Ligne "Trompe-l’œil"
"Marly"
Christian Dior Haute Couture Collection Spring/Summer 1949.
Sophie Malgat wears “Marly” gala dress in golden yellow éclair.
Christian Dior Collection Haute Couture Printemps/Été 1949.
Sophie Malgat porte "Marly" robe de gala en faille jaune doré.
Photo Jean Chevalier
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I had been thinking about Yuuka’s fairy gala outfit design and this is what came into my mind. I hope you guys like it. ((Yes, I know I forgot to color the butterflies on the shoes.))
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1857 Franz Xaver Winterhalter, Portrait of Empress Maria Alexandrovna wife of Tsar Alexander II (Maria Alexandrovna of Russia (Marie of Hesse)), detail.
Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg.
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For fun I’ve been sporadically draping Marinette’s dreamscape gala dress from @buggachat’s BEAU, and today when I set it up on my half dress form a little beetle flew onto it. For a solid three minutes I got very excited because I thought it was a ladybug.
It is not, in fact a ladybug.
This is Gertrude. She is an ‘Asian Beetle’. The internet tells me that they’re a bit more hostile and smelly than your average ladybug. So far she has been quite polite.
She has more spots than a ladybug does (and thus she does not match the dress).
Anyway, Gertrude has been safely relocated and is hanging out with me while I type. We’re buds now. I have no idea how she got into my house. It’s been years since I’ve run into a ladybug or an Asian beetle inside. She was a nice little surprise.
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Gala Dress
from between 1905 and 1910
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Took me a long time to create this. Inspired by the Sweet & Sour Dipplin fan fiction created by @dipplinduo.
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"Junon" (1)
Christian Dior Haute Couture Collection Fall/Winter 1949-50. “Milieu de Siècle” line. Barbara Goalen wears "Junon", a gala dress made entirely of tulle embroidered with countless sequins. by René Bégué.
Christian Dior Collection Haute Couture Automne/Hiver 1949-50. Ligne "Milieu de Siècle". Barbara Goalen porte "Junon" une robe de gala entièrement réalisée en tulle rebrodé d'innombrables sequins par René Bégué.
Photo Horst P. Horst.
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Gala Dress, c. 1800-1809
Napoleonic era, empire style
Cotton muslin gown from the Netherlands. White inspired by classical antiquity. Ovals and diamonds around the waist and floral tendrils on the skirt and train in plumetis embroidery
Source: Kunstmuseum Den Haag
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Maybe something to attract new followers. A more famous woman to get animed.
Kayley Cuoco from Big Bang Theory. Like and reblog if you like it, then I'll post of that kind of pictures.
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I keep telling myself to post this and then forgetting, but here’s the progress on the Bakery Enemies AU dress (@buggachat’s AU).
This really has been a side project (because while I was hyperfixating on it I didn’t have access to the right equipment, and by the time I was back in a place to access my stuff I was already enmired in like five more important responsibilities and various rotating hyperfixations). But I made a previous post and I feel like I ought to round it out with some more information.
Also I absolutely adore @buggachat and her AU, and I want to celebrate the work that she’s done.
So here’s Marinette’s dream gala dress (at least, within the unfinished capacity to which I’ve progressed):
This project was meant to be a way for me to use some of my fabric scraps to drape something fun, so it took a little bit of experimentation.
I draped and patterned a few pieces and made a mock up out of muslin to make sure that the pieces shaped correctly and were the right measurements (all of which I do not show in the pictures. I just figured a little context would be helpful for anyone who’s never sewn before). Then I started my first version with an opaque layer underneath and added a sheer over layer. Unfortunately, this version was scrapped because the under layer absorbed too much light, which hindered the ability to see the spots that I added afterwards.
The first spots that I tried were cutout and stitched on (which looked super campy). So the second time around I painted them on my under layer.
Then I draped a skirt from some leftover chiffon.
(I’ve removed my sewing room from the background. It’s a mess. I don’t want you to see it. Maybe one of these days my ADHD will drive me to clean it instead of abandoning it to chaos. But that day is not today.)
Since then I’ve created a black underskirt. But then I went and mucked up the overskirt by painting it. (I know better. You’re not supposed to dye a dark color. You start with a lighter color and move to a deeper gradient. But I’m also using fabric scraps and I got lazy and I figured ‘it’ll be ok. It’s an experiment. It’s fine’ . . . It was- . . . Ok, it was kind of fine. But not stellar. And the red was never going to be light enough for me. So I’m not showing it to you. Because while it is productive for people on the internet to know that dresses take a lot of experimentation and don’t pop out of thin air, I am also embarrassed by my ridiculous choices that went against all logic. So I will tell you about them, but I will not show them to you).
I’m considering going out and genuinely crafting a decent Ombre. But it’s not going to happen right this instant. I’m not sure how long it’ll take me to decide and then to actually finish the dress. But there you go! Some progress pictures, and maybe also some perspective on the process of crafting clothes. All of this took hours and days, although sporadically separated—mostly because each step requires testing to ensure that the seams and measurements work well and that the right fabric is being used, and that it’s being used properly. Definitely not on the professional level, but what I tinker with in my own sewing room tends to follow a bit more of a haphazard plan than what I would do in a shop.
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