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feuervogel) wrote2010-07-17 04:33 pm
feuervogel) wrote2010-07-17 04:33 pm
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Costume planning
So, guise, y'all know that this is my dream costume, right? I got email from a fabric shop in Raleigh about a department-closing sale on bridal and apparel fabrics.
There's a teeny chance they'll have the ridiculous lacy netting with gold spangles on it, so I'm looking at what patterns I need.
1865 elliptical cage crinoline (plus petticoats; I already have that pattern and possibly enough muslin, but muslin is cheap anyway.)
1865 elliptical skirt (6.5 yds 45" wide plus equal (?) for overlay)
1860s ballgown bodice (1.5-2 yds + equal lining + equal overlay + 1 yd interlining (twill, etc))
(Then I'll need $72 of hoop wire and a different set of underwear (though I might have just a drawers hiding out somewhere) since the combination chemise-and-drawers won't work with an off the shoulder top... and I'll need good concealer for my tattoo(s). And none of my corsets are an 1860s shape, but one of them will have to do... And I looked at the hair thingies in Vienna, because they sold them at all the museum shops but they were like 20 Euro each, and I'd need a dozen or 15, and that's serious money.)
Not that I'm thinking of doing it for this D*C; that's kind of insane. I'll save it for next year. Assuming they have what I'm looking for, that is. If not, it's still kinda moot.
There's a teeny chance they'll have the ridiculous lacy netting with gold spangles on it, so I'm looking at what patterns I need.
1865 elliptical cage crinoline (plus petticoats; I already have that pattern and possibly enough muslin, but muslin is cheap anyway.)
1865 elliptical skirt (6.5 yds 45" wide plus equal (?) for overlay)
1860s ballgown bodice (1.5-2 yds + equal lining + equal overlay + 1 yd interlining (twill, etc))
(Then I'll need $72 of hoop wire and a different set of underwear (though I might have just a drawers hiding out somewhere) since the combination chemise-and-drawers won't work with an off the shoulder top... and I'll need good concealer for my tattoo(s). And none of my corsets are an 1860s shape, but one of them will have to do... And I looked at the hair thingies in Vienna, because they sold them at all the museum shops but they were like 20 Euro each, and I'd need a dozen or 15, and that's serious money.)
Not that I'm thinking of doing it for this D*C; that's kind of insane. I'll save it for next year. Assuming they have what I'm looking for, that is. If not, it's still kinda moot.
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We should try to arrange things so that I can fit your bodice on you! Are you going to be in the Bay Area any time in the next year?
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Hay, that's my wedding dress!
We modified it to be white instead of pink and tweaked the accents to incorporate some embroidery on the front. But other then that. That painting is my wedding dress :)
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs042.snc3/12954_173087109227_675409227_2690713_1496939_n.jpg
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs062.snc3/12954_172632569227_675409227_2686404_6658236_n.jpg
It involved a steel boned hoop skirt, nine layers of chiffon, and I think it was 15 yard of hand embroidery...
Re: Hay, that's my wedding dress!
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