The flounce dress - worn in style

The flounce dress is finished! And I managed to convince E to put a bit of extra time into taking pictures of it. 
Although I had told him I'd go for full-on retro styling, he laughed out when he saw me like this...
I like it though. 

Anyway...

Yes, there I am, venturing out in the flounce dress, accesoirized to the nines with heels, seamed stockings and vintage handbag, gloves and hat...

That collar is of course meant to be worn down, but I found out I could play around with putting it up.

Oh, and when posing in a retro outfit, I think I can get away with using some retro filters...

I'm really happy with the dress. Its shape turned out pretty much the way I had expected, which is, at least in my opinion, really flattering. The soft flannel makes it really comfortable (although it does stick to my stockings a bit. I think I should finally make that half slip...) and I managed to match up those checks fairly well. You may not see it in these pictures, but the front of the skirt is cut in two pieces with the seam hidden in the flounce. This allowed me to cut the side seams on the straight grain, so they could match the edges of the back skirt. The flounce is created by gathering and pulling up a part of that more-than-half-circle front skirt and sewing to a yoke-like piece of cotton on the inside. I did that when the dress was pretty much finished so I could determine how it would behave: I wanted my side seams straight and the hemline pulled up just a bit at the flounce. Oh, and obviously, this flounce provides plenty of ease for movement. I think I could easily cycle in this dress.
All in all, I'm happy and I'm already eyeing up the two other, larger pieces of flannel (in other designs) in my stash and any kind of inspiration for those...