How to sew ruffles on a formal dress?
I am trying to make/sew my own formal dress. I would like to try something different. I have had absolutely no luck in finding a pattern for this type of bodice. The bodice on the dress below looks ruffled or pleated. Im wondering how the ruffles are sewn on the dress to cover bust and not reveal too much cleavage.Please help!!!
Thanks to all you wonderful sewing gurus!!
Heres the dress:
http://www.onlygowns.com/dresses/strapless-satin-evening-dress-526.asp
Im sorry, instead of bodice I meant bust.
That dress is built on a bustier... a firmly fitting "corset" with boning that the dress you see is then made over. The pleats here are just soft pleats, concealing the underlying bustier.
If you watch episode 11 of Project Runway, starting with "chapter 2" here:
http://www.mylifetime.com/shows/project-runway/project-runway-episodes/project-runway-season-7-episode-11/videos you'll see Emilio (the taller black guy) and Seth Aaron (the rocker) building bustiers that will underpin their finished designs. In the judging at the end, the judges comment on the smooth fit of Emilio's dress, and he explains the bustier is doing the work.
If you'd like to know more about building a dress over a bustier, some sources include the chapter on bustiers in Crawford's Patternmaking Made Easy, the construction chapter in Khalje's book Bridal Couture, and Kenneth King's dvd, Birth of a Bustier. The best are built over a zero-ease princess-seamed bodice custom fitted to the wearer.
Although the bustier is princess-seamed, the shell fabric (the "public" fabric" can be cut with any style of seaming, and the shell fabric can be pleated, ruched, gathered, or any other fanciful thing you'd like to do.
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