Cocktail Barbie and a Mail Call

Today's mail call was fantastique! I'm in such a mood to speak french today, since I got my lovely collection of Le Petit Echo de la Mode in the mail.

With those, came the lovely Hollywood Pattern booklet that I forgot I bought (don't you just love surprises like those?) and as I have dubbed it, my Cocktail Barbie dress pattern. Ladies and Gentleman, well, maybe just ladies, I give you McCall's 6085.

This has the potential to be either incredibly sexy, or incredibly bride's-maids-dress disastrous.
But wait, there's hope! What if I were to make it without the 'flared flounce'?
Like zis?

That's better.
The pattern for this is a remarkably easy looking 4 pieces if you discount the flounce pieces. Four pieces! I can do that. But I have too many patterns and not enough time to sew them all. Damn my derelict shopping ways. It's so irresponsible. And fun.