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More sewing plans...
Aug. 3rd, 2005 05:09 pmBig shock there, right? ;-)
OK, now that the Elizabethan doublet gown is done (updates to the website with pictures on Sunday, you'll be the first to see pics since I plan to post them on LJ first), I can concentrate on making my proto-Tudor/Transitional kirtle. Woot!
As I've undoubtedly posted (over and over) before, the kirtle is planned to be reversible, one side in navy fustian, one side in rust linen. It will have a square neckline, short sleeves, pin-on sleeves of a fabric/color To Be Determined, support the girls without corsetry, and perhaps have a little decoration around the neckline. ( Like this )
In the final outfit (of course, with the main gown over the kirtle), I'd like the achieve the look of Katharine of Aragon's girlhood portrait by Miguel Sittow. ( This one )
It's simple, elegant, has a beguine, and the portrait is realistic enough to use as a reference without 99% of my research being guesswork. OK, so there's more guesswork there than I had anticipated earlier, but I've made myself very familiar with 1460s-70s clothing, and am very familiar indeed with 1520s on up, so it's just a matter of extrapolation instead of pulling something random out of my butt.
(For those who wish to comment on the butt thing, I have an icon waiting... >:-)
OK, now that the Elizabethan doublet gown is done (updates to the website with pictures on Sunday, you'll be the first to see pics since I plan to post them on LJ first), I can concentrate on making my proto-Tudor/Transitional kirtle. Woot!
As I've undoubtedly posted (over and over) before, the kirtle is planned to be reversible, one side in navy fustian, one side in rust linen. It will have a square neckline, short sleeves, pin-on sleeves of a fabric/color To Be Determined, support the girls without corsetry, and perhaps have a little decoration around the neckline. ( Like this )
In the final outfit (of course, with the main gown over the kirtle), I'd like the achieve the look of Katharine of Aragon's girlhood portrait by Miguel Sittow. ( This one )
It's simple, elegant, has a beguine, and the portrait is realistic enough to use as a reference without 99% of my research being guesswork. OK, so there's more guesswork there than I had anticipated earlier, but I've made myself very familiar with 1460s-70s clothing, and am very familiar indeed with 1520s on up, so it's just a matter of extrapolation instead of pulling something random out of my butt.
(For those who wish to comment on the butt thing, I have an icon waiting... >:-)
