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What to wear to a winter wedding?

I recently attended the wedding of a close friend in New Zealand.  If you aren't aware, early August in New Zealand is COLD! 

Cue a lot of googling on what to wear to an (outdoor) winter wedding :)  I even made a pinterest board of ideas



I also took inspiration from my #SewStyleHero as part of the theme month that was running via The Sewcialists.  You can read about that here.

Here is what I came up with:



I used a heavy stretch navy sequin (Pitt Trading) for the skirt...


...and a soft silvery beige colour stretch velvet (from Tessuti) for the top.



The skirt was self-drafted and designed to be as full and sequiny glorious as the amount of fabric i had would allow.  I will probably cut off the skirt now to make it more wearable in everyday life, though I loved the effect for a fabulous winter wedding.


The top is the Seamwork Astoria and was a bit of a revelation. 

This was my second Seamwork pattern and I really liked it.  I know it's trendy at the moment to dislike Colette / Seamwork but I really don't understand why (aside from a few drafting mistakes a few year's ago).  I think they are great and have resolved to try out more of their patterns.

So that's the winter wedding sorted! 

Ciao for now!




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