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theladyrebeccaNow that the Seaside Bustle is done (and the hole I put in the skirt is even patched!) it was time to think about my CosCol Gala gown. I had planned since last CosCol to make a Bustle-era evening gown, and bought the silks and trims to make it in the Fabric District. And then everyone started talking about court gowns.
Now I'm really not into those huge over the top court gowns that everyone was claiming, not to mention at some point it seemed like all the fashion plates had been claimed. But I also know that I LOVE doing group costuming projects. So today, I got out the fabrics I bought last summer (I am definitely not buying more fabric), and decided to just let the fabric speak to me and tell me what it wanted to be.
Apparently, it wants to be a court gown. However, it does not want to be one of those crazy over the top ones. It wants to be something very akin to this gown. I'm keeping with the fabrics I've already purchased, though, so it's going to be in light blue shot light pink silk taffeta, with a mauvey-pink finely striped silk taffeta (or maybe it's a shantung?) for the contrast. Oddly enough, I found a very similar gown in one of my Dover coloring books, colored it in with my fabrics, and that is serving as my main inspiration. I guess now I just have to build the paniers and figure out how one of these things goes together. And how to make do when I only have 7 yards of my main fabric...
Now I'm really not into those huge over the top court gowns that everyone was claiming, not to mention at some point it seemed like all the fashion plates had been claimed. But I also know that I LOVE doing group costuming projects. So today, I got out the fabrics I bought last summer (I am definitely not buying more fabric), and decided to just let the fabric speak to me and tell me what it wanted to be.
Apparently, it wants to be a court gown. However, it does not want to be one of those crazy over the top ones. It wants to be something very akin to this gown. I'm keeping with the fabrics I've already purchased, though, so it's going to be in light blue shot light pink silk taffeta, with a mauvey-pink finely striped silk taffeta (or maybe it's a shantung?) for the contrast. Oddly enough, I found a very similar gown in one of my Dover coloring books, colored it in with my fabrics, and that is serving as my main inspiration. I guess now I just have to build the paniers and figure out how one of these things goes together. And how to make do when I only have 7 yards of my main fabric...