Over the mantua for the silver fabric I mean Still thinking my taffeta will be perfect for one though. Why? Because even with the huge hoops this is a much more sensible costume for pack down.The bodice is separate.It can go on a padded hanger or in a… View Post
Tag: silver court gown
JOIN ME IN THE SILVER FROCKNESS!
I may have “claimed” one silver frock, but there really are so many, and though my previous entry didn’t show it well the Russian silver gowns are amazing! I haven’t even started looking for portraits of silver frocks! I’m looking at importing my lj posts over here (fingers crossed! They are all text with no…
More of the court gowns…
Sophi Magdelena’s kröningsklänning and again and again and more! Elisizabeth Charlottas And Fredrika’s bodice! And a new one, not silver but… Sofia Albertina via Kringla. no seriously… Stop me now. And… FIDM’s yellow court bodice and xrayed Sigh,… View Post
JOIN ME IN THE SILVER FROCKNESS! I may have “claimed” one silver frock, but there really are so many, and though my previous entry… View Post
Big Ass Silver Frock
Soooo.. yeah I may have enough for a decent train after all. And I can order articles via ILL if I can remember how to log in to my Library site… I want to compare the Louisa and Sophia gowns. I have a preference for the fan shaped Louisa skirt but the fabric is much…
Big Ass Silver Gown
Popped my email to Kendra 🙂 But never fear, there are lots of silver frocks and frankly I’d *love* to see all the bling 🙂 I just dug out my 6m length so I think I’ll have enough for the skirt and train (just got to double check) sadly the prettier gown (Sophia Magdelena) has…
On the court bandwagon…
http://pinterest.com/source/emuseumplus.lsh.se/ So yes. Lots of Big Ass silver gowns, so no need to worry if anyone wants to do the same 🙂 So sorry, I’d offer links to the website, but my search foo has failed for the evening and the links are all dead. so the pinterest link will have to do. Seriously droolworthy….
So hey, You know how I said don’t let me make the Marie Antoinette gown….*
http://demodecouture.com/18th-century-court/ Yeah, so.. umm I have “claimed” Louisa Ulrika’s gown as seen in Blanche Payne’s History of Costume. There are at least three Big Ass Silver gowns in Sweden and I know of at least two in Russia so if anyone wants to do the gown specifically and is going to CoCo I’ll happily keep…