Jasika Nicole

Jasika Nicole Instagram – Savage calls this dress 🎶GinghnamStyle🎶 and I am calling it 🥒 The Pickle Dress🥒- both are pretty accurate! I was inspired by a checked Mara Hoffman wrap dress that floated across my Pinterest once and couldn’t get out of my head. I planned on hacking several different patterns together to make it but luckily a fellow instagrammer reached out to show me McCalls 8035 which would be a way closer twin to the Mara Hoffman garment with only a few tweaks. I ended up using the bodice sleeves of the Elodie dress by @closetcorepatterns instead of the set in sleeves of the McCalls because I ❤️adore❤️ that subtle little shoulder peeking out and I knew I could achieve this best with a grown on sleeve. I also adjusted the back bodice piece to have a V-neck line at the back to give the sleeve more space to dip off the shoulder. I changed the waistline of the bodice and skirt to accommodate a wider piece of elastic like the inspo dress (I used 1.5” wide elastic), zigzagged across the elasticized waistband to make it more stable, added some elastic to the sleeve hems and finally I stuck a bra strap holder to the shoulder seam so that when I wore it off my shoulder my bra strap wouldn’t try and creep into frame. My sleeves have slightly more drama and the skirt is a touch more billowy than the inspo but all in all I think I nailed this hack. It includes all the markers of what I initially loved about the inspo dress- a fun graphic print ✅ in a color I love ✅ in linen, a fabric I love (this gingham is gifted from @wearethefabricstore and is very excellent) ✅, with a romantic, flowy silhouette ✅ that looks great with this hair length lol ✅ I tried to recreate the inspo photo in front of our white garage door but it was so bright outside that the pics came out grainy- hopefully the vibes still translate 💚 | Posted on 14/May/2022 04:50:42