this, but I really didn't want to do any big alterations on the day before the wedding... so ditched the white top for another top altogether, after getting in a bit of a flap!
So I picked up this black lace waistcoat, and began playing with it - initially thinking about wearing it 'backwards' to allow it to fit better, then using a green silk sash to break up the black:
The green sash is from a beautiful dress I've been deconstructing for a while!
The black 'waistcoat' is another of my 50c market stall finds: not something I'd usually wear ( I dislike waistcoats a lot), but I really liked the needlework, and thought it could be used somehow, one day...
I was trying to get it to sit actually over my breasts, but it had very deep armholes, and even back-to-front, it felt wrong.
And the sash was too hard to get to sit nicely too; it pulled at the delicate fabric and wasn't worth sewing in place.
Then! Pulling and pushing on the overall shape of the waistcoat, it became evident that I could in fact just raise the shoulders and it would fit beautifull! Above are the shoulder strips I cut out.
After getting the basic shape right, and sewing the shoulder seam closed in a way which looked right - I had to make it close at the front:
Again, this took a lot of mental figuring out, with the very subtle balance of the fabric, which couldn't be strained any one way - I thought of lacing it up with a thin black ribbon, but then got an idea from the lace I'd cut out of the shoulders...
I pinned it into the fronts of the new-styled top, and reinforced three of the circles - then added poppers / snaps to them:
The final effect was perfect: no pulling on the lace, and the poppers were the right size - thank you to my gran's and mum's sewing inheritance that have been sitting in the sewing box for years waiting for their time to shine!!
A heck of a lot of very careful ironing, using a cotton cloth over the top to stop any flattening and shiny-ing of the needlwork - and the top was ready.
Then the final trying-on, which I shouldn't have left to the morning of the event! The skirt felt too-much-transparency to be paired with top and the original glamour high-heels that I'd planned - too much revealing altogether! So I put a long cotton underskirt under it instead: keeping the cool layering for the terrible heat, and keeping my modesty and comfort in check.
And my Roman sandals were underneath: elegant enough for me, but more importantly - practical and comfortable :-D
The wedding was glorious, but veeery loud and busy, lots of waiting around in near-100° temperatures, and waaaay more food or drink than one can fit in a body in one day! All day meal!!
We sneaked off to chill by the pool several times!
A couple of snaps of the beautiful couple, and the spaces - church in Guardia Sanframondi, and venue up on the hills towards Caserta:
All in all, it felt deeply satisfying to have a complete outfit which sat really well - despite (or perhaps because of?!) all the different branches of the project!
I felt rather proud to fit in too: the outfit was not overly elegant or revealing, but still was on a par with all the other women there - I'd have loved to have taken photo portraits of them all: it was a spectacular range of colour, sequin, mock-silk and drama!
That was a great alteration you have done.
Its usually not too easy to work with fabrics like this because they cab get torn easily.
Am glad you had it all fixed and wore it comfortably
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I'm in love with that skirt with transparent fabric, I remember it :p I'm glad your outfit turned out well, maybe if it was a night event you could have worn the skirt with nothing underneath and it would have been super elegant and sensual.
Glad to see you had a great day!! Hooray for the finished WIP ❤️.
Oooh, thank you dear @lauramica ! I loved getting your response here, and so appreciate your encouragement! :-D And yes, I adore transparency and layers... it will be a great party dress one day! And yes too - it feels a m a z i n g to finish a project that I've been worrying over for quite some time - hehehe!
Blessings!
Wow! That was so creative of you, it's good to know that after all the work done, you were able to wear your top comfortably to the wedding.
I love the view of the place, it's so beautiful... Wishing the couple happy married life.
Yey, thank you so much for this supportive and positive response, dear @bimpcy !! And for your wishes to Nadia and Giovanni :-D They looked like they were having the most beautiful day.... And yeyyyy - I was so glad to not be fussing or worrying over my outfit, once it was on: that was the best thing about it :-D It was good and cool for the terrible heat, which was a blessing! Lots of men in full suits looked very uncomfortable in the midday, and many women in acrylic dresses!
Blessings on your day, and thank you for your encouragement always!
Oh! What a lovely couple with beautiful names......
You are most welcome @clareartista, one thing we should all know is that when choosing an outfit, we should always consider how comfortable it will be on us and also putting the weather into consideration, I'm glad you made the right choice of outfit for the wedding even when you had to do an extra work on it.