Well I finally finished this. My goal for winter break was to make this, 2 bags and a dress and so far I've made this. Oh well. I want to make another one and add a skirt to make it into a dress. I like the puffy sleeves.
Besides using "Chav" as an abbreviation for Chavanu (my birth name and Anna's middle name), in the book pictures, it is defined as "an attitude, a way of life, a tribal thing, and those in it (or "innit") have chosen to be there.