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I realized I never quite got around to posting about the 1670s gown I made earlier this year. It's mostly based on the satin bodice in Seventeenth Century Women's Dress Patterns. The instructions and patterns offer so much detail there wasn't much else to research in terms of construction. This was for a film shoot at Bacon's Castle, and it didn't seem like the lady of the house would need something quite so elaborately trimmed. I also needed something slightly later in date than the extant…
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Lady in a Blue Satin Dress by Gonzales Coques, ca 1640-85 the Netherlands, Cannon Hall Museum
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★✩★CUSTOM MADE★✩★ 3-4 weeks★✩★ This Renaissance dress made in Queen Elizabeth I style, with big sleeves called "swan sleeves" and big cuffs. Also this kind of dresses knowns as Tudor dress. Material - taffeta, decorated with braid and beads. Lacing on the back. This renaissance dress has hard bodice, so you can wear it without corset. That is very usefull in hot time - summer festivals, fairs, dance events. Full costume (Set: dress+hat) includes headdress - french hood. It's typical headwear…
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Those who follow my instagram account might have already seen that I’m currently working on a gown from ca. 1660. This project started with a ball. There’s a yearly new-years ball in Ge…
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I have only made one 17th century gown and I loved it. It was polyester satin and featured spray-painted lace, but I adored that gown. Somebody else is adoring it now, and it's time to make a new one. I recently acquired an enormous amount of
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I’ve been asked why my historical garments don’t always look perfectly pressed in my photos. There are five reasons for this (what a lovely coincidence, it means this works perfectly as Five for Friday): First, my garments are made from fabrics that are as close to historically accurate as I can manage, which means they are made from natural fibres (silk, wool, cotton and linen), which don’t always press as crisply and smoothly and permanently as synthetic fabrics, nor stay as crisp and…
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Countess Harewood carries a gorgeous shawl to colorize her black dress in this 1855 Richmond portrait.
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