If you want to drop around, I've got quite a few books on 18C costumes
with patterns - have a look and you might then be able to recommend some
to your friend - I've got Fitting and Proper and Costume in Detail and
more but forgotten their names. As for patterns, I like Millfarm
patterns, have used Period Impressions and others. Can show you them as
well.
And- you can see the fabric I've finally chosen for my elizabethan - but
I may start making that tonight. Itchy fingers - just been swimming at
Casuarina Sands and feel nice and fresh after today's heat.
Cheers, Aylwen Garden
Elizabeth Walpole wrote:
Merry Christmas and Happy New year to everyone,
A freind of mine has just gotten engaged (3 days ago) and has decided
she wants to base her wedding gown on an 18th century Robe à l'
Anglaise (I think her main source of inspiration is Pirates of the
Carribean) she doesn't really want an authentic reproduction but she
asked me to recommend some books to help her work out how to do it. So
far I've suggested Jean Hunnisett's
_Period_Costume_for_Stage_&_Screen_1500-1800_ Janet Arnold's
_Patterns_of_Fashion_1_ (1660-1860) As I've used both of these books
in the past (although not for this era) but is there another source
you would recommend, keeping in mind that she doesn't really want an
authentic reproduction and her sewing skills are still fairly basic (I
can't help her hands on as she lives in another city but she's got SCA
friends there who can help her if her skills aren't up to it). Pattern
suggestions are also welcome, I don't know how authentic she wants
this dress to be but I'd like to show her that there is an
alternative to the butterick patterns with princess seams. Also is
there a good collection of images from this period other than
www.marquise.de ? I haven't got around to making anything 18th century
(yet) so my research on that era has barely advanced past skimming
over that section of Patterns of Fashion on my way to another era.
thanks
Elizabeth
P.S. on the topic of holliday gifts, I got Henry V (the version with
Kenneth Branagh) and Sense and Sensibility (the version with Emma
Thompson) on DVD but nothing specifically for costume making.
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Elizabeth Walpole
Canberra Australia
ewalpole[at]tpg.com.au
http://au.geocities.com/e_walpole/
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