Let's make a blouse!

At some point last year I was shopping with my mum in Santa Barbara. We went to Fine Fabrics on State St. and picked up an amazing length of snake print silk chiffon in white and teal. I knew I wanted to make a sexy, floaty top with it. The owner helped me eyeball how much to get and I ended up with 2.75 yd because she cuts generously.
You know how it goes. The fabric sat around for a year while I was busy with other things. And so 2015 was the year I did no sewing. Well 2016 is upon us and my obligations have mostly cleared up. The chiffon started calling to me.
I contemplated for literally weeks before I decided on the kind of top I wanted. I knew I wanted maximum floatiness. I considered how it looked over white versus black, and black won hands down.

Print over white is ethereal

Print over black is vivid

 I considered getting silk charmeuse (satin) or silk crepe to underline. I looked at pictures of slips and chemises from the 1920s to the present. I rejected bias cut because of the stripe found in the snake print. I considered drafting something myself. I considered various kinds of darts.
Then it came to me. I had a sleeveless blouse pattern, that I'd used before, that would probably work with a woven.

Fabric is striped