after eight years, I finally updated my huge Historical Fashion Reference & Resources Doc! Now in the form of a MUCH more easily updated Google Doc with better organization, refreshed links, and five more pages of books and online resources.
I know tumblr hates links, but it’s worth it for a doc that I can now update with far more regularity going forward! RIP to the original, you did your duty for far longer than you should have. 😔🙏🏼
... Well, more like Lilia Vanrouge in medieval era fashion lmao
Although if I remember correctly, first one is a bit more regency era, start of the 1800s 🤔 the rest of them ARE medieval though, down to the hair and everything ahahaha. These doodles were really fun, I still love that Lilia has an undercut in canon! He probably has had one for sooooo long
There is almost no bad way to make your first petticoat. Fabric, weave, construction, proportion, type of ruffle, type of closing - everything will be a little confusing on your first try and everything will be much more easier once you put this first one on your ass.
It's true that different fibers has different thermal properties, and that weight of fabric and type of weave both affect thermal properties and shape. And different construction methods can give certain advantages. And that proportions will definitely alter your final silhouette.
It's tempting to try and get it all right at your first try. But remember:
the only true way to fuck up your first petticoat is to use a fabric that gives you a rash!
Yes, linen is cooler than cotton and cotton gets smelly faster - but people live in places with different weather, have different individual thermal comfort points, and sweat with different intensity.
Yes, some construction methods are more popular than others - but people have different tools at their disposition, different minds and different manual skills, so you never know which method will work well for you until you try at least one of them.
Yes, there is a lot of possible proportions - but you don't know what will feel best on you, with your body type and your clothes worn over it, until you give it a try.
Whatever you'll make, it'll serve as starting point, informing you in what directions you actually wish to move. And if it comes out really outside of your desired type - well.
When cold winter comes, there's no such thing as a bad petticoat, and the best possible petticoat is the next one stacked over three others. Find a skirt-wearing person with poor cold resistance, offer them additional layer and watch them exult.
"I don't agree with keeping people as property." Claire Fraser + The Red Dress from "Do No Harm" Outlander 4x02 "Do No Harm" ↳ Requested by Anonymous & @the-princess-of-cats
Artober 1 - Edith Cushing from Crimson Peak. This year my plan is to draw some of my favorite women in horror, though I will of course not finish one every day so there will be 1 every couple of days instead. The only rule is I just have to work significantly on these each day.