DKNY Vogue 1067 is one weird pattern...

Thanks for your help in deciding what suit jacket to make - though it was about an equal split between Vogue 1067 and Vogue 7975!  I like them both, too.  I decided to use the multi-colored tweed fabric to make the DKNY jacket, because I began to envision the classic Chanel-style jacket in a still-yet-to-be-found cream boucle. 

Tthe lining of the DKNY jacket is complete:

Fine so far.  Though the side panels were a pain to ease in: it took a lot of snipping and spreading of the seam allowances.  But I wouldn't settle for a wrinkly seam.  The sleeves were much easier to insert: this is the first time I used the gathering method to attach the sleeve, and it was so easy!

But it's gonna get crazy: the lining is attached to the fashion fabric in the oddest way.  The strips of fringe surrounding all the edges of the jacket are to be sandwiched between the wrong sides of the fashion fabric and lining, with the raw edges showing!  The layers are topstitched together.  Wha....?!   

Click to enlarge the instructions - I'm not crazy, right?!

I searched for the original version to determine if the edges are raw, but can't see enough of the detail:

DKNY RTW Fall 2007, Images style.com

I fear this will look terribly Becky Home-Ecy.  I don't know if I will admit that I made this, for fear people will say/think: "Yeah, I can see that."  But then again, I've been feelin the deconstructed look lately, so maybe the raw hems will seem... kinda cool?  Perhaps the point is to make the sophisticated style of the jacket less stuffy? 

Yikes!  I'm excited to see how it turns out, good or bad...!  Stay tuned....