Another make over

[frualeydis]

In the spirit of making over my yellow and black 16th century gown so that I can wear it now I've decided to also take this one in so that it fits me. It's the same story: it fits in the bust but is too wide in the waist, it is also a little too long in the bodice. My first idea was to throw it away, or just use the skirt, it is well made, but the front-buttoned low necked bodice is AFAIK not period; it was inspired by a gown in Elizabeth, I had just started with elizabethan and didn't know better. I don't have enough fabric to make a new bodice, but I think I look so good in it and I really want to wear it again! And then I thought: this is the SCA, no-one will kill me if I wear it and as long as I tell people that it's wrong no harm will be done.





I'm not wearing the right smock of course, I just tried it on when I was wearing the corset to adjust the fit of the yellow bodice.

Comments

[sarahbellem.livejournal.com]

That really is a pretty gown! I wouldn't look at it and think it was inspired by Elizabeth. It just looks like a very nice low necked gown with a lot of practical applications. :)

[frualeydis.livejournal.com]

Thanks.
It's just the buttons really. It's the dress she wears when she visits Queen Mary in the middle of the night that inspired me.

/Eva

[love3angle.livejournal.com]

Hmmmmm, I like that, buttons and all. :-)

You could make a partlet in the same fabric with buttons all the way up - it would give the impression of a doublet...

[liadethornegge.livejournal.com]

That's a nice dress! I like the sleeves.

Alright, so maybe buttons down the front isn't strictly correct for this style, but they're decorative on a plain kirtle like this. And it's not a completely unknown concept with buttons down the front.

[merastra.livejournal.com]

You're right that that looks too good on you to throw out. :-)