The unfinished dress

I started this dress some time ago and it's hung unfinished for so long that it's become part of the decor. I sort of fell out with it and wasn't sure that I liked the skirt, though it looks better on than on the hanger. So, by posting a picture of it incomplete I'm trying to motivate myself to go back to it and complete it in some fashion. I think that it might need some of the striped fabric on the skirt....... pockets? an underskirt? I don't know yet.

I think that I'll go a wrestle with the zip first, it's been a while since I've put in a concealed zip it might prove a challenge.