1898 sailor style dress

 

Good... This project was made this spring in may-june for a summer evenement in july. This was the Belle Epoque weekend in the zoo of Antwerp. I know, it is not very relevant, but i'm a little bit proud of this dress and if you don't mind, i would share it with pleasure. 

Here are some pictures of the result. this pics are made in the zoo and in Lisse (nl) 

Pictures of how i made it follow later on below this part of the post ;)

photographer: Geert Spoor

Photographer: Paul Hallmann

Photographer: Henk Van Rijssen

Photographer: Bart Kools Models: me, Juul Thijssen, Merit van Gelder, Pedro Konijn

  

 So for the making part i have a few pictures of the total project, i hope you will enjoy them.

The first thing that i made was the two blouses, de blue one for under the lace one.

 I used the pattern van Laughing Moon #104, i know that it originel made for a 1909-1913 dress, but the blouse should not come out of the jacket. So i dind't find it disturbing if the sleeves are not seen.

 So the whole project was an unusual one. I planned it a year before, but when the placements of the figurants interacted, and when they asked for a photograph of the whole costume before they gave you the place, i got a bit stressed. and the whole thing is made in only 3 full days, with only 5 hours a sleep per day. and jet, i got one of the last places. 

Here is was began on the jacket, i used the pattern of truly victorian  tv498. 

Here you see the pinning of de white bias that i made of taffeta. it was not realy a straight line.... it is thing where i must work on :p

 Here i began on the skirt, i used the truly victorian tv296, it is actually the 1895 ripple skirt, but i liked the form, and thats most of the reason why i choose this pattern and not a pattern that was meant for 1898.

i had some little adjustments so the skirt look like he had a front opening, but its actually a fake one :p

 Here the picture that i sent for the figurantion, here are the buttons not yet sewed. later on i made a belt because it felt empty on that spot.

after a difficult search for the buttons i want, i found them in the shop where i first taught the never had them. strange enough the sell only the gold ones here in the vicinity.

i bought a cheap strawhat in xenos (some store for household items and decorations in the netherlands) and pimp the whole thing with left overs, only the boat and the feathers where gathered. 

For the people with small heads, just like me, i fill the top with some tulle, because otherwise the hat drops over your ears.... pin it with a hatpin and you get never lost of this thing :p 

 This is a real antique handbag of my grand- grand- grandmother. (i hope that i used enoough grands...) oke, the thing is, this orginel is from the time that i made the costume.

it was black because the silver was not polished in ages, and some of the rings where missing. in the photo below you can see that i replaced with new ones, yes i can chain mail :3 never taught it was handy for ones.

 And sometimes you must be creative if you don't have many money. I made this thing from a ice spoon, one with a long helve, i bend it and so you have a hook where you can hang that little bag on youre skirt.

one day, i gonna buy a real one :p but for now, this thing is a really must have. all time hands free!

 I'm sorry for the one they thougt this where the shoes of the American Duchess (yes, i'm to a really big fan :p) but here is the ting, as student you don't have the mony to ship such expensive shoes. this are fake ones i them bought online by pleasershoes.nl. 

one day i buy the real ones :3 

So this is the post of my 1898 dress, it was for me a great adventure, and ik hope dat you enjoyed.