Kaitlinnegan said... Wow! Look at you, all retro-chic! Awesome dress, and great use of the lace. 9/22/08 10:53 PM
HLT said... Love, love the lace. You look so fab in this dress, much better than in the mags. Excellent interpretation and translation of this trend into real fashion. Excellent!!! And Happy belated birthday!!!!! 9/22/08 10:58 PM
jaqi said... So beautiful! If I looked that good I'd wear that dress everywhere. Wonderful! 9/22/08 11:19 PM
katlew03 said... What a beautiful dress. Absolutely love the lace you chose. Looks great on you. 9/22/08 11:23 PM
sewtime said... Beautiful dress, Love you clothes! 9/22/08 11:40 PM
marec said... Thank you for the setailed information on how you incorporated lace. I think I'll add a little to the next blouse I make. (I'm not a lacy woman). Such a cool retro pattern-you really outdid yourself! 9/23/08 0:07 AM
Vonnevo said... Lace plus style = Totally Beautiful !!!! 9/23/08 0:22 AM
Christas said... This dress is TOTALLY AMAZING!!! I love it! 9/23/08 0:26 AM
Erica B. said... Very pretty! Love the lace. 9/23/08 0:46 AM
senaSews said... Wow, this dress is totally amazing and so elegant. 9/23/08 3:11 AM
Ellenatlga said... That's gorgeous! June Cleaver? I was going to say "classic" or "elegant". You did a great job. 9/23/08 6:39 AM
ryan's mom said... This is so beautiful and elegant!!! If Michelle Obama is the First Lady, you are going to make her dresses, right? Or you can be her stand-in :) ! When I see your dress, I think Jackie-O elegance for sure. 9/23/08 6:42 AM
Danvillegirl said... This is a gorgeous dress! Excellent workmanship. Love the shoes you bought! 9/23/08 6:44 AM
MissCelie said... So very creative and incredibly chic! Way to think outside the box! 9/23/08 7:05 AM
pfaffkj said... Absolutely gorgeous! You did a wonderful job and look great in it. 9/23/08 8:26 AM
carolynw said... Wonderful looking dress - fits you so well 9/23/08 8:50 AM
Gold said... This is another winner!! You did such a great job! 9/23/08 9:19 AM
Nancy Anne said... Wow! What a stunning dress. I love the retro feel of it, and your choice of fabric was perfect. I always enjoy your reviews, as they are usually applicable to my body type. 9/23/08 9:36 AM
ConnieBJ said... So cute Ceneta! This is one great outfit, and looks wonderful on you! 9/23/08 9:43 AM
Karen6790 said... What a classy dress! The style is perfect for you, and I love the way you incorporated this year's lace trend into your dress. Beautiful. And happy bday! 9/23/08 10:13 AM
LindsayT said... You have to love a dress that's sexy but still appropriate for church. This one is fabulous! 9/23/08 10:14 AM
Sigrid. said... Super beautiful dress. It really is lovely lace and the fit is so good too. Love the collar style. 9/23/08 10:33 AM
KrystalL said... Very nice. I like the retro styling. 9/23/08 10:43 AM
cmarie12 said... Very, pretty dress and I like how in your photos you trace your design vision! 9/23/08 11:01 AM
Beek said... Happy Birthday Cennetta! Your dress is gorgeous like all the dresses you've made to date! Lovely! 9/23/08 11:29 AM
Amanda S. said... This is super pretty! 9/23/08 11:29 AM
ZeldaDC said... Smashing! 9/23/08 11:40 AM
Darla in PA said... What a wonderful dress! and it looks fabulous on you! 9/23/08 12:04 PM
Heatherrique said... Cennetta, kudos to you for making a dress that is breathtakingly beautiful and cutting edge! I am so beyond admiration here! 9/23/08 12:27 PM
frogs2 said... Gorgeous! Very sophisticated and a brilliant way to pull of ivory lace without looking bridal. Fabulous job! 9/23/08 1:52 PM
Karendee said... Beautiful dress. What I really appreciate is the excellent use of photos and instructions within your review. Very helpful. 9/23/08 2:30 PM
Annette1 said... BEAUTIFUL dress! June Cleaver should be so lucky. :o) I LOVE that collar. 9/23/08 2:42 PM
mmmckay said... Cennetta, you look beautiful in that dress. I love a full lining too - all my mother's handmade dresses from the sixties have great inside details that make the outside so much better looking.
This dress makes me nostalgic for two dresses I had as a teenager in the 80's: My Jr. High choir dress (same pattern bodice, but with a full circle skirt, turquoise with white, very retro), and a white lace dress I wore to a church young women's conference. Hmm... I may have to get this pattern.
Thanks for sharing! 9/23/08 3:15 PM
Leora said... Beautiful use of lace. I always look at the pics you post of altered pattern pieces, that is especially helpful to me. 9/23/08 7:06 PM
Nancy Rhodes said... Love your dress... You are so elegant wearing it. Kudos on the level hem with scalloped lace. A++++++++++++++++ 9/24/08 8:43 AM
Mahogany Stylist said... Thanks, everyone. I absolutely love this dress. It's comfortable and stylish. Sunday I received loads of compliments. Several people asked if I could make one for them. ;-)
9/24/08 1:02 PM
born2bead said... You always do such a wonderful job on your finishing and fitting. I'm always looking to see what you are wearing next! Of course I had to check out the shoes and both pairs are great. Even from the back the fit is beautiful. Another winner! 9/24/08 4:52 PM
rose4524 said... Wow, VERY chic - I love that ladylike 60s look as well. You did a great job of incorporating your own tweaks and creative ideas. 9/28/08 4:08 PM
AnneM said... Lovely. Very pretty in your fabric choices. 10/2/08 8:40 PM
Leora said... I had to come look again! I LOVE this dress! 11/4/08 6:19 PM
jgmafpw said... This dress is beautiful on you.
12/10/08 1:27 PM
Marilyn N. said... I am planning to make this dress & I was so happy to find your excellent review. Your dress looks beautiful - it's inspiring! 4/1/09 3:41 PM
HelenJ said... Beautiful! 9/26/09 10:54 AM
MissMercurial said... Wow, that is so pretty! And I was just thinking how much I wanted to make this pattern with some brown lace and peach fabric that I have- if it turns out half as pretty as yor dress, I'll be happy! 10/3/09 0:57 AM
Yankeedownunder said... You look so gorgeous -- I love what you've chosen to do with the lace. Thanks for an inspiring and well written review! 5/17/10 7:52 PM
Mahogany Stylist said... Thanks! I can't believe I'm still getting compliments on this dress. It's still in my closet. Last time I wore it, early Spring 2010. 5/18/10 11:03 AM
faithsmama said... love this, beautiful work and great alterations! i just bought the pattern to make a dress to wear to my sister's rehearsal dinner later this summer, i love all of the options the pattern has. thanks for a great review! 7/13/10 1:59 PM
Wow! Look at you, all retro-chic! Awesome dress, and great use of the lace.
9/22/08 10:53 PM
Love, love the lace. You look so fab in this dress, much better than in the mags. Excellent interpretation and translation of this trend into real fashion. Excellent!!! And Happy belated birthday!!!!!
9/22/08 10:58 PM
So beautiful! If I looked that good I'd wear that dress everywhere. Wonderful!
9/22/08 11:19 PM
What a beautiful dress. Absolutely love the lace you chose. Looks great on you.
9/22/08 11:23 PM
Beautiful dress, Love you clothes!
9/22/08 11:40 PM
Thank you for the setailed information on how you incorporated lace. I think I'll add a little to the next blouse I make. (I'm not a lacy woman). Such a cool retro pattern-you really outdid yourself!
9/23/08 0:07 AM
Lace plus style = Totally Beautiful !!!!
9/23/08 0:22 AM
This dress is TOTALLY AMAZING!!! I love it!
9/23/08 0:26 AM
Very pretty! Love the lace.
9/23/08 0:46 AM
Wow, this dress is totally amazing and so elegant.
9/23/08 3:11 AM
That's gorgeous! June Cleaver? I was going to say "classic" or "elegant". You did a great job.
9/23/08 6:39 AM
This is so beautiful and elegant!!! If Michelle Obama is the First Lady, you are going to make her dresses, right? Or you can be her stand-in :) ! When I see your dress, I think Jackie-O elegance for sure.
9/23/08 6:42 AM
This is a gorgeous dress! Excellent workmanship. Love the shoes you bought!
9/23/08 6:44 AM
So very creative and incredibly chic! Way to think outside the box!
9/23/08 7:05 AM
Absolutely gorgeous! You did a wonderful job and look great in it.
9/23/08 8:26 AM
Wonderful looking dress - fits you so well
9/23/08 8:50 AM
This is another winner!! You did such a great job!
9/23/08 9:19 AM
Wow! What a stunning dress. I love the retro feel of it, and your choice of fabric was perfect. I always enjoy your reviews, as they are usually applicable to my body type.
9/23/08 9:36 AM
So cute Ceneta! This is one great outfit, and looks wonderful on you!
9/23/08 9:43 AM
What a classy dress! The style is perfect for you, and I love the way you incorporated this year's lace trend into your dress. Beautiful. And happy bday!
9/23/08 10:13 AM
You have to love a dress that's sexy but still appropriate for church. This one is fabulous!
9/23/08 10:14 AM
Super beautiful dress. It really is lovely lace and the fit is so good too. Love the collar style.
9/23/08 10:33 AM
Very nice. I like the retro styling.
9/23/08 10:43 AM
Very, pretty dress and I like how in your photos you trace your design vision!
9/23/08 11:01 AM
Happy Birthday Cennetta! Your dress is gorgeous like all the dresses you've made to date! Lovely!
9/23/08 11:29 AM
This is super pretty!
9/23/08 11:29 AM
Smashing!
9/23/08 11:40 AM
What a wonderful dress! and it looks fabulous on you!
9/23/08 12:04 PM
Cennetta, kudos to you for making a dress that is breathtakingly beautiful and cutting edge! I am so beyond admiration here!
9/23/08 12:27 PM
Gorgeous! Very sophisticated and a brilliant way to pull of ivory lace without looking bridal. Fabulous job!
9/23/08 1:52 PM
Beautiful dress. What I really appreciate is the excellent use of photos and instructions within your review. Very helpful.
9/23/08 2:30 PM
BEAUTIFUL dress! June Cleaver should be so lucky. :o) I LOVE that collar.
9/23/08 2:42 PM
Cennetta, you look beautiful in that dress. I love a full lining too - all my mother's handmade dresses from the sixties have great inside details that make the outside so much better looking. This dress makes me nostalgic for two dresses I had as a teenager in the 80's: My Jr. High choir dress (same pattern bodice, but with a full circle skirt, turquoise with white, very retro), and a white lace dress I wore to a church young women's conference. Hmm... I may have to get this pattern. Thanks for sharing!
9/23/08 3:15 PM
Beautiful use of lace. I always look at the pics you post of altered pattern pieces, that is especially helpful to me.
9/23/08 7:06 PM
Gorgeous outfit!!
9/23/08 11:37 PM
Love your dress... You are so elegant wearing it. Kudos on the level hem with scalloped lace. A++++++++++++++++
9/24/08 8:43 AM
Thanks, everyone. I absolutely love this dress. It's comfortable and stylish. Sunday I received loads of compliments. Several people asked if I could make one for them. ;-)
9/24/08 1:02 PM
You always do such a wonderful job on your finishing and fitting. I'm always looking to see what you are wearing next! Of course I had to check out the shoes and both pairs are great. Even from the back the fit is beautiful. Another winner!
9/24/08 4:52 PM
Wow, VERY chic - I love that ladylike 60s look as well. You did a great job of incorporating your own tweaks and creative ideas.
9/28/08 4:08 PM
Lovely. Very pretty in your fabric choices.
10/2/08 8:40 PM
I had to come look again! I LOVE this dress!
11/4/08 6:19 PM
This dress is beautiful on you.
12/10/08 1:27 PM
I am planning to make this dress & I was so happy to find your excellent review. Your dress looks beautiful - it's inspiring!
4/1/09 3:41 PM
Beautiful!
9/26/09 10:54 AM
Wow, that is so pretty! And I was just thinking how much I wanted to make this pattern with some brown lace and peach fabric that I have- if it turns out half as pretty as yor dress, I'll be happy!
10/3/09 0:57 AM
You look so gorgeous -- I love what you've chosen to do with the lace. Thanks for an inspiring and well written review!
5/17/10 7:52 PM
Thanks! I can't believe I'm still getting compliments on this dress. It's still in my closet. Last time I wore it, early Spring 2010.
5/18/10 11:03 AM
love this, beautiful work and great alterations! i just bought the pattern to make a dress to wear to my sister's rehearsal dinner later this summer, i love all of the options the pattern has. thanks for a great review!
7/13/10 1:59 PM