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Voilą: My new costume that I made for a masquerade. It's a striped jacket with a 'zone' front in 1780s style.

For costume freaks... the details:
The striped fabric is cotton with polyester thread stripes, quite similar to the fabric of Nordiska Museet's 1780's striped polonaise: [link]
The pattern of this dress was drafted by me and inspired by a jacket on IMATEX Museum's web collection:
Front view: [link]
Back view: [link]
The jacket is cut in the style of a French polonaise with fashionable puffy sleeves of the 1780s [link] [link] and the 'zone' front that was in fashion in 1780-1795.

The costume includes (among other things):
- 18th century stockings, stays and shift [link]
- a pillow-like thing called a false rump to support the dress at the back side for the fashions of the late 18th century
- buckle shoes with raher low heels (seen in this picture: [link])


I was very pleased with my hair that is curly like the fashionable hair of the 1780s - thanks to my friend and her mother who both helped me to make it look good.

The picture is taken by: :iconrum-inspector:

ON SALE! Message me for more inquieries.
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*bear48 Oct 17, 2010
very nice work
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~bluekite Oct 18, 2010
Thank you! :D I'm glad you like it :)
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*Velven Oct 14, 2010  Professional Artisan Crafter
Lovely costume, I agree that it's nice to have something a bit different! It's nice to have a variety so you don't blend into the crowd! :D (I'm sure Marie Antoinette would approve of that too!)
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~bluekite Oct 15, 2010
Thank you! :) I think Marie would like the simplicity of this dress... "to wear in the garden"

... I have seen the movie too many times...

I'm very into making the not-so-common types of 18th century dresses at the moment. Though, I'm going to sew a 1770s francaise in the near future. I already bought some fabric for it.

I really shouldn't buy any fabrics for some time now! there are quite a few costumes waiting for me to sew them. :S
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*Velven Oct 17, 2010  Professional Artisan Crafter
I think it is impossible to watch a costume movie too many times!! Every time you watch them you learn something new!

I have a big problem with having too many projects I haven't started yet. I'm trying to work my way through some of them at the moment, but I'm also trying to make stuff to sell, so it's difficult fitting in both!
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~bluekite Oct 18, 2010
SO true!! And every time you find something interesting happening in the background or see a new pretty dress that you didin't notice earlier or notice that you have already seen one of the costumes before in another movie - and feel quite proud of it, because you're a real freak :'D Oh, I usually get really disappointed when there aren't enough extra materials in the DVD of a costume movie! WE DEMAND to hear costume maker's comments!!

I have the same problem with some projects... I think all creative people suffer from it :P But it's better than having nothing to do!
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*Velven Oct 23, 2010  Professional Artisan Crafter
Oh I love it when you spot a dress that has been used before!! :D

I also wish there was a lot more 'making of' stuff that featured on the costumes. And I also would love to see the costume designer's drawings and illustrations for the costumes too.
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~bluekite Oct 25, 2010
Oh, me too! Then you MUST know the Recycled movie costumes -site: [link] !!
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*Velven Oct 29, 2010  Professional Artisan Crafter
Yes I do - I love that site so much, it's entertaining, and as a costume designer/maker it's also a relief that costumes get reused instead of being thrown out or left in storage forever!
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~bluekite Oct 30, 2010
True! I didn't think of it that way before but now I really see what you mean! :D
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