Alec, 23
“I’m wearing a cloak that I designed and made myself, the shoes are from Shoreditch in London, pants and shirt are from David Owens VVintage in the Lower East Side. I’m inspired mostly by medieval fashion and art nouveau because it’s so connected to nature. I love when things are handmade with natural materials.”
Oct 14, 2022 ∙ Chelsea
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GAAAAAAASP holupholupholupholupholup—
c a n w e s e e l o n g q u i r r e l ? ! ? ! ¿ ! ?
I present
THE LONG QUIRREL
He looks so goofy imo, like I don't know what I was seeing when making the pattern but he's not very game accurate....
He's also a bit dirty already because my friends like to toss him around and bully him/j
I'm planning to redo him so he looks more chunky and pillbug-y lmao
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La Mode illustrée, 13 janvier 1862, no. 2, Paris. Toilettes de Mme Vignon-Chauvin, 182 rue de Rivoli. Ganterie de la Vénitienne, 62 rue de la Chaussée d'Antin. Mon de Commission Générale, 53 r d'Hauteville. Ville de Paris / Bibliothèque Forney
Description de toilettes:
Robe en velours violet. Le bas de la jupe est garni avec une bande de fourrure grise (chinchilla) ayant environ 10 centimètres de largeur; corsage montant; manches demi-larges, marquant un peu le coude, et à revers bordés de chinchilla. Grand mantelet, à pans par devant, en forme de bournous par derrière, et à capuchon, Ce mantelet est en velours violet et entièrement garni avec une bande de chinchilla ayant 7 centimètres de largeur. Manchon de chinchilla. Chapeau de velours violet.
Robe en moire antique blanche sans aucune garniture. La Jupe forme un peu la queue par derrière; le corsage décolleté, à ceinture, est garni d'une draperie en tulle blanc; les manches, très-courtes, se composent d'un bouillonné terminé par une ruche de tulle; la ceinture est en velours vert; sur le côté gauche se trouve un nœud pareil, terminé par deux pans très-longs, très-larges, formant chacun deux pointes au bord inférieur; un gland d'or est posé à l'extrémité de chacune de ces pointes; un nœud semblable, à trois pointes terminées par des glands d'or, est placé sur le devant du corsage. La coiffure se compose d'une crête de velours vert formant diadème; une touffe de boutons de rose est posée sur le côté gauche de la tête.
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Purple velvet dress. The bottom of the skirt is trimmed with a strip of gray fur (chinchilla) about 10 centimeters wide; high bodice; half-wide sleeves, slightly marking the elbow, and cuffs edged with chinchilla. Large mantelet, with sides in front, in the shape of a burnoose behind, and hooded, This mantelet is in purple velvet and fully lined with a chinchilla band having 7 centimeters in width. Chinchilla muff. Purple velvet hat.
Dress in white antique moire without any trim. The Skirt forms a little tail behind; the low-cut, belted bodice is trimmed with white tulle drapery; the sleeves, very short, are composed of a shirring finished with a ruffle of tulle; the belt is in green velvet; on the left side is a similar knot, terminated by two very long, very wide sections, each forming two points at the lower edge; a gold tassel is placed at the end of each of these points; a similar knot, with three points ending in gold tassels, is placed on the front of the bodice. The headdress consists of a crest of green velvet forming a diadem; a tuft of rosebuds is placed on the left side of the head.
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popping into people's asks this morning!
do you already have a fancy dress for your upcoming birthday party?!
I... have finally ordered the FABRIC (a silver-grey rayon velvet) for the dress for my birthday party. 😂. I dithered for a while because I couldn't make up my mind how many yards to get, haha. It's a fairly simple construction, though, so it shouldn't take too long (she says. 😅). The nice thing about it being a fantasy culture is that I can pretty much make it look however I want. So, I'm borrowing design elements/construction techniques from a variety of different ancient or traditional garments that mostly involve draping large pieces of fabric, haha! So the design is part Greek chiton, part kaftan, part Medieval European surcote... It's actually from a design I drew about 20 years ago for an illustration of Arwen, based on Tolkien's description of her at Elrond's feast in the Fellowship of the Ring. (I am being super insufferable and pedantic and insisting that the aesthetics of this party are based solely on the BOOK descriptions and not the movies. 😆. I love the movies! But their interpretation is only one of many possible interpretations and I have my OWN ideas about what things looked like, haha) The only part I probably won't be able to pull off is the belt of silver leaves. 😔 I made one in college and it was super pretty, but the only medium I had access to was silvertone "embossing metal," which is basically very heavy aluminum foil... So the belt was sadly very fragile and had to be thrown out years ago. I have definite ideas about how I would do it all over again, but sadly neither the time nor the funds to pull it off. 😆 Ah, well!
But I CAN use the cloak I made years ago (the old gown doesn't fit me anymore)! It's a dusky silvery lavender velvet, the color of a purple twilight sky (a similar color to Arwen's cloak in the movies), lined with a silvery faux silk, and has a voluminous hood. It was one of the first things I ever sewed by myself, and I remember cutting it out on the floor of the house I grew up in and asking my neighbor across the street to teach me how to use their sewing machine. 🥺 Aw! I'm feeling emotional about it now! 😂
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