sheer 1860s dress

[mlsdesigns]

ok, as promised here are lots and lots of pics! i got so carried away :)

i'm so pleased it all goes together so well!


the pinks go so well, and the ribbon trim on the dress is the exact same colour as the curtain!

look!!

excuse the silly face, but it shows the buttons nicely, and the sheerness

it's not as sheer as some, but i like the effect

i love the way the skirts go when i sit down, but i wish i had a pair of socks to knit, it would have made such a good little women photo :)

and i got tired :)

sorry, can't help it, another silly one! but i like the line, and i might get clare to play with it on photoshop and try and make a 'period' looking photo.

and i had so much trouble working out the closure on the skirt, why didn't i make a skirt and a bodice and then sew the 2 together :) anyway, here it is bit by bit, lots of button holes!

i used a linnen button for flatness under the belt, if i'd had a brain i would have done it on the inside like the others:

the skirt opening is so far back because of where the pannels are joined


so so sorry there are loads of pics, but i'm just so pleased with how it turned out! next week there will be pics of my fun day yesterday, showing all the children :)

Comments

[sphinxvictorian.livejournal.com]

People not in the know never seem to get that corsets went through some very real design changes in the course of 50 years. I don't know how many times I've been reading a book or watching a film and the corset will be completely wrong for that period. I was reading a Victorian mystery the other day, and the author described her lead character unlacing her own corset, like it was a wench's bodice in the Ren Faire! I always applaud anyone who gets the corset right! It's like David Selznick said during the filming of Gone With the Wind, when asked by one of the actresses, why she needed real lace on her undergarments, since no one would ever see it: "Yes, Miss Keyes, but you will know it's there, and it will affect your performance accordingly." I'm paraphrasing, but that was the gist of it.

[mlsdesigns.livejournal.com]

people shouldn't try and write a novel when they only know half the story! and that is so true about wearing lace on your undies, even in modern life if you know you've got pretty undies on you feel so much better :)