Wonder Woman: Off Duty

Don't even worry about it- I do have a separate red Wonder Woman top.  Promise.  I did not, however, want to wear it at the local pond in my parents' town.  'Did you see their daughter all dressed up as Wonder Woman?! She's 32!' is not something I wanted to subject the folks to.  So I made a separate blue star top to match the bottoms. And wore a tank top over it.

In essense, it's the same bones as my one-piece pin-up suit but without the the middle.  The bottoms are a bit bigger as I didn't want them to cut in, and have about two inches more width at the back seam for extra coverage.

The top has thinner, integrated straps rather than separate straps, and there's a whole cotton-picking bra sewn into the lining. It was just about as fun to sew as it is to get on, but once it's on by golly I'm secure.

 I'd originally planned for the gold waistband to be attached separately and hit at hip level (hence the extra waistband seam) but it was deeply unflattering and much better attached along the top edge.  It took at least twenty minutes of intense staring to figure out how to sew it on with the buckle.

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