It has POCKETS!

 We were going to Palmanova (Italy) in September, and I knew that as much as I love my Blue Rose dress, I will need another one, partly because the event is 3 days long, partly because... You guessed it, I lost weight. 

I wanted to make something, that is size-adjustable, that can accomomdate my body even if I loose a bit more, or if I regain some. And I had just the perfect thing in mind. 

In fact, I wanted to do that, ever since I first saw the short video on Instagram.

Taylor, of Dames a la Mode made a dress, and posted a video about it back in 2021... and I think it would come as no surprise to anyone, that I had the fabric for the dress ever since.

So this year I decided to finally go for it. I thought of using the pattern I made back in 2018, but I decided to start from the beginning. I based my version of a Black Snail pattern, 

However, I only used the pattern as a base (saving myself to draw up a body block).

Changed the front of it, and the sleeves, as the sleeves in the pattern were huge. (Compare the original sleeve pattern and the one I ended up using.

I have tried to insert the video on how the dress works, but the clip is a couple of MgByte too big, so I'll post it on Instagram, and HERE is the link, if you want to see it

There was another change, or rather addition to the dress, I made... I added POCKETS, to the dress. Yes, historically up until the very late 18th century, women did used pockets, though those were separate clothing items, tied to a waist, under the skirts. Regency dresses were the first that had much less understructures, and the dresses themselves were lighter and thinner, so those separate pockets didn't really fit underneath.

In the 21st century we have more stuff to take with us, and though I would not put my phone in those pockets (as the phone is way to heavy for that), I always enjoy if I can hide my wristwatch (with the stepcounter) in them.