dress crazy

There's a special party coming up, that will be the only event this year I can really do some glamour-sewing for, knowing that the dress will actually be worn. So this is serious business.
I always like to start my search for a new project with some inspiration: A friend showed me the classic movie White Christmas. There are many wonderful dresses in this movie, but at one point Rosemary Clooney wears a black velvet dress that is TO DIE FOR!!!! in this youtube clip
Beautiful, right? To make something like that, you need a sewing pattern, so let's talk about sewing patterns that have that kind of Wow factor: like this vintage Vogue special design. SWOOOOOOOOON, I have such a big crush on this dress. every time I see it, it makes my stomach tingle.




from vintagepatterns.wikia.com
This is an actual sewing pattern, but patterns like this one are hard to get and will set you back as much as 150€ on Etsy. And then I'm not saying anything about the cost of materials and the time and skill involved to make it.
Maybe a little less glamour is more, and is also more practical too (breathing and moving would be nice. But I think I'll stay with the 50/60's retro look but make a cocktail dress instead, like this one:




from Butterick
Right now, this is the best re-print of a original pattern I could find with the the dutch website I'm used to ordering from: Naaipatronen.nl
With a bit of luck, my pattern will arrive tomorrow and I can start with a muslin (a try-out version) on the lovely lazy Sunday that's comming up.