Tudor dress update pictures

[frualeydis]

My tudor dress, based mostly on the Holbein sketch of the More family is almost finished. What remains to do is to re-hem the kirtle that I shortened and make the plastron/stomacher and sew it to one side. I also need to buy some good reproduction brass pins to pin the sleeves with and so. Anyway,here are some preview pictures of the dress without the plastron a.k.a. the pregnant look.



The kirtle is a little big and won't keep my breasts compressed and lifted. For the non-pregnant look I will wear a corset under it so it won't be so noticeable, especially not with the plastron on top of it. But I couldn't wear the corset for the pregnant look. That's why it looks a little wonky on the sitting picture. And I have a pillow under the kirtle.

Comments

[tattycat.livejournal.com]

Oh, that is *so gorgeous*!

[frualeydis.livejournal.com]

Thank you. I'm pretty happy with it myself, although there are things I will do differently next time. Like making the kirtle supporitve on its own. But I've already taken it in twice so I'm not doing that again.

Eva

[therru.livejournal.com]

It's beautiful!

*green with envy* :)

[myladyswardrobe.livejournal.com]

The straps on the underkirtle could do with tightening but that may also be because the kirtle is loose. How is its fastened? At the back or the sides?

Ninya has done quite a bit of research of clothing that ladies wore when pregnant - it does seem to be the "normal" clothes they would have worn when not pregnant. Therefore it could be fairly stiffly made - the only nod to the pregnancy would be to loosen the lacing.

I'm assuming you haven't received your Tudor Tailor book just yet?

Where did you get the fabric for the over sleeves? Its a cut or a stamped velvet, isn't it? Its very pretty fabric.

[amonik.livejournal.com]

gorgeous! And the dress looks good too ;-D

[merastra.livejournal.com]

Ooooh, very nice! Good thing you explained about the pillow. Heh. :-)

[de-ravenne.livejournal.com]

WOnderful! It looks really nice with the pillow

[armillary.livejournal.com]

You sneaky you - I had no idea you had come this far.

Now I simply have to stop by to have a look at it. And maybe play that cool new game too. Terrible, isn't it?

[aclisto.livejournal.com]

Very very nice

[ginger-dragon.livejournal.com]

That's beautiful! ANd you do have the perfect face for it. It may sound silly, but I think the shape of your face and eyebrows suits 16th century clothes very well.

*hugs*

[dilemma-name.livejournal.com]

*waves* I just added, you; I'm one of tattycat's friends.

And, gorgeous! Thank you for making this dress; I've never seen anyone try it before. That is one of my favorite sketches. I love the hat!

[pinque.livejournal.com]

lovely:) I'm looking forward to seeing how it looks with the plastron as well:)

One thing I keep forgetting with these dresses is the sketch Holbein did of the woman with the closed skirt dress. I'm so used to thinking of the stomacher over a bodice that laces at the front with an open skirt (which is the vast majorityof portrait gowns.)

That sketch was contemporary with the More sketch as well wasn't it?

I really really love the hood, it is gorgeous:)