over-complicating costumes since forever ago
(Update June 2024: I have written and visual evidence that neccesitates reworking all these images and text. The update will be on my research site soon.) The mantua as often described is a garment with a very unique construction. It puts all the side skirt shaping on a single wedge of fabric, made of several…
I have foam core board to make a test run of the McDowll cutting system 🙂 So I may be able to get a third tool printed off tonight too 🙂 Oky, since posting that I actually have. My firt prints were twice the size, then 1/4.. now I think I have it. It looks…
Actual cost to print.. we won’t think about it! But I will have to make these from card first!
So my books are already winging their way from Central Basement (where all the cool books live.) and I did fond at least one maybe two online references from the Worth bibliography. Still no sign of The cloud pattern nor The ray pattern. There are stars though (yuss!!) but the clouds prove elusive. And then…
So obviously one uses silver lined glass beads and the other uses pearls. Of note, fake pearls. Which is very exciting. Beacuse I have vintage fake glass pearls so I suspect they are made the same way- I think it’s an enamel paint over glass. Anyway notice the other big thing. The pearls do not…
Help. Obsessed. There may have been a Pinterest board created and it may be strictly properly sourced and maybe just updated with a gown that is included in one of the few Lafayette photos to have lots of close views. Such bliss. I know a lot of people have been inspired by RedThreaded’s Worth gown,…
era: 1870s Material: silk satin, cotton, baleen found: possibly ebay 2012 This corset is exactly what I need 🙂 I am truly sorry for not reverse image searching but this corset is so perfect I just want to share it! And this photo is exactly why I love it! I am pretty narrow for the…
I reecently shared this image of a test pinning session over my princess dress (well underdress- it’s going to be used under a few gowns. This saree was a chance find in my nearest Save Mart store, I regularly scour them for saree and anything able to be transformed such as shoes, lengths of…
Over the years I have come to the conclusion I have a very distinct style, even across multiple eras and genres. There is a very obvious pattern to what appeals when one is a maker first, fan second. I am a fan of when function meets form. So working out a puzzle of construction is…
While these stays were worn for a specific scene, it is a really interesting look at how the bodices in general seem to have worked. It’s very modern in some aspects but not in others. So while not historically accurate in any way, it winds up as an interesting insight into Hollywood being creative, and also…