Vogue: New Website, New Patterns

Vogue finally put up the new patterns, which is good because I had been eagerly awaiting them since the Vogue patterns magazine arrived over Christmas.  With the new patterns came the debut of the new website, which perhaps accounted for the delay.

I like the look of the new site and am not having much trouble with it.  I find it easier to search on this site and I like that there are direct links between Vogue, McCalls and Butterick.  I'm not having any problems with my use of the site, but I dont' demand much of it either.  I do like that they have links to related designer websites.

But on to the patterns.  These are the ones that are currently sitting in my cart although they may or may not still be there by the next club BMV sales rolls around -- I am trying to really think about patterns before I purchase.

I loved this Guy Laroche dress(1155) when I first saw it in the magazine and it is one of the pattern that has had me haunting the site for three weeks.  I still love it.  I think it would be fun to sew and wear.  I would make it longer, and I have a few issues with the front closure, but I think I can work those out.

 This Donna Karan dress (1159) really intrigues me also.  Truthfully I kind of had a bit of a love/hate attitude in the magazine and I am not a fan of this print in this dress, although the line drawings have made me reconsider the possibilities.  I distinctly don't like the way the diagonal lines on this particular print look with the diagonal seams in the back of the dress, over the bottom.  But that could just be a sign of impending fuddy-duddy status, and I certainly believe it could be better managed in a different fabric.

 While I am talking about Donna Karan, I am also seriously considering 1168, the blouse and pants.  The fact that G also loves this look and raves about it every time he sees me looking helps.  I think this has a fabulous insouciance that could really add a spark to dressing for casual summer events.

 There are several pretty, girly summer dresses and for the most part they just aren't me.  I keep coming back to this one by Tracy Reese though (1158).   I am not convinced I am going to keep it in my cart.  It is a little low cut in the back, and although I could adapt the design to something I liked even better, I am increasingly thinking this is something that I can best use as inspiration for creating something from one of my existing patterns.

 Last on my list is this Very Easy Vogue pattern.  I have skirts like this one, it is pretty basic. but I love the look of the short jacket over the high waisted skirt, and I have learned that these little cropped boxy jackets can be quite flattering on me.  

 

Comments

[Karen]

I cant find the Donna Karan dress in any of her collections, I have a feeling it was part of her modern icons collection for spring 2009 which isnt available anymore online. the blouse and shirt are in the spring 2009 collection (10th look on style.com) worn with a vest on top.
http://www.style.com/fashionshows/complete/S2009RTW-DKARAN

[K-Line]

Do you read Erica B's blog? http://www.ericabunker.com/index.html She wrote about the Karan dress too - and if you go back in her posts, she made a DK dress that was GORGEOUS, but apparently incredibly tough. And you can tell this woman is a total sewing expert... It's interesting to see what's in your cart because I considered a lot of this. The drapey top and pants really intrigues me. In truth, I don't think it would suit my body (it needs a longer torso) and it's not my regular "style" (whatever that means). But I really like it and think it would look great on you. The Tracey Reese dress is great but I completely agree about the back being low. The reason I want to learn about the FBA is so that I can make pretty dresses that fit in the bust while fitting everywhere else too.