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Gala Gown Plans
Nov. 29th, 2017 08:32 pmI did some gala gown inspirational draping this evening, and I think I've figured out the direction I want to go, as well as the dress which will be the majority of my inspiration - Princess Mary of Teck (who was probably the Duchess of York at the time of my inspiration photos).
Here's a couple pics of my draping:
And my inspiration images:
I really want to get back into the historical stuff, so I think I'm going to bump at least the skirt of this up ahead of my winter coat, and work on it concurrently with my parents' Christmas presents.
The pattern I'm thinking of using for the skirt is the 1893 Evening Dress on pages 42-43 of Patterns of Fashion. Has anyone used this one before? It's a totally different shape than I've seen in 1890s skirt patterns, but the drape and train looks really nice. I'm using silk taffeta, and I'm planning to flatline it (probably with organdy), plus I would do the same hem treatment as they describe in the pattern. Any ideas if that would work well?
Here's a couple pics of my draping:
And my inspiration images:
I really want to get back into the historical stuff, so I think I'm going to bump at least the skirt of this up ahead of my winter coat, and work on it concurrently with my parents' Christmas presents.
The pattern I'm thinking of using for the skirt is the 1893 Evening Dress on pages 42-43 of Patterns of Fashion. Has anyone used this one before? It's a totally different shape than I've seen in 1890s skirt patterns, but the drape and train looks really nice. I'm using silk taffeta, and I'm planning to flatline it (probably with organdy), plus I would do the same hem treatment as they describe in the pattern. Any ideas if that would work well?
