This type of fabric was developed so that garments can be made that look like crochet, without actually being crocheted. It’s called “cut-and-sew knits.” Don’t ask how I know this. All I know this this particular cut-and-sew crochet fabric was probably designed to be used as curtains in a Jersey City brothel waiting room. Instead some genius decided to make it into a shift dress with shoulder-padded jacket.
But the good thing about it is that it makes Alexis want to DAAAAANCE.