Any recommendations for top patterns (or dress patterns I could chop off to make a top) for woven fabric that are suitable for breastfeeding. It needs to be dressy-ish, as it's for my bridesmaid, who I have just found out is pregnant (yay!) and due four weeks before my wedding.
I was wondering about covered buttons and buttonloops down the centre front, or a cross over top, but open to all suggestions. I've seen RTW with invisible zips in princess seams covered with ruffles.
My chief bridesmaid will also have a nine month old, so also likely to still be breastfeeding, so I need a top for her too.
They'll be in long tulle skirts and the one who is due four weeks before I will leave her hem and waistband until the week of the wedding, so she can wear it as an empire line or around her waist, depending on what she's most comfortable in. I do want to make her top in advance though, so ideally something with plenty of ease around the bust to accommodate breasts of unknown dimensions. Tops could be tucked in or worn outside the skirt.