End of year costume revue.

[mlsdesigns]

Here we go, let's see how long this takes!!



Silk 1820s afternoon dress for a Playford ball held in a very cold historic hall!


Sunflower Sack Back, made for the Georgian Minuette ball in Bath, worn again at UTR.


Ruffly hoops!!!!


Clare's pink suit (with help from Clare), Mummy's breeches and waistcoat, also worn at the Minuette ball in Bath.


A very bad picture of Clare's Regency sari ball gown!


My gold Gaule, made on a whim and I love it!!


Indian print Duchess inspired jacket and petticoat, and faun and pink mini tricorn.


Gold stripe ballgown, and, my most favourite thing ever, my Emmy ridicule!


Red wool round gown, long sleeved shift, Swiss muslin split ruffle cap and trimmed round hat.


Spotted voile chemise dress for Jenny Rose's picnic :)


Bathing dresses for the three of us, made to withstand cold English seas!


Anglaise made from an Ikea duvet cover, and brown linen petticoat.


Plaid silk dress for me, spotted silk dress and plaid turban for Mummy, plaid sleeveless spencer for Clare, for the Playford ball in Scotland.


Remade white sheere dress, Clare's plaid bustle skirt and blue velvet evening bodice.


Clare's blue velvet day bodice and straw hat with blue wings.


Day bodice for gold stripe ballgown skirt.


Clare's cotton print shirt waist and bustle skirt, cream straw hat.


The only half way decent shot I have of Mummy's blue cotton print day gown! I really need her to wear this for some good pictures!!!


Clare's new corset.


Clare's scarlet wool spencer, my blue wool puffed sleeve spencer.


Clare's Ikea duvet cover drop front day dress.


Mummy's insane turban!


Clare's red and cream sari ballgown.


Gold spot sari ballgown.


Mummy's green wool pelise.


Mummy's red and black shot silk ballgown, and my retrimmed pink ballgown.


Mummy's new corset.


Mummy's green velvet hat with turkey feather trim.


I have GOT to get some proper photos of this dress! She's worn it three times and I still don't have any pics!


'Skirt' for my brown silk velvet spencer, rabbit fur muff and tippet.


Clare's blue silk embroidered waistcoat.


Blue silk jumps, finished just in time for the party, and, of course, I don't have any proper photos!


I've decided I need to do less this year, this list took far too long! All afternoon!!! It's so much fun to see it all in one place though ;)

Comments

[corchen.livejournal.com]

You really did do a lot, didn't you? Impressive. (And oh my, but you have some HORRIBLE photos of me! And some lovely ones.) I'm glad I got some nice pictures at the party. All of those unposed ones from either end of the room looked like they were going to come out really nicely. The ones that were in focus, anyway, before we went to candlelight!

[mlsdesigns.livejournal.com]

pics on my camera?
I know, there are some not very flattering pics aren't there? I'm sorry!!! But then there are some bad ones of Mummy and me too!!!!!

[corchen.livejournal.com]

Yes, I snagged your camera at one point and took a bunch from either end of the room, because I thought it would be nice to have some of the whole room all dressed up! I'm a big girl, I can take the unflattering pictures :P (I love the one of me in the corset though - I'm so wicked, showing off my underthings like that! Don't let Mama see it!)

[myladyswardrobe.livejournal.com]

Fabulous! Well done on all you were able to make.

[mlsdesigns.livejournal.com]

Thank you :)

[wieselkind.livejournal.com]

everything's lovely!
I especially like the Duchess inspired dress.

[mlsdesigns.livejournal.com]

Thank you! That film has a lot to answer for, there are still dresses from it that pop up in my costuming dreams, begging to be made!

[fewthistle.livejournal.com]

Hope you don't mind my adding you as a friend. I'm a friend of Clare's and she sent me to see the absolutely gorgeous creations you've made. You are amazingly talented.

[mlsdesigns.livejournal.com]

No I don't mind :) And thank you!

[llyrafantasyfae.livejournal.com]

WOW! You did alot!!!!

[mlsdesigns.livejournal.com]

I did didn't I?!I surprised myself this year! Thank you :)

[monsieurandre.livejournal.com]

You are delightfully prolific!

[mlsdesigns.livejournal.com]

Thank you :D

[hharris.livejournal.com]

I've recently discovered your journal and hope you don't mind me adding you to my read list. This is just an amazing collection of costumes. You are very talented! I look forward to following your work.

[mlsdesigns.livejournal.com]

I don't mind at all! Thank you very much :)

[koshka-the-cat.livejournal.com]

I think you win the year! Everything is so fabulous, and I'm so glad I got to see some in person :)

[mlsdesigns.livejournal.com]

Hee hee! thank you :) I'm so glad you did too! I just hope I can manage to go to CosCol this year, so you can see some of this year's costumes as well!

[sadievale.livejournal.com]

WOW, this is an impressive list! Loved seeing all this in one place, and loved seeing some of these things in person - it was SO lovely to meet you this summer at UTR, and hopefully we'll get to meet again in the UK for the JAF Sept 2011 ~ so much sewing accomplished, loved it!

[mlsdesigns.livejournal.com]

Thank you! It was lovely meeting you too! And if I have my way, we will be seeing each other in September as well :)

[mala-14.livejournal.com]

Wow! I'd forgotten some of the stunning things you made this year. It's nice to see them all. You were very busy this year! And what's extra impressive is that your quality didn't suffer at all. Every piece is gorgeous! You should be proud. :)

[mlsdesigns.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much! I always worry that the quality will suffer, dressing three people in so many eras, I do have to cut a few corners every now and then! But I try to make them the corners that don't matter so much ;)

[bellamissella.livejournal.com]

Wow. It is all so amazing and beautiful! Well done!

Can I ask? Where do you get the saris for your ball gowns? I especially love your cream and gold one. :)

[mlsdesigns.livejournal.com]

Thank you!!
I got my gold spot sari from the local sari shop 10minutes down the road! I live in Leicestershire, which has a very large Indian population, in Leicester itself there is an entire street of nothing but sari shops, everything from £6,000 wedding saris to £5 printed polyester everyday saris. I'm spoilt for choice!!!

[bellamissella.livejournal.com]

Hmmm... well I'm coming to England in Feb with my cousin to help her move (lucky me!). She's moving to Huntingdon, which from the map looks not too far from Leicester, do you think it would be worth a trip? Seriously, I am totally coveting your ballgown!!

[mlsdesigns.livejournal.com]

If you do decide it's worth the trip, you can be sure of a tour guide (and a bed for the night if you need it!!) in me :) The little local shop can be hit and miss (although it did give me my gorgeous new ball gown!) but there is the street full of Sari shops in Leicester! If you're planning a trip down to London at all, there will be some areas full of sari shops there as well, and there is the Goldhawk Road where I do my fabric buying when I'm in London.
A sari is usually 5yds long, with 1yd making up the pelu (highly decorated, or contrasting, end that hangs over the shoulder when a sari is worn), and either a made up blouse or a seperate length for the blouse, if it's an embroidered sari there will be 2 little bits of embroidery for the sleeves on the blouse piece as well.
The ones I've bought have varried wildly in price. Clare's red and gold and Mummy's black with the gold brocade border both cost £15 I think, Mummy's black with gold spangles and Clare's cream with gold spangles both cost £35 (they were in a sale) and my gold spot with the beads and spangles was the most expensive at £65.

[girliegirl32786.livejournal.com]

I'm always amazed by your output, both for yourself and your mom and sister. Such beautiful things this year!

[mlsdesigns.livejournal.com]

Thank you! This has been a busy busy year!!

[saharazara.livejournal.com]

Incredible! Everything is gorgeous. Really - everything! And so much for your mum and sis. Brava!

[mlsdesigns.livejournal.com]

Thank you! It's enlightened self interest really, I make them clothes so they'll play dress up with me ;)

[fire-elfweb.livejournal.com]

Very inspiring! Lovely work!

[mlsdesigns.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much!

[bauhausfrau.livejournal.com]

Wow, I'm so jealous, what a ton of beautiful stuff!

[mlsdesigns.livejournal.com]

Thank you :)

[tayloropolis.livejournal.com]

Holy cats are you a busy girl! Not only are there lots, but they are BEAUTIFUL! Glad I have you on my friend's list- you're an inspiration!

[mlsdesigns.livejournal.com]

Aw, thank you!

[chloeandrudy.livejournal.com]

I think you win for the prettiest, and largest, collection of the year! I can't believe you did ALL those but I know you did. Amazing!

[mlsdesigns.livejournal.com]

I can't really believe it either!!

[fancyfrocks.livejournal.com]

Wow! You made some *gorgeous* things this year!!
I hope you don't mind but I added you to my reading list :)

[mlsdesigns.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I don't mind at all :)

Fab!

[abigail seabrook (from livejournal.com)]

Hi there, just been looking at your lovely costumes. I'm a particular fan of the sunflower number! I took your advice and invested in a dress form, best thing I ever did :-)

Peace,

Abi x

Nice blog

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