Last few pictures....
Jan. 1st, 2012 12:28 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mlsdesignsI promise!!!!!!
This year's demo had a 19thC Russian theme, I didn't really fancy going all out with Russian traditional dress, so went for a 'Winter Palace' theme instead :)
Now, step under the cut
If you thought fuzzy dimly lit photos of a ball gown were bad, they're surely not as bad as supermarket shots complete with trolley ;)
The bodice is cotton velvet, trimmed with silver buttons. The swans-down is only temporary, pinned around the hem and tacked around the collar.
The skirt is blue and yellow plaid silk, the ground is like a normal taffeta, but the gold bars are much thinker threads, giving the effect of a very strange, uniform, dupion.
I was in such a rush, the skirt has no fastenings, only a safety pin on the waistband. Looking at this shot, it's clear I actually need to put some fastenings on the placket - you can see my petticoat!
I'm very pleased with Mummy's outfit. The tunic is made from wool melton, so no hems were needed! and the trousers are actually my original 1860s bathing dress bloomers tucked into tall boots!
An action shot, with a couple of the other Cossacks in the back ground. I had so many layers on under my bodice - 2 thermal vests and a woolly cardigan as well as my corset, that I look rather well padded. It does fit much better under normal circumstances, I promise!
I think I'm all caught up with the back log now, at long last. Just in time to start thinking about 2012's costumes...
This year's demo had a 19thC Russian theme, I didn't really fancy going all out with Russian traditional dress, so went for a 'Winter Palace' theme instead :)
Now, step under the cut
If you thought fuzzy dimly lit photos of a ball gown were bad, they're surely not as bad as supermarket shots complete with trolley ;)
The bodice is cotton velvet, trimmed with silver buttons. The swans-down is only temporary, pinned around the hem and tacked around the collar.
The skirt is blue and yellow plaid silk, the ground is like a normal taffeta, but the gold bars are much thinker threads, giving the effect of a very strange, uniform, dupion.
I was in such a rush, the skirt has no fastenings, only a safety pin on the waistband. Looking at this shot, it's clear I actually need to put some fastenings on the placket - you can see my petticoat!
I'm very pleased with Mummy's outfit. The tunic is made from wool melton, so no hems were needed! and the trousers are actually my original 1860s bathing dress bloomers tucked into tall boots!
An action shot, with a couple of the other Cossacks in the back ground. I had so many layers on under my bodice - 2 thermal vests and a woolly cardigan as well as my corset, that I look rather well padded. It does fit much better under normal circumstances, I promise!
I think I'm all caught up with the back log now, at long last. Just in time to start thinking about 2012's costumes...
