Clothes Design - 5 Casual Evening Dresses and chemises

 Saturday, September 27, 2014

(Moved from Dochas Books Film)

Here are my completed
5 Casual Evening
Dresses,
with their chemises
(slips) underneath.

They are -

1. Rainbow dress
(Thai sarong 100%
rayon)
and
Gold chemise
(Fabric store 100%
rayon)

2. Shell dress
(Indonesian sarong
100% rayon)
and
Black chemise
(Indonesian sarong
100% rayon)


3. Hibiscus dress (Indonesian sarong 100% rayon) and
    Purple chemise (Lawn)

4. Zebra dress (Indonesian sarong 100% rayon) and
    Black chemise (Bahama Voile)

5. Cheetah dress (Indonesian sarong 100% rayon) and
    Black chemise (Bahama Voile)

I made 2 Bahama Voile chemises, the Bemsilk Lining chemise I will try out
with some of these dresses, and, the Homespun chemise was too heavy so I
won't use that.

For Darwin weather (Northern Territory, Australia), it is generally too hot
to wear any fabric that is any more than a light side of medium weight.
And wearing a dress that has 2 layers, during the day, is not a good idea, as
it causes heat build up from an insulation type of effect very quickly. So,
these dresses will have to be strictly for after 5pm wear.

The rainbow dress and gold chemise are stronger than the others, so could
be washed on a gentle cycle in the washing-machine. But, the other 4
dresses and chemises are more delicate and will need to be hand washed.                                                                        
I will see how they behave when worn, and will give an update on this at a
(much) later date, as I mentioned before.

                                                                                 
(c) Katherine Stuart 2014

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