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Buttons Can Make the Dress

from Fitting Tips!™ Volume 6, Number 3, December 2002
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Buttons can turn a plain dress into a great one. The black dress was made specifically to show off the buttons.The blue dress was made to show off a pearl necklace, and the pearl buttons on the dress repeat the style. The buttons are just an accent, not functional.The cocktail dress features a re-embroidered lace yoke with small pearl buttons and loops.
Click on the image to see a larger version. Click on the image to see a larger version.	Made to show off some great vintage buttons, this dress has $12 of material and $40 of buttons! Faux pocket flaps were added to further accent the center front closure, and provided another opportunity to show off two more buttons.
The scoop neckline on the blue dress was drafted to show off a pearl necklace. Click on the image to see a larger version.	Click on the image to see a larger version.
The pearl buttons are just decorative. The connect the blue dress with the pearl necklace.
You can see how the loops give a little peek-a-boo look. Click on the image to see a larger version.	Click on the image to see a larger version. No button extension was used on the yoke.

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