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theladyrebeccaThis was the project of the year. I was inspired both by classes and some of the gowns I saw at last year's CosCol to make an early bustle gown of pink and white stripes. I bought my first 10yds of fabric at the LA Fabric District last year (I think for $1/yd?), and then set out to find other fabrics to coordinate, most of which I found last November at Hancocks. As you will all know if you read my LJ at all for the last year, this project took me FOREVER. I started the cage crinoline in December, painstakingly stitching all those intersections together (if I remember correctly, there were 156 of them). I started the petticoat sometime in Jan or Feb, I think, but put it aside and never actually finished it until May, when I began the rest of the outfit. And I finally finished the whole thing just before CosCol.
And of course, after all that, I wore it Sunday, for a grand total of around 6 hours, during almost all of which I was sitting down. I wore it to my felted flowers class, and from there went directly to the Fantasy Tea. Sitting for that many hours in that many layers was really not comfortable (due to a combination of the corset and having to sit on the top hoops), but it probably would have been much better if I had been wearing it to a normal event.
I wore it with the chemise and lace gloves I picked up last year from the Costumer's Bazaar (the hat blank was also from there), my corset and bloomers, and the other undergarments I made. I also decorated the hat, and made the matching pink pearl earrings and necklace in the Basic Pearl Stringing Class from Saturday at CosCol.
First two photos by Andrew Schmidt
And of course, after all that, I wore it Sunday, for a grand total of around 6 hours, during almost all of which I was sitting down. I wore it to my felted flowers class, and from there went directly to the Fantasy Tea. Sitting for that many hours in that many layers was really not comfortable (due to a combination of the corset and having to sit on the top hoops), but it probably would have been much better if I had been wearing it to a normal event.
I wore it with the chemise and lace gloves I picked up last year from the Costumer's Bazaar (the hat blank was also from there), my corset and bloomers, and the other undergarments I made. I also decorated the hat, and made the matching pink pearl earrings and necklace in the Basic Pearl Stringing Class from Saturday at CosCol.
First two photos by Andrew Schmidt