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  • ACM
    Senior Member
    • Jan 2011
    • 142

    Men's vented dress

    Just sewed it up last night. Fabric is a wonderful rayon/cotton ribbed jersey with a medium weight drape. The dress is cut to be reversible so the vent can either be worn in the front or back.









    Last edited by ACM; 03-18-2013, 09:35 PM.
  • Patroklus
    Banned
    • Feb 2011
    • 1675

    #2
    kinda feels like the slit is so high that you wouldn't be able to wear it on its own. so what you have is a really long shirt.

    would you be decent without pants or would you flash your chonies?

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    • ACM
      Senior Member
      • Jan 2011
      • 142

      #3
      Haha I actually added two buttons since taking the photos to take the vent down a bit for that very reason. However, I don't think I'd ever wear it without something underneath, although this weather is really tempting me to...

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      • tron
        Senior Member
        • Dec 2010
        • 485

        #4
        Simple and elegant.. I like it.
        Same worry about flashing my junk but I've been looking for a long shirt like this for a while.
        "I think perfection is ugly. Somewhere in the things humans make, I want to see scars, failure, disorder, distortion."

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        • ACM
          Senior Member
          • Jan 2011
          • 142

          #5
          Thanks tron! Yeah, I suppose a more appropriate name for the garment would be a tunic or something. Although, like I said, the buttons would allow for nothing underneath.

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          • samlasamla
            Member
            • Sep 2011
            • 94

            #6
            pictures?

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            • bryantyj
              Senior Member
              • Jun 2010
              • 151

              #7
              I suppose that there should be something worn inside no? A cropped slim pants would be ideal. I have had this look in my head for the longest time since I saw siki im's tunic but I dont think I can pull it off.

              Real nice tho!

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              • brad1981
                Senior Member
                • Dec 2008
                • 153

                #8
                nice pics:)
                just wondering what kind of shoes i should pair with if not sandals?

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                • ACM
                  Senior Member
                  • Jan 2011
                  • 142

                  #9
                  Critiqued the design and sewed it together the other night. Lengthened the hemline, dropped the vent lower so that it can truly be called a dress, and did a different technique for merging the two front panels with a central narrow piece of fabric. Also, the neck line is raised so when worn (although it doesn't look it now due to the heavy drape on the hanger) it will resemble a mock turtle/stovepipe neckline. All hems and facings were sewn on with a twin needle to imitate a coverstitch machine, which is on my sewing wish list at the moment). Material is the same: cotton/rayon rib

                  Last edited by ACM; 11-21-2012, 09:22 AM.

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                  • electron
                    Junior Member
                    • Sep 2011
                    • 6

                    #10
                    Nice pics ! Cool !

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                    • ACM
                      Senior Member
                      • Jan 2011
                      • 142

                      #11
                      Thank you!

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                      • Tiron
                        Junior Member
                        • Nov 2012
                        • 12

                        #12
                        That's really nice. Where did you source the fabric from? The drape on the back is amazing.

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                        • ACM
                          Senior Member
                          • Jan 2011
                          • 142

                          #13
                          It's actually just a jersey from the NYC Mood on 37th. It wasn't that expensive at all actually

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                          • Patroklus
                            Banned
                            • Feb 2011
                            • 1675

                            #14
                            ey did you see any dense sweater knits there?
                            i can't find what i'm looking for online was going to check their LA stock but it's a mission and i don't want to waste my time

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                            • ACM
                              Senior Member
                              • Jan 2011
                              • 142

                              #15
                              I was actually looking for something along those lines to make some good turtlenecks, and I found some really cool ones. They have a very Juliusish med thickness plaster colored rayon/silk knit that would be incredible for sweater pieces. But yeah, check it out, I never leave that place empty handed

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