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Robe Volante
Sep. 27th, 2020 02:22 pmI finally worked myself up to undressing the dummy and putting on my 1720's robe volante last night. I finished it on July 12. I managed to take pictures on September 26. It's funny that something I didn't particularly enjoy looking at got to stay on the dummy for over two months when usually they only get to hang out there for a couple of weeks.
It's a heavy polyester satin that I had no idea what to do with now that I virtually always use natural fibers - hey, I live in the desert and do not need anything that doesn't breathe. The vast majority of it is machine sewn; just what shows is hand-sewn. It was draped on the dummy from a combination of drawings in Patterns of Fashion and The Cut of Women's Clothes. The sleeves started from one of those patterns and then got shortened a bit. Since this was a very casual project anyway, it amused me to use the leftover satin binding from my very first 18th century dress' hem facing for this dress. It was also a green polyester satin but not as nice a one as this one.
Since this dress was made on a whim, I didn't make any new underwear for this. I'd like to make a proper early 18th century hoopskirt some day, but since there don't seem to be any extant ones, this dress didn't encourage me to fool with it now. I made this over my 1850's/60's round cage crinoline. If I find an event to wear this to, I'll make a better 18th century style petticoat for it instead of the 19th century one I used while draping it and for the pictures.
I don't usually post three days running, but at least now I'm only two finished projects in arrears on posting.
It's a heavy polyester satin that I had no idea what to do with now that I virtually always use natural fibers - hey, I live in the desert and do not need anything that doesn't breathe. The vast majority of it is machine sewn; just what shows is hand-sewn. It was draped on the dummy from a combination of drawings in Patterns of Fashion and The Cut of Women's Clothes. The sleeves started from one of those patterns and then got shortened a bit. Since this was a very casual project anyway, it amused me to use the leftover satin binding from my very first 18th century dress' hem facing for this dress. It was also a green polyester satin but not as nice a one as this one.
Since this dress was made on a whim, I didn't make any new underwear for this. I'd like to make a proper early 18th century hoopskirt some day, but since there don't seem to be any extant ones, this dress didn't encourage me to fool with it now. I made this over my 1850's/60's round cage crinoline. If I find an event to wear this to, I'll make a better 18th century style petticoat for it instead of the 19th century one I used while draping it and for the pictures.
I don't usually post three days running, but at least now I'm only two finished projects in arrears on posting.
