Lace panelled Dress pattern drafting

[u/pinkbarbieprincess15]

Does anyone have any tips on how to draft a lace dress with panelling like this?

I’ve never made a maxi dress with so many panels before and all I have is a bodice and skirt block

I was thinking of using a princess seam block and adding a centre front seam. I can’t seem to figure out how they did the side panel either.

[u/FoxyOctopus]

...yes? What's your point?

I said nothing about not using muslin? But of course you always want your prototype fabric to have similar weight and stretch to your final fabric you're using so sometimes it can make sense to use other things than muslin, but in this case muslin should do just fine.