#18th century costuming

[angel-bruises]

Anyone here into historical fashion/costuming and located in the North East of England, or in the surrounding areas? I recently created a facebook group for organising events in the North (since most UK events seem to be down south), so drop me a message if you want the link~

[verdraaidzaamheid]

18th century costume is in the making! Here's the petticoat.

(fabric is not accurate to the times. I found it at a thrift store, meters of it. So too good to not use it for something costume related, right?)

[cy-lindric]

All the "inktobers" for this week (taking a break for the weekend) !

I. Hérault / Herald  · II. Piqueur / Kennelkeeper  · III. Échanson / Cupbearer  · IV. Naturaliste / Naturalist  · V. Comédien / Comedian  · VI. Chirurgien / Surgeon

[iridessence]

floating around like it’s 1787

[heaveninawildflower]

Woman's Kimono (Kosode) with Snow Covered Mandarin Orange Trees and Poem (Japan, late 18th century).

Silk, paste-resist dyed (shiroage) and stencilled imitation tie-dyed (kata kanoko shibori), with silk and gilt-paper-wrapped-silk-thread embroidery.

Images and text information courtesy LACMA.

[aieaiedro]

posting this before season 2's here, from a sketch I did right after season 1: Aziraphale and Crowley eating crêpes in Brittany (and not in Paris because that is not where they are the best :P) if you ever visit Brittany go in a crêperie ! (no I'm not even Breton haha)

[luxus-aeterna]

from this post

[fripperiesandfobs]

Costume designed by René Hubert for Vivien Leigh in That Hamilton Woman (1941)

From Julien's Auctions

[jeannepompadour]

Robe à la française c. 1760

[ltwilliammowett]

John Mollo's personal handwritten costume design manuscript and diary which includes character designs, artwork, meeting notes and budgets, used for the design and production of Seasons 2 to 8 of the television series Hornblower II

[arthistoryanimalia]

In celebration of seeing the first fireflies of the season:

Furisode with Fireflies and Irises Japan, Edo period, 18th century silk crepe, paste-resist dyed, embroidery National Museum of Japanese History (photographed on display at The Life of Animals in Japanese Art exhbition at the National Gallery of Art DC in 2019)

[historical-fashion-polls]

[verdraaidzaamheid]

I think I want to post more of my (historical) costuming on this platform, to have a bit more original content of my own and keep track of my process.

So here is the next big thing I'm working on: a complete 1780's outfit to go to an 18th century soirée in October.

First step: make new stays (I only have one pair and it's not up to my standards anymore, so I need to make a new pair). This is the first mock up I made from a pattern drafted according tot Patterns of Fashion 5 and a tremendously helpful YouTube tutorial by Michelle Fitzgerald: Arc-drafted 18th century stays patterning class - YouTube (it's a very long video, but if you just follow along while drafting to your own measurements, it's great!)

It fits surprisingly well. Seriously. It only needs a couple of pretty minor adjustments. The best part: no lower back pain. This must be the first time in my stays and corsetry making journey, that I managed to omit this annoying fit issue.

So next, I'll make some adjustments, and on to mock up no. 2 (and hopefully the final mock up)

[cy-lindric]

Inktobers 7 to 10 ! VII. Weaver - VIII. Pilgrim - IX. Thief - X. Shepherd

[iridessence]

source

[heaveninawildflower]

Fan (1780-1820).

Smithsonian American Art Museum.