Vogue 1698

[sewmuchmore]

Has anyone made this?
I cannot find any reviews and wondered about sizing. I mistakenly ordered the 8-16  instead of the 16-24. It is described as very loose fitting and the finished bust measurement on the pattern says 54 for the size 16 (that 13 inch bigger than me) but i am assuming that is because of the style of sleeve. I would normally make an 18 in Vogue and now wondering if i need to buy the bigger size or see if the 16 works out, or even go down another size.
Any thoughts?

[Lachica]

It's described as very loose fitting, and I'd have thought 13" of bust ease would be plenty.

[Ouryve]

Those models are definitely not wearing something with 13" of ease.

[Ohsewsimple]

Ease on very loose fitting garments would be anything over 8” at bust level.  So there would be 14” of ease on this.  I think the best way to go would be to decide how much ease you want by wrapping some fabric round you or checking with a loose garment you already have. 

[Starryfish]

I agree with @Ouryve , there is never 14" inches of ease on those models. IMO they would look horribly baggy if there was. I'm not a fan of baggy, not with my skinny shoulders anyway.