I don't even know where to begin with the dress. D: I can barely manage stitching together rips in my jeans, let alone making something. So my best bet is to buy something like it.
Preferably, it would cost under twenty dollars. I've scoured thrift shops to no avail, so it seems a cheaply-made new one will have to do. Has anyone seen anything like this? I figure I can exercise a little imagination -- no self-respecting splicehead would show up to a party in the same dress that everyone else is wearing.