Designer Look for Less: Zimmerman

You know I love a good Designer Look for Less. This one gets all the heart eyes! I love that JOANN Stores has everything I need to complete the looks I want to create. This Zimmerman dress retails at $1074 USD. Yeah. You read that right! I saw this one on several of my fave fashion influencers and added it to my list of Summer Makes. In order for it to be fitting for Summer, I knew I had to make a small modification to ensure that this look was weather appropriate.

SUPPLIES

Broadcloth or Cotton Fabric in various colors
Adelina Dress Sewing Pattern
Tortoise Buttons
Medium Rick Rack in various colors (Note: For the colors you want at the bottom of the dress, you’ll need more than one pack)
Apparel Interfacing
1/2” elastic
Coordinating Thread (I like using Mettler Thread)
Cutting Tools (I prefer Fiskars)
Sewing Machine
Straight Sewing Foot
Button Hole Foot
Button Foot (optional if you are using your machine to sew on the button)

MODIFICATIONS

• I used the Adelina Dress pattern as a base because it only required minor modications. The first was to omit the sleeves. I created a sleeveless dress and made a facing for the sleeves and blind stitched them in place on the inside of the dress.

• I broke up the dress in 7”-8” sections. This also added length to the dress which I needed. Once each section was broken aprt, I added a 1/2” seam allowance to the top and bottom of each pattern piece.

• In the waistband, I added elastic. (This is optional.)

• Before I added the button facing, I attached the rick rack.

• Buttons. I only added the buttons to the bodice of the dress.