I've been spending my valuable non-work hours working on this fantastic dress for a masquerade party I hosted a few weeks ago. I learned some valuable lessons for when I (n)ever attempt a project like this again. 1) Boning is for tension in the garment, it mostly doesn't need to hold you up on its own. So . . . you don't need ridiculously rigid material for it. I actually read somewhere that twist ties will work. In this dress, I used commercial featherweight boning, and it was still to rigid. After wearing (and dancing in) the dress for 6 hours, I had bruises and abrasions where the ends of the boning rubbed into my sides. 2) Don't cut corners with the nice fabric. My pattern said that I could use cheap lining for the underskirt where it didn't show, but I found that the underskirt showed at surprising times, even when I was walking vigorously. 3) Do cut corners with extra frills and braid. That crap is only useful for hiding mistakes. In an over-the-top dress like this, you don't need extra frills.
Here are a few more photos from the amazing night:
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