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Elisalex Dress

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Intermediate THE DRESS

An elegant dress with a low scooped back, princess seamed, fully lined bodice, box pleated tulip skirt and exposed zipper at centre back. There are three sleeve variations and the bodice is designed with very little ease to enhance the waist.

  • Size chart
  • Fabric required
  • What you need
Dress size US / UK
2/64/86/108/1210/1412/1614/1816/20
Bust
32"33"34"35"36.5"38.5"40"42"
Waist
25"26"27"28"30"32.5"35"38”
Variations 1 & 2
45” – 3 ½ YDS
60” – 3 ¼ YDS
Variation 3
45” – 3 ¼ YDS
60” – 2 ½ YDS
Lining
45” – 1 YD
60” – 1 YD
  • Your fabric
  • Standard zipper 30"
  • Hook & eye
  • Tape measure
  • Rotary cutter or dress makers shears
  • Tailor's chalk
  • Invisible zipper foot
  • Pinking shears
  • Hand sewing needle
  • Matching thread
  • Pins

Medium-heavy weight wovens are best: upholstery cottons, flannel, shantung silk, brocade, jacquard, tweed and wool. For the lining we recommend a 100% cotton lawn.

ELISALEX

Lifelong West London girl Elisalex is half Italian, an obsessive maker and proud mama to her beautiful four year old boy. She shamelessly enjoys a touch of the 50s housewife – sewing, baking and romance being just a few of her favourite things. However, don’t let that fool you, this girl left a bit of her heart in Nashville a while back and loves nothing more than dancing all night to country music or getting down to some 60s reggae. As much as she loves summer, for this pale beauty nothing beats a stormy winter evening with real wood fires and knitting at hand. A firm non believer in the concept of being overdressed, if you spot someone in a ballgown and heels workin’ it on the dancefloor of an East London dive bar – well, it’s probably our girl.