It’s me (Darlene) again–you’ll see a post from Mia on Friday or Saturday, and you’ll see a post from Leah when she gets back from her honeymoon in Yellowstone (because “Off the Rack” is literally off the grid).
In 2013 I told you about the DVF Cala stretch slip dress that could be perfect under a wrap dress. Then last fall DVF produced this look.
The item that most excites me in this picture is the cami that looks like it was designed to complement the neckline of the wrap sweater. How wonderful would it be if the wrap dress creator who started creating slips to go under her dresses were now creating interesting camis to go under them as well?
Unfortunately, she isn’t. The Cala stretch slip dress isn’t even available anymore, and I can’t find this cami anywhere. But it’s an idea I would love to see come true–so much better than your typical cami’s horizontal line that forms a solid block above a plunging V-neck.
I can’t see why a similar look can’t be created with an off the rack cami or slip (maybe just cami, I’m having a time trying to find a slip that fits in the bust and waist and good quality) and attaching trim. Maybe even interchangeable trim with interfacing to reinforce and then tiny snaps?
Katie, you’re brilliant as usual. I’m going to think about this. If only we had more than 24 hours in a day.
I tried snaps for the first time on a 1940s dress earlier this month. My favorite part was going after the attaching tool with a hammer, I used a textbook from my least favorite grad school class as a base (never reading that one again), it was very cathartic.