Originally I had planned to make a white cotton undergown with a black wool overgown. the pattern coming from La Mode Bagatelle's Artistic Reform Teagown for Visby Baddagar, the Victorian sea holiday I attended. But time ran away for me, and the white undergown wasn't finished in time. Instead I decided to wear my green silk taffeta dinnergown ( Read more... )

Last weekend I attended a Victorian sea holiday, and had a spledid time. And for that, among other things, I needed a bathing suit. I really liked The Mantua Maker's Grecian style bathing suit 1870-1890, and made it up in dark green wool crepe. Strictly speaking this is not period as bathing suits seems to have been made in wool flanell or cotton, ( Read more... )

( Read more... )

( Read more... )

I've no idea at all when this bodice was made, more than it's a hundred years old, or so. Am I very wrong if I say that I think that the basque would look good on a bustle? It's in black silk, and it has no boning. From the look of it, there never were any either.

( Bodice #2 )

Made of four pieces. Two slightly gored front pieces, and two curved back pieces. Though it's in silk taffeta, it's not as well made as the other clothes. The ruffle is not finsihed, and very uneven, though that can be because it has been worn a lot. The pocket at the hem is not finsihed either. My guess is 1890's.

( Petticoat #1 )

I'm not sure if this is really called a cape, but in want of a better name I call it that. The work on this one is quite similar to cape #1, which makes me think that they are from the same period. It's made of silk, that covers a heavier fabric of some kind, probably to give warmth. The entire surface is covered with rushed ribbons in very ( Read more... )

A cape in black silk, covered with net. The net is dark brown now, but I think it was black originally. The net has appliques made of black felt, outlined in a narrow braid. The hem has a ruffle. The edges are trimmed with very thin transparent silk, pleated.

( Cape #1 )