Ooooh, girly.
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rivkaBill has been kind - or foolhardy - enough to agree to make me another period costume suitable for English Country Dance.
I really should have pictures of my first costume scanned. We found a beautiful long brocade coat at a costume shop, and Bill made me a full velvet skirt skirt and a contrasting brocade bodice and a lace jabot for a blouse I already had. It's an incredible ensemble, but very hot to dance in, with all the layers of brocade and velvet. So this new costume is going to be lightweight cotton.
I've been poking around online looking at patterns and styles. There's probably a 150-year span of history in which these dances were done, mostly the 18th century, but also including the end of the 17th and the beginning of the 19th. Lots of clothing options to choose from.
Empire-waisted dresses were popular during the time period, especially in England, but they really don't suit my figure. I'm finding myself drawn to American Revolutionary War era dresses, which take this basic shape, or the paniered style which is relatively flat front and back but has side hoops. Here are some other pattern examples: a jacketed gown, a short dress which might be more practical for dancing, another shorter dress (the one on the left), and an utterly ravishing example of what a dress can look like when it's finished.
This is going to be such fun.
I really should have pictures of my first costume scanned. We found a beautiful long brocade coat at a costume shop, and Bill made me a full velvet skirt skirt and a contrasting brocade bodice and a lace jabot for a blouse I already had. It's an incredible ensemble, but very hot to dance in, with all the layers of brocade and velvet. So this new costume is going to be lightweight cotton.
I've been poking around online looking at patterns and styles. There's probably a 150-year span of history in which these dances were done, mostly the 18th century, but also including the end of the 17th and the beginning of the 19th. Lots of clothing options to choose from.
Empire-waisted dresses were popular during the time period, especially in England, but they really don't suit my figure. I'm finding myself drawn to American Revolutionary War era dresses, which take this basic shape, or the paniered style which is relatively flat front and back but has side hoops. Here are some other pattern examples: a jacketed gown, a short dress which might be more practical for dancing, another shorter dress (the one on the left), and an utterly ravishing example of what a dress can look like when it's finished.
This is going to be such fun.
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Date: 2002-02-20 05:43 pm (UTC)I don't have the time (nor $$ for fabric) for the one I want to work on. But now you've gotten me all obsessive again about the greatcoat (esq) winter coat I want to make. Thick wool, ankle length, lots of pockets, collara dn lapels and turned back cuffs. Enough material to both keep me warm all the way down to my ankle but look really cool doing it.
Course I've been giving all sorts of thoughts recently to complately changing my wardrobe, but what I want would require much of it to me custom made. *sigh* but waistcoats, and tunics, and greatcoats, and all that tattered glory..." *sigh* "A kitten can dream anyway."