I have not yet described the bodice construction... remember that white satin fabric that was the bodice of the mock up? Well, those same pieces were the interior layer of the bodice of the final garment...
I flat-lined the satin to a layer of black pocketing and a layer of the red fashion fabric. There were a few bones sewn to the white satin, just to keep the bodice flat and stable. The skirt was essentially four large square pieces of black fabric flat-lined to the red fashion fabric and pleated into a grosgrain waistband and then hand sewn into the garment.
My Close-up Mr. Demille...The inside of a garment often shows more of its history than the outside... it also often takes longer to "finish" a garment than it does to put it together for a fitting. Here is the inside, fully finished... the seam allowances are pressed open and cross-stitched down, the armscye is finished with black cotton bias tape and there is a strip of "ballet" elastic in the center back between the shoulder blades to hold the garment snug to the actress.
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