Another late Elizabethan costume
Ok, a different image has caught my eye for late Elizabethan style (c. 1597), that I think with time I can make up nicely.
http://artyzm.com/e_obraz.php?id=347
The original is currently hanging in the Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, so I won't be seeing it in person anytime soon. But I may request an image if I can find them. Hmmm... not available online, but I can email a request.
I saw a portion of it in the Tudor Tailor book (pg 30), and the details there made me ponder if it was doable.
I see lots of pearls or crystals, drop shaped, hanging from the embroidered or couched "arches" on the sleeves and bodice. The white fabric has a lot of lines in it, a *lot* of lines in it. I don't know if this is the weave, or something else that is going on. Looking at the book closeup, it looks kinda fuzzy in places. If nothing else, maybe I can get away with using dupioni in this case (whether I want to is a different matter). Or maybe it is made of angoura or something period and fuzzy.
The skirt I can see being faked in a rayon/silk velvet, chemically burning out the rayon in a similar leafy pattern. If the velvet is dyed where only the rayon gets the color, then the background of silk should remain white enough that laid on a white satin background, the white will be stronger.
The black of the gown sides and back should help to slim my body even more, in contrast to the whiteness of the bodice and sleeves. And she is wearing a pretty sparkly thingy on the top of her head (billiment??). This would be fund to attempt, I think. I don't know how well I can do the lace on her ruff, as gossamer as that appears. And I will need a LOT of gold buttons, or faked gold buttons, which I should be able to get from Joyce or maybe in the LA garment district.
This one is definitely striking. While the other outfit I was pondering is beautiful with the embroidery, this one is striking, and I think would look good on stage.
Hmmm ... something to ponder for a bit.
http://artyzm.com/e_obraz.php?id=347
The original is currently hanging in the Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, so I won't be seeing it in person anytime soon. But I may request an image if I can find them. Hmmm... not available online, but I can email a request.
I saw a portion of it in the Tudor Tailor book (pg 30), and the details there made me ponder if it was doable.
I see lots of pearls or crystals, drop shaped, hanging from the embroidered or couched "arches" on the sleeves and bodice. The white fabric has a lot of lines in it, a *lot* of lines in it. I don't know if this is the weave, or something else that is going on. Looking at the book closeup, it looks kinda fuzzy in places. If nothing else, maybe I can get away with using dupioni in this case (whether I want to is a different matter). Or maybe it is made of angoura or something period and fuzzy.
The skirt I can see being faked in a rayon/silk velvet, chemically burning out the rayon in a similar leafy pattern. If the velvet is dyed where only the rayon gets the color, then the background of silk should remain white enough that laid on a white satin background, the white will be stronger.
The black of the gown sides and back should help to slim my body even more, in contrast to the whiteness of the bodice and sleeves. And she is wearing a pretty sparkly thingy on the top of her head (billiment??). This would be fund to attempt, I think. I don't know how well I can do the lace on her ruff, as gossamer as that appears. And I will need a LOT of gold buttons, or faked gold buttons, which I should be able to get from Joyce or maybe in the LA garment district.
This one is definitely striking. While the other outfit I was pondering is beautiful with the embroidery, this one is striking, and I think would look good on stage.
Hmmm ... something to ponder for a bit.