I'm not quite sure why a French (badly punctuated) title seemed appropriate - maybe because with the right pillbox hat and white gloves, black blocky heels, I could imagine myself wandering through the Parisian streets in 1951... it looks terribly ordinary on the hanger but is actually very flattering - I'm really happy with it, who-hoo!
This is sort of a cheat as it isn't quite finished - zip is basted but not sewn in - but we go on holidays tomorrow and I think I might need to redo some of the seams to get the zip in better (improved sewing, poor grammar - what's up with me today?) so I'm posting this (a) in order to cheekily fulfil the first challenge, and (b) I know that some of you will be more than willing to remind me to get it sorted out!
The pattern is New Look 6375, view D and it really was easy, compared to some of the others I've tried lately. Confidence giving!