I watch a fun IG reel of a maid getting dressed in 1790 vs. 1890. it's great! both maids are in practical, period-typical outfits with a few simple aesthetic touches because Humans Like Looking Good regardless of social class. you can tell they are maids because they put clearly functional aprons on, and the 1890s one is wearing a uniform-style cap. also the caption says they are. love it
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the top comment: "but what did POOR women wear? you only ever show rich people's clothes!"
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can’t believe it took me this long to make a magical frosted tango tbh
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Continental Army Pvt. Deborah Sampson Gannett in her wedding dress, 1785.
(aka I can't stop collecting gender non-conforming 18th century New Englanders, and got really excited when I realized a gown I'd saved as reference on Pinterest was, in fact, her wedding dress).
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uh-oh, it’s yet another “you are a monster, but you see me and love me for all my faults, and i can’t help but feel the same” dynamic, we have no choice but to go insane over it
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this was another super fun zine i participated in for @d20zinejam! i drew my bestest girl primsy for the acoc couture zine (which looks AMAZING btw)
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ed and stede from a while ago <3
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i got your coloring book as a present today & i'm so thrilled!! the drawings are amazing & i love that you've noted the type of gown & time period 🥰 i already finished a page:
your art is wonderful & brings me joy. thank you so much for putting this coloring boom out into the world!! 💜
Thank you so much!! I’m so glad you’re having fun coloring with it! ❤️
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Triumph!
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out of all the eras I’ve made (which is now 1530s, 1580s, 1630s, 1660s, 1770s, 1780s, 1790s, 1800s, 1820s, 1830s, 1860s, 70s, 80s, 90s, 1900s, 1910s, 1920s) - the 1630s is the only one I don’t think I could wear every day.
There’s just so MUCH up top! and the sleeves, despite being enormous, actually restrict your movement quite a bit because of the way they’re attached. I also dislike having to finagle all the cloth and skirts when it comes to putting on a bumroll, two petticoats, and THEN having to hoist yon bust up into a supportive bodice whilst constraining it under the shift. (Which honestly was an issue with 1660s too... There’s something to be said for separate bodies/stays.)
I was able to move around pretty well - stuffed myself into two Ubers without a problem, re-tied my shoes, etc. as you can see - but it just feels like a lot. I’m not sure the easy ability to bend at the waist is worth it 😂
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It's really funny (and endearing) how, when you get deep into vintage and historic clothing, you wind up with favorite years. Sometimes even a favorite run of x number of months within a year, depending on the changes in fashion.
There are people whose favorite fashions are from 1896 or April through October 1912 (but November is dead to them) or that very specific period between two fashion fads.
If we're getting very specific:
I love 1939 as a fashion year. There's just something so right about the fashions to me.
Also the period in the 1920s when everything was a caftan (with optional sash):
And the 'actually I don't want to be a tube' part of the latter half of the 1920s:
And if I could have Miss Lemon's wardrobe from the Poirot Mysteries, I would be jazzed.
Historic styles that call to me:
The various dress reform movements
Medieval and earlier
The later 19-teens
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A coord idea that I really want to try
So I have these two pieces:
Noblesse Oblige by Kaneko and Antique Frames And Royal Jewelry by Baroque x Sakizo
And I've had them sitting in my closet for a bit because I just don't have enough in my wardrobe to style them with. I think my main issue is headgear. I have a gold filigree masquerade style mask that I could use for the Baroque JSK, but it seems too small for such a nice dress. And I don't have any black KCs or berets.
But!
I have an idea. I think that a Tudor era French hood could look really cool!
Something like these. I would probably want to make two separate hoods because of the difference in colours and styles between the two dresses (the Kaneko one being more like the one on the left, the Baroque one being more like the one on the right) but I think that a French hood would be the solution to my problem. I would obviously edit a couple things, like making the hood not cover my ears, and maybe add some less historical embellishments to make it fit more with lolita than having it be a completely historically accurate piece.
I found a website that shows how to make them and they seem like a relatively simple project, though I have very little experience making any sort of headwear outside of putting a bow on a headband. I would like to try making at least one for my Baroque dress when I have more time later this year.
Has anyone else tried using a French hood in lolita? I've seen a couple for sale from Taobao scaled up a bit and decorated for a more lolita style, but I've never seen anyone wear it.
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If We Commented On Modern Fashion Videos Like We Do Historical Fashion Videos
"I mean, it's pretty, but how did you even use the BATHROOM in that?! GROOOOOOSS!!!!"
"things to wear while coughing your lungs out from COVID and wildfire smoke and trying to avoid your fascist neighbor lol"
"yikes, think about how they all had to wear Spanx two sizes too small, though!"
[video shows reasonably nice everyday clothing] "but that's just what RICH PEOPLE wore! not REAL PEOPLE!!!"
[model is a woman of color] "um sweety only WHITE women wore that back then :/"
"did you know that [confidently incorrect, absolutely insane statement about the 2020s that the poster will then argue vehemently about in the replies]"
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Hey, what kind of costuming do you do? I'm obsessed with the corsets you've posted, they honestly look immaculate and I love the period inspiration. are you a historical costumer?
Hello!
Thank you so much, I'm so glad you like them! I've been wanting to make a ribbon corset for years, so finally making two has been very pleasing.
I broadly call myself a cosplayer as much as I call myself anything. I have a lot of feelings about the various labels people use and the forms of gatekeeping and snobbery that come from each. Really costume, in whatever form you may approach it, is an art form.
I have been working as a professional costumier in the UK film industry (tho not right now, thank you US studios for your greed) for the last 13 years. I’ve only been making for myself since 2017. I approach all of my projects the same way I approach my work - and have been so lucky to observe incredible designers working: I always end up falling into research holes and drag in historicsim, art, pop culture, and all sorts into my projects. But at the heart of it all, for me, is exploring character and narrative. Painting and sculpting characters out of fabric.
This is largely why I refer to my personal work as cosplay for ease: because I'm making characters or using character, theme or story as a leaping off point. See my little star warsy inspired jacket, and The Madwoman. The Saddest Girl In The World works as a standalone piece in this vein, but is also part of a bigger, whole costume that I started uuhhhhh a year ago. I want everything I make to stand on its own and express something.
Left to right:
- Numa, Star Wars Rebels - I closely referenced the French Resistance in my research and making, but this is a true and true 'accurate' cosplay.
- Olivier Mira Armstrong, Fullmetal Alchmist - also an 'accurate' cosplay, but I did deep research in historical tailoring, Japanese tailoring, and World War II military tailoring and created the entire costume using historical techniques. I won two competitions with this costume!
- Princess Zelda, Breath of the Wild - an example of me building from the skin out. This is an accurately historical turn-of-the-century combination set made using historical handkerchief and insertion techniques and entirely handsewn. However I infused it with character and story by constructing the main body of the combinations of triangles, and piecing it together with three point needlework (more triangles), for a total Triforce infusion. There is a full set of similarly triforcey companion undergarments.
It's all fake and in space; it's all poetry. I'm playing. With costume. So I guess I'm a cosplayer, but when you're playing the limit is your imagination.
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The final week of BAB! I’m not gonna lie, I’m sad to see it go (though I will be keeping the character and posting more of him later). Full body and size under the cut.
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Sending you a STS ask, because I stole your post. Hi! The question: Of your WIPs, which one do you most fantasize about having cosplayers showing up at ComicCon about?
Happy STS, Angie💜
I can't deny it, I'm a sucker for well-tailored military uniforms. Days of Dusk is centred around an army comprised of people with superpowers, in large part because of the outfits. And while it's very much inspired by 18th century uniforms, to the point that cosplaying characters may turn into historical costuming, there's one aspect of it which I'd love to see executed by cosplayers.
There are eight divisions and corps, each with a different purview and stereotypes. You've got the Winged Division, which is all about the tradition of the Winged Riders, and is considered elitist and stuck up by others - it's the one where Swords from noble houses usually go, so the culture reflects that. On the other hand, there's the Heavy Infantry, with most members being very chill, spending their days practicing their superpowers on the stadium, usually with large and brutal weapons - mauls, flails, maces, nothing as elegant as a rapier - and evenings hanging out in the pub with their buddies. The Artillery is the newest division, established when firearms became common, so they're in general fans of shiny new things, bonus points if they make things go 'boom'. They cooperate closely with Engineers, who're seen as a bunch of mad scientists and/or weirdoes, but crucial nevertheless. There are Healers, Infantry, and of course there's Intelligence and Internal Security Corps, for anyone who likes espionage and subterfuge.
I'd love to see what sort of OCs cosplayers would come up with in the setting, which division and rank they'd choose.
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just let me fall out the window with confetti in my hair
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