Navy Gown for St John's Mayball

This gown was made for a May Ball I was going to in Cambridge, UK. I wanted to challenge myself to make a gown instead of buying one as usual. This turned out pretty well considering I didn't have a dress form and I had to create a pattern from scratch without having any proper measurements.

Unfortunately, it rained like mad during the Ball and so a long dress with heels that sunk into the muddied grass probably wasn't the best idea. The food was typical Brit together with free-flow alcohol - not very impressive in my opinion. However, the fireworks display with music was the best I'd ever seen and that made trotting around in the rain and mud worthwhile in the end.