Mad Men challenge update and inspiration

I am behind on the Mad Men challenge and probably will be for a little longer. This is not because I am not working on it but because the fabric I have chosen for my project is not available until later this month. I shall be patient.

I have had a good look around the interwebs to find the dress to copy. It's not easy with all the beautiful fashion in the series and all the wonderful characters. At first I couldn't decide which character I wanted to chose and then of course which dress???

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At fist I thought Peggy as I would probably get most wear out of one of her wardrobe pieces.

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 Then I thought Joan as I looooooooooooooooooooooooove her style but unfortunately I am just not blessed with her shape. I would need major sock support to fill a Joanie.....

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I also love Trudy's wardrobe but couldn't find any good pictures online of something I wanted to make.

So in the end I picked the beautiful Betty Draper as my major inspiration.

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 I know there are many other stylish women in the series (show me one that isn't stylish) but I wanted to stick with one of the leading ladies.

I just recently started re-watching all seasons and in season one episode 2 (I believe it's episode 2) Don, Betty, Roger and his wife are out to dinner together and Betty is wearing a gorgeous white/floral print dress with a huge blue sash. I am absolutely in love with that dress and can see myself twirling around in it on Summer functions and events.

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 There are not too many pictures of it online but it's basically the one the Betty Draper doll is wearing.

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I decided to make the dress and sash out of this lovely floral print cotton and a matching blue plain cotton.

 I am also planning on making a matching petticoat to go all poof Betty style. Hopefully I get this finished in time for April. My husband and I have booked a little short trip to the Isle of Wight. It would be nice wearing Betty's dinner dress out to dinner myself.

Are there any other Betty-dress-sewing-Mad-Men-Challenge-participants?