Okay, I have good news and bad news:
This is an actual portrait done at the time. This dress encompases the entire design I want, however with a little less lace and more green.
This is from a movie called the Duchess which stars Keira Knightley. While I did not actually see this movie, there are some great costumes in it and photos of them are redily avaible. This is a jacket, where mine would be floor length, and the point comes lower than what I would like, but it shows very clearly the "triangular" design of the bodice, which is what I'm going for.
This is also the Duchess, in another dress in the same style. (She's on the right) I love the crossed neck scarf and the cameo.
Here is the above dress up close. The point is not as long as the jacket version and the colors here are beautiful. This is at an exhibit, and I don't like the way they did the scarf here.
Bad news first.
I have decided not to do the Regency dresses right now, but maybe later on in the future. Right now I want to focus on dresses I can wear in the 1775-1789 time slot, which means polonaises and in the case of my newest project, a Robe de l'anglaise.
Good news:
I have several pictures from movies and documented portraites of that time period showing this style of dress. I have another drawing of the one I want to make, but I will post that later with pictures of the fabric. Which brings me to another point. I have already bought the fabric to make this gown, so I would like to get it done first before the Regency dresses. This dress is very fancy and is more of a "special occasion" dress or as I would use it, a dance dress. My version is very militarical in style and is very clean cut. It actually has much of the style of the bodice of a riding habbit.
So here are the pictures, with captions. :)
This is an actual portrait done at the time. This dress encompases the entire design I want, however with a little less lace and more green.This is from a movie called the Duchess which stars Keira Knightley. While I did not actually see this movie, there are some great costumes in it and photos of them are redily avaible. This is a jacket, where mine would be floor length, and the point comes lower than what I would like, but it shows very clearly the "triangular" design of the bodice, which is what I'm going for.This is also the Duchess, in another dress in the same style. (She's on the right) I love the crossed neck scarf and the cameo.Here is the above dress up close. The point is not as long as the jacket version and the colors here are beautiful. This is at an exhibit, and I don't like the way they did the scarf here.So! There you have it. Later on today I'll scan the drawing of the dress and load the pics of the fabric for you guys. Enjoy!
k so i'm tryin to figure this out-is she wearin a gown on top of a gown or jacket ontop of a gown? im pretty certain that two dif fabrics weren't used for one bodice so i've already ruled that out...unless this is a hopeless case of hollywood making costumes for the modern eye and casting aside the actual accuracy of what the characters are wearing...?
ReplyDeleteactually, it is two different fabrics on one bodice, and yes they did do that. It's sown on to look like a jacket but is still connected. the top pic, has the cream and green bodice, and a cream petticoat underneath. that's what i'm doin. does that make anything clearer or does it only confuzzle you more? :)
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