If I were building this gown, I'd want to do the ornamentation on the arches as dangling spangles, so they'd move and shimmer. I've heard spangles are easy to make with lightweight sheet metal and punches, but that sounds like lots of sharp edges to me. Maybe find a bunch of cheap earrings with dangly bits and take them apart?
As for the skirt fabric, I saw similar stuff in the LA garment district. Unfortunately I was shopping for stretch Spandex that day (No, not for Elizabethans!) so I didn't price any of it.
Oooh, I like that idea. And I know of a few sources for spangles, although those are most likely the real gold spangles... although I think the LA district (Bergers?) may have cheap spangles, too.
And I must go there sometime this year, and it seems that bold B&W fabrics like that are in fashion for drapes.
I don't know if you follow Tailordrews' LJ but I think he gets most, if not all, his spangles fro Hedgehog handworks. If you're going to comb LA Fabric district, I've recently seen some gorgeous black & white period-ish silk jaquards, and even one that was black crewel on linen ground, but nothing with that pomegranite design.
I've usually followed Bjarne's work on h-costume, as we've both been on that list for years, and he posts about his latest works on there a lot.
Hedgehog is one of my usual sources, too. The owner has helped me with slate frames in the past, and I hit her booth every year at Costume College. I think I will clear out her spangles and fine cording this year, if she has them. Kass/Reconstructing History also has spangles according to one of her posts last month.
And so far, the only pomegranate design I've seen so far.. is on quilting cottons (ick!) But part of me is willing to tromp through the district in hunt, and part of me is thinking of making what I want in dyes, and maybe silk painting. So many possibilities!
No, Pat is doing her own dress, and I think she is going for all white again (the Armada dress), as that's what she said last spring when we talked about it. I do need to ask her what she's working on, as I am thinking the Reynell dress would be better for *her* as Queen to wear. And yeah, I don't want to upstage her, either. But I've seen people mistake Joanie wearing her red loose gown for the Queen, even when she's standing next to Pat. I don't know why. Maybe because it is red?
The other dress is one that John in St. Marie's wants to make for his wife, although I don't know how accurate to the original he wants to go. He liked the one in the Tudor Tailor book that is in blue.
The bold black and white colors are QE1's colors, and from what I've been reading, it proclaims loyalty to the Queen, and not that QE wore it that much. But yeah, it is bold. I both like and am concerned about it being so bold.
I can really picture that gown with a velvet bodice and a silk jacquard skirt.
But the idea of cutting it all out in velvet and applying it to a base, though I cringe at the idea of all that work--that would truly be a droolworthy effect!
Oh wow, that is so cool! It looks like they painted the skirt (so easy to do doll sized). Interesting interpretation of the hanging sleeves buttons, too.
I think I am going to print the picture out to keep with my inspiration images.
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As for the skirt fabric, I saw similar stuff in the LA garment district. Unfortunately I was shopping for stretch Spandex that day (No, not for Elizabethans!) so I didn't price any of it.
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And I must go there sometime this year, and it seems that bold B&W fabrics like that are in fashion for drapes.
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Hedgehog is one of my usual sources, too. The owner has helped me with slate frames in the past, and I hit her booth every year at Costume College. I think I will clear out her spangles and fine cording this year, if she has them. Kass/Reconstructing History also has spangles according to one of her posts last month.
And so far, the only pomegranate design I've seen so far.. is on quilting cottons (ick!) But part of me is willing to tromp through the district in hunt, and part of me is thinking of making what I want in dyes, and maybe silk painting. So many possibilities!
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The other dress is one that John in St. Marie's wants to make for his wife, although I don't know how accurate to the original he wants to go. He liked the one in the Tudor Tailor book that is in blue.
The bold black and white colors are QE1's colors, and from what I've been reading, it proclaims loyalty to the Queen, and not that QE wore it that much. But yeah, it is bold. I both like and am concerned about it being so bold.
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Lady Reynell is there. Lady Clopton was there but is now not but there are some lovely portraits on the page.
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I can really picture that gown with a velvet bodice and a silk jacquard skirt.
But the idea of cutting it all out in velvet and applying it to a base, though I cringe at the idea of all that work--that would truly be a droolworthy effect!
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I think I am going to print the picture out to keep with my inspiration images.
Thank you!
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