![]() If this was meant to be evening wear, not just a costume, I would have encased the seam with binding. You can see here I only serged the armscye seam. I did add an organdy ruffle to the inside of the sleeve cap to help it hold its pouffy-ness. The sewing was fairly easy since this jacket is collarless. The lace turned out to be VERY fluid and this pattern needed fabric with some stiffness. I underlined the lace with black silk organdy (fortunately in my stash) to keep it from sagging. The fabric I used is this Telio Kala Lace in Black and Gold, from, and a polyester lining fabric. I permed my hair back then until it was crispy! I think every bridesmaid dress I wore in the 80s had the requisite giant butt bow. No kidding! I remember the BIG hair, tons of makeup, giant shoulder pads, ginormous sleeves, and bows on everything. Go check out this Youtube video by Professor Hallay (one of my favorite’s for info on fashion history) on 1980s fashion: She calls the 80s an “Excess of Excess”. Wow, those giant puffy sleeves and the ubiquitous bow! I think I actually wore something similar to a company Christmas party back in the 80s. So I went on Etsy and found this 80s pattern, Butterick 4398 by Rimini. My number was Billy Joel’s “Uptown Girl”, a very popular 1980s song and music video. ![]() The theme this year was “Back to the 80s”, (yep, get out those scrunchies!). I was a choreographer/dancer in my local library’s 10th annual fundraiser dance show in March. ![]()
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