Give Me Liberty (and while you're at it, give me Old Navy too!)

Although we are still hard at work spring cleaning and my sewing room resembles Chernoble, I thought I'd drop in to say hello.  This time, I thought I'd show you one of my Liberty of London dresses from Target.

I really do like this dress.  It is made of polyester (and one of the dresses that provoked such Targety-controversy).  I didn't take a picture of the back, but it is incredibly cute and strappy and as such, required a strapless bra.  I think the thing I liked best about this dress was the fact that it came out of the closet unwrinkled.  Yay!!  Talk about ready to wear.

I really like the front detail on the dress.  Look at these knife pleats (I haven't washed this dress yet.  It will be interesting to see if these pleats remain as sharp after having been tossed around in the dryer):

In my opinion, this line was well made with a lot of attention to detail.  Not only did they use covered buttons, but they made sure that the seams matched up.

I am so impressed with this matching along the zipper. I struggle so much with this and bam! they do it in a factory for a dress that has a $29.99 price point! (which means, other low cost retailers, that attention to detail can and should be the standard and not the exception to the rule.)

This dress is also lined and I really like the way they thought about the lining.  Rather than your standard acetate lining, they used a poly chiffon. 

Look, bust darts!

So, how did I make this dress work appropriate, you ask?  Why, with the help of Old Navy!

I just adore these cropped cardis.  They are sure to be a summer staple in this house.  Hopefully they are up for the challenge of repeated washings!  (sorry about the crappy picture -- as you can see, my sweater is hung up on my strapless and yes, I fussed with it all day.  It's a bra fit issue rather than a wardrobe issue -- going to have to suck it up and buy a new one in the proper size.)  I topped it all off with a broach that belonged to my grandmother.

Why the broach?  Because I wanted to make sure that the attention was drawn upward rather that remaining at the waistline, although they did an excellent job with the placement of the sash.  I think it worked since I got quite a few compliments on the pin.

So, that's it.  The inside of a Target Liberty of London dress.  Well made sirs.  Well made indeed.

Dress: Liberty of London for Target - $29.99
Cardi: Old Navy - $15.00
Shoes: Liz Claiborne (really old -- probably paid around $15.00)
Broach:  "Mother"