Review: Vogue 8612 | The Lip Print Neoprene Sheath Dress!

Since I finished this dress around a week ago, I've been puzzled to death why I waited so long to make this pattern?  Because I'm madly in love with this dress!  

This is OOP Vogue 8612.  I cut the size 12 and added about 3 inches to the length.

My fabric is this adorable Pop Art Lips Digitally Printed Neoprene from Mood Fabrics that sold out almost as fast as I could add my couple of yards to my cart.  But if you like this print, it is still currently available in a poly charmeuse and poly chiffon (which would make a great kimono or a beach cover up).  As I mentioned on my Instagram, this print was a complete outside of the box selection for me.  As someone who is not the biggest fan of prints, it was just something about it that I was drawn to.  I like that the dress is full of color without being dizzily overwhelming.  It has a bold spectrum of color, yet at the same time it's subtle.  And I can look at it without getting a migraine!  And I just knew it would look great with this design.  It gives it an almost vintagey, pinup girl-esque quality.

This dress went together in less than an hour.  It has a lot of darts though, both vertical - front and back and horizontal.  And what also sped up the construction was that I omitted the lining.  It was not needed with my fabric.

For my v-neckline, I followed a construction tip from the Fashion Incubator.  And I carefully understitched so that my facing wouldn't flip back out.  And also, for my first go I noticed that my neckline was not laying flat and was a tad bit floppy.  I added additional fusible interfacing then shaped and steamed the hell out of it while on the dressform.

The dress has a 1.25" blind hem.  And I like to interface mine.

And I interfaced my vent as well.  This dress has an invisible zipper, which I could've easily left out.  This neoprene jersey has plenty of stretch.  I adore this dress and I think I will make another one, that fuchsia one on the envelope color is screaming out to me!

**Styling tip:  For me, since this was an interesting print, I decided to let it be the star.  I opted against a necklace and let the neckline and the décolletage do the accessorizing.  And I used a fuchsia clutch and turquoise pumps and earrings to pull those colors out of the dress.