The waist is built, not sewn. Curved panel seams run from under the bust down and around to the back, drawing the body in the way a corset would - and because the seams are structural the shape holds without any boning or fastening pulling it there.
Above them the dress is entirely a blazer: peak lapels, a deep plunge, built shoulders and a row of tiny covered buttons closing the front. Below them it stops being one, releasing into a draped panel across the hip that gathers to one side and falls into a very short skirt.
It is two garments cut through the middle and joined at the waist, and the join is the best part of it.
Details You'll Love
- Curved sculpting seams - draw the waist in structurally rather than with boning.
- Peak lapels - cut sharp and pointed, borrowed straight from a dinner jacket.
- Tiny covered buttons - close a deep plunging front in a single fine row.
- Draped hip panel - gathers to one side below the waist seam.
- Very short skirt - falls from the drape with no added volume.
