Vogue 1075 – Chado Ralph Rucci

So after cutting out two Ralph Rucci patterns and blogging about one of them I’m finally getting around to making one.  My DD Abby wants to wear 1075 next month to the awards banquet for the American Dance Awards Nationals in Holly wood, Florida.  This dress takes 6 yards of 60 inch fabric, so there is no way I’m making this out of silk because she will wear it only once. The bodice will be a beaded black lace shot with gold threads, I’ll take photo of that soon.  There are only four pattern pieces, but each one is unique.   The dress fastens in the back with an invisible zipper that runs from the right armpit to the left hip along the seam that separates the beaded bodice from the skirt. The vertical darts on the skirt are actually quasi-side seams that shape the skirt, one dart is on the front skirt piece, and the otherdart is on the back skirt piece.  The skirt pattern pieces are so large that they need to be taped together a la BWOF and  hopefully 60 inch wide fabric will accomodate the skirt pieces.  One anomaly on the technical drawing shows a pieced skirt train; however on the 4-6-8-10 size range no such pattern piece exists in the envelope.  It could be the larger sizes require a pieced skirt. Abby is tiny so I’m just going to make a size 4 and then fit her from there. This style hangs from the bust so if she needs support and bra cups I can add them and I’ll make a back stay like a bra band that she will fasten before she zips up the dress.

Above is the tread traced muslin, each photo is clickable for a closer view.