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frualeydis) wrote2007-04-01 02:16 pm
frualeydis) wrote2007-04-01 02:16 pm
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Pictures finally
My hand sewn effigy stays have been finished for almost a month, but now I have actually gotten around to taking some pictures. There will be more of them later on my web site, as well as a description of how I made it, the mistakes I made etc. But for now, here are two pictures:
As you can see it fits perfectly now.
That is good. What is not so good is that most of my 16th century clothes are now too big. Including the Anthonis Mor dress. For that dress it's just so little that it is solved just by wearing the green kirtle I made for it instead of this corset, but other dresses are really too big.
But a good thing is that I now can get into a very pretty dress I made in 2002, from light green brocade with metal threads and which I have only worn once. I will have to remake the bodice however since it is 8 cm too wide at the waist. It does fit over the bust, but the square neckline is a little too small; I can see that now that I know more about 16th century dress than I did when I made it. But if I find the energy to remake it, it really is a very pretty dress. I'm not sure about the trim I used, but most of it will have to be taken away anyway if I'm remaking the bodice.
As you can see it fits perfectly now.
That is good. What is not so good is that most of my 16th century clothes are now too big. Including the Anthonis Mor dress. For that dress it's just so little that it is solved just by wearing the green kirtle I made for it instead of this corset, but other dresses are really too big.
But a good thing is that I now can get into a very pretty dress I made in 2002, from light green brocade with metal threads and which I have only worn once. I will have to remake the bodice however since it is 8 cm too wide at the waist. It does fit over the bust, but the square neckline is a little too small; I can see that now that I know more about 16th century dress than I did when I made it. But if I find the energy to remake it, it really is a very pretty dress. I'm not sure about the trim I used, but most of it will have to be taken away anyway if I'm remaking the bodice.
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/Eva
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The binding does look good, but I can't take credit for it; it was a default choice: that's the colour cheap chamois leather comes in :)
/Eva
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Its gorgeous.
Thanks for showing
Bjarne
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Thank you, thank you.
/Eva
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My corsets usually don't diminsh my waist at all, corsets with busks actually add to my waist, because of it's straightness. The problem is of course my rib cage, which measures 91 cm at the lowest ribs (you can see that it presses out the corset in the frist picture). If your corset is to be conically shaped then you can't get a very narrow waist then.
Not that I really complain, it's comfortable and there is anyway nothing I can do about it. My ribcage is both sturdy and very inelastic due to the constant inflammation in it.
But it make my waist look smalleer and that's worth a lot.
/Eva
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Cute!
That's great that you get to wear some of your older pretty dresses again too. :-)
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Well done. It looks lovely and you look fab!
Teddy
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hopefully it will infect me via Malin so much that I'll finally make my own :)
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