Man I've been meaning to post these for ages. But for various reasons never got around to it.
Anyway! Last year I was thinking, really four Regency dress is a bit much when I have two more planned, so I decided to sell my first one.
Doris was awesome and did a photoshoot for me so I'd have lovely photos to use for etsy. It sold, right when I was getting ready to post it and signal boost, but the pictures turned out so nice I wanted to post them anyway!
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We shot at Gamble Gardens in Palo Alto, and my sister
Elizabeth did my wig and makeup so that Doris could take some good shots for her portfolio.
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This was my first regency, and it was made using Simplicity pattern 4055 heavily modified.
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I moved the shoulder and side seams way back, for a proper regency back (my favourite bit!).
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I also added a bit extra to the front, for more gathering. I'm not sure it really worked with this fabric.
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Speaking of the fabric! All the green is old sheets, and the eyelet was gifted me by my gramma during a stash purge.
Any white underlayer is probably sheets as well.
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When I originally made it, the white border at the bottom of the eyelet was sheets as well, but I didn't notice until I wore it in the sun that it was actually offwhite. So before I sold it I replaced it with some light weight bleached muslin. Redoing all the tucks was a pain -_-
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I asked my sister for some natural looking make up, but... I think it looks sort of heavy and tired 8D;;
Or maybe I'm just showing my age ;_____;
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The photos she took made the dress look so good, I almost reconsidered selling it!
But I'm glad I did, because now I feel less guilty about making more 8D;; Though I realize, I still haven't taken any pictures of the dress that replaced this one! Perhaps another visit to Gamble Gardens is in order... 8D