Wednesday, April 3, 2013

Mad Men Dress Challenge : At last! Its cool enough for me to wear it!!!

Yes thats right - the temperature has dropped to the point where I can comfortably wear the wool crepe dress to work and get some 'office-y' shots!

But first up here is a reminder of what I was trying to recreate:


Now mine is different, but similar enough (I think) that you can see what I was trying to achieve.  So without any further carry-on, here are photos of me wearing the dress!




This last photo is me trying to do something 'office-y'.  Not that I think Joan would file... she would more likely check someone elses filing and then make a nice but bitchy comment to them if they got it wrong.

And before I go, I just want to say that this dress is amazingly comforable and flattering on.  I will be making many more of these for the coming season!  I already have some dark teal green wool crepe, so I will be looking for a few more colours.  The dress is a winner!

So what do you think?  Do I make a good Joan?

Beccie
xxx

PS.  If you missed any of the Mad Men Dress Challenge posts, you can find them here, here, here, here, here, and here.  I hope I got them all...

23 comments:

  1. Wow! You look amazing! Joan would do well to try to be you!

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    1. Thanks Relynn :) I'm digging my hair in this beehive inspired thingy today - but it feels like I'm wearing a helmet... thankfully it doesn't look like it though!

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    2. LOL! It may feel like a helmet but that hairdo is fabulous!

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  2. You look great! That color looks great on you!

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  3. You look Joan-alicious! Fantastic job on the dress!

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  4. It came out so well! You make a great Joan :)

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  5. Wow, it's like a sister to Joan's dress. Love that wonderful jewel tone blue. Sensational. :-)

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    1. The colour is fabulous, I totally agree. And I have enough left over to make a wool top to wear with pants or a skirt! Hooray!!

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  6. oooooooooooooh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GORGEOUS! can any one look as hot as joan? i would have said no but ... i think you managed! and besides your hair is way more awesome (and i love red hair!) the dress is just awesome - really - i cant squee enough here! i want to beyou when i grow up lol ;)

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  7. This is just great! What pattern did you use? That was the same dress that was my favorite and I MEANT to make it but you actually did it... so awesome! The color is gorgeous on you.

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    1. Hi Mikhaela - I used the wiggle dress pattern from Gertie's book :)

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