Help Me Choose My Next Project!

I've been so busy lately with sewing projects that I'm nearly three weeks ahead of myself for Sew Weekly challenges. My UFO is done (way back last summer I was sewing a dress for my cousin's wedding and never finished it), my red item for Valentine's Day is done (and if you work with me or live near me you may have already seen me wear it—three times!), and my two items (what is wrong with me?) for the Down Under challenge (in which we sew for the opposite season because the Australian contingent is busy enjoying their summer vacations whilst us northerners freeze) are moving along quickly. Here's a sneak peek.

Why all this working ahead? I sort of can't help myself at the moment and I know I'm going to need some extra time built in for the Feb. 20th challenge: Oscar-winning movie inspired projects. Here's the deal; I have two ideas running around my head for this and I'm having a wee bit of trouble deciding. Maybe you can help.

First, Gosford Park (Best Original Screenplay, 2001). I love Gosford Park. I love that era of fashion. However, I don't have a lot of use for a floor length satin evening gown (no, really). So I was thinking an outfit inspired by the ones the women wear when they go out to meet the shooting party for lunch at the rotunda (Valerie, is that the proper name for it?).

I have some good fabric in the stash I could use for a British tweed-inspired outfit (though I'm sadly lacking in the fox stole department). I've borrowed a 1930s suit pattern from my dear friend Valerie, which I think is simply wonderful. But I'm a bit worried that it will look too costumey. Where would I wear it?

Option number two, Chicago (Best Picture, 2002). I love Chicago. I love that era of fashion. However, I don't have a lot of use for a beaded-flapper-cabaret-showgirl outfit (no, really). So I was thinking a dress inspired by the one Roxie wears in the number where she's a ventriloquist's dummy for Billy Flynn. But again, I don't want it to look too much like a costume.

Oddly enough, I have a pattern from the late 1920s or early 1930s that is very similar to that dress.  I've tentatively picked out a thin navy knit (too thin to wear unlined) and a navy and teal sheer (too thin to wear unlined) that may or may not be big enough to cover the need (the knit would act as the lining, perhaps?).

The thing that is a bit more complicated is that the pattern is a very large size and would have to be carefully sized down, the "directions" leave something to be desired, and my stash fabrics are not ideal for this pattern.

These are the directions. That's it. And a few of them make no sense to me.

There are a lot of factors up in the air for this one. But I think it could be awesome if it all worked out.

So my big question is, what's your opinion?