How to sew a designer dress

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Models from haute couture collections are an inexhaustible source of inspiration for those who like to sew. Most often we turn our pretentious look at dresses.

You catch yourself thinking that you want to repeat the idea from the catwalk and sew the designer dress you like. And then the creative process completely captures you - from the moment you just saw the dress at Fashion Week, on the red carpet, in the boutique window or on the pages of your favorite magazine, to the moment you put on your masterpiece and go for a walk, date or business meeting.
Before the upcoming work, everything is thought out to the smallest detail - a color scheme, a combination of fabrics, parts, finishes and accessories. But the main thing is to find a suitable pattern that will become the basis of the future dress from the fashion collection. Of course, exactly the model is unlikely to come across, but this is not necessary. In the Burda magazine, you can pick up several patterns from which you will collect your own - from one you will take a skirt, from another sleeve, from the third top of the dress. The forum users of our site quite often resort to this method to sew a designer or "star" dress.
Irina (simirena) saw the dress of the Australian brand Keepsake on the Internet. She liked the idea of using curly cuts, cuts, various inserts. And she sewed herself a similar model for the pattern of a sheath dress with elongated upper skirt panels.

Dresses from the Chanel collection are especially popular among our needlewomen. For example, Vera (vera_m) sewed a similar model for her daughter - a dress and a jacket. Vera used a dress pattern with ¾ sleeves and a sleeveless dress pattern with a full skirt for her idea.

Delicate, romantic dress with embroidery - the work of Helen (MissCouturière). The dress pattern of the body-fitting figure became the basis, and the upper skirt was tailored to the dress pattern in the style of new look.

Exactly the same principle can be applied when you want to sew any dress you like. Using proven patterns that you have been working on for more than the first time, make a probe, make all the necessary changes to it, and only after that cut and sew!
Lyuba (Markiza) modeled her bodice using the familiar pattern of a dress with pleats on her chest for her solar creation.

And jane kharlamova, according to the pattern of a strict blouse with a secret collar, sewed an unusually beautiful silk dress with a half-sun skirt.

At BurdaStyle.ru on the photo forum there is a section "Patterns" where you can publish your favorite models, and we will help you find the right patterns for making your dreams come true. If you suddenly encounter difficulties, go to the forum "Sewing Wisdom" in the topic "How to sew such a dress? And not just a dress ..." and our professional needlewomen will help to cope with the task.
Photo: BurdaStyle.ru
Material prepared by Julia Dekanova

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