Tissot Dress and Hatching Plans

[rose_bertin]

Tissot Dress

I've always loved Tissot's painting Too Early from 1873. And then one day I decided 'to hell with it, I'm going to make the pink dress'. And then mandie_rw wanted in and somehow a group formed that is making all the dresses in the painting. There's no specified timeline, but I'd like to have my dress done in time for Dress U (as I'm currently

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[squintywitch]

Wonderful! Holy Grail stuff. Keep us updated.

Ruffles!!!

[janestarz]

Oh that is just darling, pink and red match so well. Good luck!

[rose_bertin]

Exactly, which is why I was hesitant. But I really want to spice things up a bit! I'll have to see how it looks once I start draping the bodice.

[ladykalessia]

About 1868 to 1875 were what is commonly called the "Early Bustle" period, which is *vastly* different from the Natural Form gown in black. So I think your concerns are pretty reasonable.

Early bustle stuff tends to be higher waisted like the prevailing mode of the previous style (as you can see in the painting), and very full and poufy in back. If you want to look at it from an evolutionary point of view, you take a ginormous 1867 elliptical skirt and start draping it up more and more, and then reduce the circumference of the elliptical hoop and push it toward the front of the body until it goes almost straight back.

Natural form developed (I believe as a sort of reactionary style) by basically dropping and smoothing all of that poofyness down in back, so it's only hanging from a spot about halfway down the butt, if not lower. They're really quite antithetical styles.

[rose_bertin]

Yes, I know they're too vastly different styles. I was just thinking that the gathers at the top of the bodice would be generic enough to work for earlier. But the more I look at it the more I don't think it's going to work. Booo, and I really loved that bodice too. I guess this means I'll know what to make when I make a natural form bustle...

[fiofiorina]

Hmm - have you seen Merja's Tissot dress?

http://the-aristocat.livejournal.com/19082.html#cutid1

[meguey]

Lovely!

[rose_bertin]

Of course! I only hope mine will be half as lovely. I know she did the buttons down the front but I didn't want to copy. And I couldn't possibly have the patience to make that many buttons, ha ha.

[skh]

homminahhomminah!

[meguey]

Lovely project, and I'd go with your head about the ruffles along the bottom. :)