white mini dress sequins with embellished stretch velvet * Iridescent Sequins * Fit Tip ZAPAKA Women Sparkly Graduation Dress

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Product number: D40

(When Hay and I visited one of her collaborators, Zoila Cruz, who remade the Laura Ashley dress, Cruz told me that last year she made the Halloween costumes for Beyoncs children.) An advantage of the dresses starchy cotton and exaggerated cuts is a rigidity that makes them more flattering than, say, a pair of leggings or an unfitted silk shift

Note that the links to sewing patterns in each section are a mix to Esty, Amazon and of course Indie Pattern designers too

The fabric is textural and, though it's soft, can offer a touch of shine to photographs when it catches the light in the right way