The ubiquitous Galaxy Dress by Roland Mouret as seen on Victoria Beckham and so many other celebrities, first appeared on the catwalk as part of his Autumn Winter 2005/6 collection. Here is a picture of Halle Berry wearing one.
It is similar also to a current dress, in black, by Dolce & Gabbana, it’s used in the adverts, modelled by Claudia Schiffer (43!).
Vogue 8280 pattern, now discontinued, only just (at the time of writing) however, so there may well be some stocks about…
You can buy an original iconic Galaxy, right now, for a touch under £2000, these dresses are cleverly lined in power-mesh to accentuate the hourglass silhouette.
I've made three of these dresses, so far, the first I disassembled and turned into a skirt as I wasn’t completely happy with the top half, it was a long sleeved version the same as the one pictures in the wool crepe (pictured below), the construction certainly wasn’t easy for me - complicated shoulder flanges. The second (pictured above) I made in a satin, stretch midnight blue cotton from Fabricland the fabric was inexpensive, it was a test really to see how I got on a second time, with lessons I had learnt from the first attempt. This time I decided to go for the short ‘origami’ style sleeves as the cotton fabric was more suited to summer wear. The top is lined as instructed on the pattern.
I was pleased with the way this dress turned out and decided to make a warmer version with long sleeve, in a luxurious 100% wool crepe from Truro Fabrics - the drape is beautiful and, unlike the cotton, it won’t crease. Apart from the sleeves it is fully lined, for improved drape and comfort of wear. I do love this dress and have had lots of complements when wearing it. I made a few adjustment to the pattern - I lengthened the body and sewed the arm flanges to the body of the dress as they gapped otherwise and I made both the dresses slightly longer than the pattern.
I was pleased with the way this dress turned out and decided to make a warmer version with long sleeve, in a luxurious 100% wool crepe from Truro Fabrics - the drape is beautiful and, unlike the cotton, it won’t crease. Apart from the sleeves it is fully lined, for improved drape and comfort of wear. I do love this dress and have had lots of complements when wearing it. I made a few adjustment to the pattern - I lengthened the body and sewed the arm flanges to the body of the dress as they gapped otherwise and I made both the dresses slightly longer than the pattern.
I would certainly recommend this pattern, it's such a flattering design with lots of options.
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