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Elizabethan dress by ~alrach:iconalrach:

Categories Artisan Crafts > Costumery

©2006-2009 ~alrach
:iconalrach:

Artist's Comments

I thought I needed to go into more detail since this dress won an honorable mention in a costume contest here.

I nearly lost my mind making this! It probably took me 3 months to make, and it weights about 5 pounds.

The bodice and the skirt are separate. The 2 pieces are held together with hooks and eye's. The bodice is stiff with boning sewn into it. I had to make the matching piping on around the bodice.

The ruffs are just folded ribbon sewn on flat ribbon.

The skirt is 2 complete layers sewn on one waistband.

To give the skirt the fullness, she wears a bum-roll and a hoop slip.

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~Yikamura Aug 14, 2006, 12:26:34 PM
I absolutely adore this.

Awesome talent :)
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~briliantlyfreakish Aug 15, 2006, 7:33:07 AM
looks like you spent lots of time on it, you should look into proper undergarments for the period too, would make it ten times more awesome than it is.

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-how long must i wait, how long will it take, how long will i last, these days just go by too fast. .
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~ladyrose04 Aug 15, 2006, 8:07:49 AM
The colors look lovely on you. Kudos for wearing ruffs. Good effort with a such an ambitious project.

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Heather

Founder of the *HistoricCostume
Member of ~TextilesAlliance , *MedievalCommunity and ~Elizabeths-Court
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~alrach Aug 15, 2006, 1:06:51 PM
Thanks!

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... one day at a party somebody handed me a cat, just a small cat, and I tried it. It wasn't bad, sort of pleasant in fact. So I had another, and then another, and then another....
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~alrach Aug 15, 2006, 1:09:12 PM
Thanks, even though I lost my mind making it, it was worth making.

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... one day at a party somebody handed me a cat, just a small cat, and I tried it. It wasn't bad, sort of pleasant in fact. So I had another, and then another, and then another....
:iconalrach:
~alrach Aug 15, 2006, 1:14:40 PM
glad you liked it. I really considered making proper undergarments, maybe later

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... one day at a party somebody handed me a cat, just a small cat, and I tried it. It wasn't bad, sort of pleasant in fact. So I had another, and then another, and then another....
:iconalrach:
~alrach Aug 15, 2006, 1:19:24 PM
I guess I can take some credit for the lovely lady wearing it--she is my daughter. The colors do look good on her .

Making the ruffs was fun!

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... one day at a party somebody handed me a cat, just a small cat, and I tried it. It wasn't bad, sort of pleasant in fact. So I had another, and then another, and then another....
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~eqos Aug 15, 2006, 3:31:59 PM
Ten pounds! Holy crap! I had a cloak that weighed 7 pounds and I could barely take it. (Well actually, it was too long and so it would soak up a lot of water, so that made it heavier)

Anyway. This looks fantastic. Awesome awesome awesome.
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