over-complicating costumes since forever ago
era: late 1870s material: plain cotton and cotton organdy found: march 2003, ebay.com The skirt is walking length so I can just imagine the owner outside and wearing this frock. Note the bodice front ruched panel is almost certainly a plastron with a button fastening underneath. While this dress is made as one piece, this…
era: mid-late 1870s material: cotton, cotton tulle found: ebay.com Feb 2003 This was the reality of early like of the web- small files! But what may be possible to tell here is how very light even the solid fabric is is. This is not unusual, the aim was to have all the tension in the corset, so…
era: mid-late 1870s material: fine silk tulle, embroidered with straw, pressed straw motiffes found: ebay.com May 2011 This overdress is stunning. It is truly iconic of the era but in a very unique way. High contrast of materials, sheer outerlayer that allows colour shifting of any garment below, and delicate but trailing and…
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…
CHANGED MY MIND ABOUT THE TULLE! by admin, December 14, 2014 I have been very remiss and forgot about my earliest introductions to costume history and remembered there is indeed a fashion plate I have wanted to recrete for years but never really settled on a fabric nor trim. So. Urk, blurry phone…
FIRST VICTORIAN SKETCH IN AGES! by admin, December 10, 2014 This will be cotton net and heavy guipure lace sewn in stripes. It will be a polonaise in the natural form style- so very long and quite tightly pulled back rather than up and back as you see in the two bustle styles. There will…