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Have you seen this??? Dita Von Teese has a collection coming out in October and it is scrumptious! Check Out the whole line:
Hey Instyle, I’m soo thankful that you are offering me 20% off, but that is still a wee bit high for the budget I have -based on my genteel poverty and high charity donation lifestyle! But I want this so bad (ly) !!
Is it possible to make this- a pattern that I already have- 
Into Dita splendour? I want to wear it as a dress- I know this pattern has no waist seam, but maybe I could still use the top as a base?
I’m totally on the look out for ideas and suggestions- 
I love how knowledgeable you all are and all ideas or contributions to the ‘Get Anne a Dita trench fund’ will be greatly appreciated!
photo credits: style.com, pattern review
It’s very admirable that you are saving money by not buying a pattern for a coat that retails at $899. See, me, I’d just go nuts and buy a newbie pattern because what I spend in pattern costs I’ll save in the alcoholic beverages while trying to modify a pattern.
I’m finding it hard to see all the details but whattabout vogue 8346. It’s a dead ringer. Just whack on a couple of belt loops and you are done.
And there you go! That pattern is perfect- normally I like to make things as complicated as possible, you know- using a totally inappropriate pattern and the worst fabric ever…thank you!
LOL I would take you fabric shopping however it would then be cheaper to buy the coat… for both of us… once I factored in the airfares!
You two are cracking me up. I go for using what I have first, too, even if it will be the potentially hardest route.
good luck with the fabric purchase.
I’m kind of short waisted- so whacking off the skirt probably won’t harm anything!
I thought of Colette’s Lady Grey coat pattern but I think V8346 is just right!
Now, I could *almost* see spending that amount on a classic camel hair or cashmere coat, in fact I have and wear my Dad’s old cashmere dress coat from college. It came from Brooks Brother’s in Boston, back when they really made and tailored things and I’m sure cost just about that in the late 50′s percentage wise. IF something was of that same quality, I would pay that much, but we both know, it ain’t
I love Dita, but that is mortgage level cash!
Nothing feels as good as successfully completing your own designer knock-off!!!
You can do it and carry it off even better than the runway models with pooches to boot.
I’ve wanted to make the mccalls for a while now, but the narrow skirt worried me, a fuller skirt feels more flattering to me….
Anne; this would look gorgeous on you.
I can completely relate to wanting to start by using what you have; and the re-designing an existing pattern is fun, challenging, but so satisfying.( I hope you go for a similar dark color; it’ll emphasis your beautiful skin . I always notice your skin in your pictures you know). I just love that retro look; that’s all I want these days. Can’t wait to see this as a finished item!
‘fun, challenging, but sO satisfying’ I need that on a pillow to remind myself that this is a gOod idea!
This dress would look stunning on you – I hope you make it, and in a similar glamorous fabric to the original too!
I have a striped silk material in burgundy….hmm
I’m going to go huddle in a corner and drool over the Dita designs….if I had a “style icon”, it would be her.
I agree with trying the Vogue pattern instead, and it looks like it has decent reviews too, always a bonus! Can’t wait to see the finished dress!
Dita is so fab, a dachshund owner of course!
Great look for you…I know you can do it! How about separating the pattern at your waistline, add seam allowance back in. Then spread the panels of the skirt to get more fullness out of them like the Dita. I loved the elbow length sleeve on you but if you must, OK, go long…hurry up, this is pretty!
I think the elbow length will give it a nice Margo Channing look!
Surely you must have a similar pattern in that vintage collection of yours? Wouldn’t it be nice to spend $900 on the perfect fabric and buttons? Great look, go for it!
I wonder how far I’d have to drive to get $900 worth of fabric, but I’d love to try!
I wonder if this is still lurking around David Jones. I would go there just to try this coat on (although I bet it will not be in Brisbane,just to foil me). It sounds like there is a tulle petticoat in the coat, how cool.
Now that is fabulous- a trench coat with a crinoline!!
What about Butterick 5824? Has the vintage look.
Gerties book has a very cool coat dress too, I think that Gertie is going to help me get Dita-fied!
Oh, that’s so good to know. I haven’t seen the book in person anywhere.
For special fabric you can get samples from Mood you know…no driving required
and they are very quick to get them out…
I am really enjoying it! Thanks for the tip about Mood samples- I’m going to have to check that out!
I can just see you in this …
Dita von Teese has a collection? I wonder who designed that… I really love that black trench coat as modelled by Samantha Harris; gorgeous! I agree with kbenco, a full skirt on underneath would help it stand out like that… I’m looking forward to seeing yours
I’m sure Dita just waved her hankie at the sketches she approved!
This is fabulous and you could so carry this off! I thought trenchcoat dresses couldn’t get much more sexier, and then Dita has to do this…. Very educational, your blog is.
I serve the public in a most important way, heehee!
That coat is fabulous – we are all looking forward to seeing yours . I can see you wearing this right down to the killer heels as well.
When I first heard Dita was putting out a line, I was excited. But honestly, I’m not impressed. Maybe the garments are made with better materials and technique than your average vintage repro company, but the designs aren’t anything special. You will end up with a much better fitting trench if you make one yourself.
I’ll be honest I was tres giddy about the trench, but like more prints than solids, so I wasn’t as giddy as I could be, but I think it shows promise at least.
Oh wow. Clever lady. Was only a matter of time, I guess. But how much more satisfying to rip it off, handmade?!!
Gertie has an new pattern line coming soon from Butterick or McCalls that has a similar trench style with a full feminine skirt. It is featured on her blog recently.
The evil local Hancock fabric is holding the new catalog hostage- I may have to chain myself to the cabinets in protest!
OOOOHHH I love Dita!! She is one of my style icons! That black trench would be the bomb wouldn’t it? I love jackets so I know I have a jacket pattern we could use for that… hold on and let me rummage around… yep! McCalls 5525! Then again, yours would work better actually; just need to add sleeves
Is she not the coolest? Poor folks googling her end up at my blog so often because I post her now and then- I doubt they looking to see her in a trench coat tho!
Somehow this post got buried in my emails. No suggestions but I just had to say that I LOVE the picture of the female pilot looking around as if she has no idea of where she is. You know there is a joke, What’s a pilot without a compass? Lost. What’s a pilot with a GPS? Super lost!! I would love to have a copy of the full picture. Where did you find it?
I think it was from Silent Screen.com…it’s one of the Gish sisters if I remember correctly…..
Oooo! Oooo! I absolutely love that pattern. I’m a little afraid of the straight skirt on me though. My bottom half is a size bigger than my top half so I would have to modify it anyway.
I think that skirt could definitley use some slashing and spreading!