My Off-Shoulder Midnight Blue Dress

Remember my Batik Maxi Dress that i wear during our (department where i work) annual dinner?
This year, the dinner was held last Saturday.
And i made this dress for that particular occasion.

:: Close-up view ::

The style: Off-shoulder with extra strap, sweetheart neckline, knee length sheath dress.

:: More photos ::

This is a figure-hugging dress, and like the rest of the women in the world, i am so critical and insecure with my 'blossoming' body. Luckily, i have the sweetest husband in the world, who keep motivating me to sew this dress (he even choose this style out from all the dresses in BWOF) and keep telling how gorgeous i am that night... love hubby :)

:: Fabric pieces ::

Fabric used is a very nice, high-quality, quite costly, midnight blue color, silk shantung fabric.
I'm very happy that it is almost the same fabric and color like used in the BWOF.

I use dress pattern 138 from Burda Fashion 11-2009. Originally look like the above picture. I made some alteration, omit the sleeve, and shorten the hem up to knee length, exactly on the lining line of this pattern. Read my pattern review.


This dress and my previous kadazan costume will be entered in Formal Wear contest held at Pattern Review. I'm not really sure of grabbing the grand prize. Just for some fun in participating along with the other sewing friend :)