Story of a Seamstress is hosting a Historical Inspiration Costume Festival. She has kindly invited doll costumers to participate - so I'm putting up a few of my 'historically inspired' outfits!
Introducing Regency Lilly:
Introducing Regency Lilly:
This small gown was
put together as a rather drastic holiday from reality during my final
fortnight of grad school presentations. Unsurprisingly, is an unholy
mess of bad construction decisions (and no lining under that crepe
bodice? Really?!) It was based on this c.1815 color plate of an EXTREMELY decorated ballgown:
The underskirt and under-sleeves are sewn from white silk charmeuse, and the overdress of lavender silk crepe.
The dress is trimmed with vintage cotton lace and bands of 7mm lavender silk ribbon. The three-dimensional flower bouquets are made from wired silk ribbons in varied widths and colors:
The dress is trimmed with vintage cotton lace and bands of 7mm lavender silk ribbon. The three-dimensional flower bouquets are made from wired silk ribbons in varied widths and colors:
A view of the wired silk ribbon bouquets on the white silk underskirt:
The back detail is composed of a sprig of wired silk ribbons and a three-color fall of 7mm silk ribbons in purple, lavender and white:
I love this! The beautiful lavendar color. and the delicate flowers!
ReplyDeleteDon't forget to link parts 1 and 2 to my blog as well! :^)