I've been a little nervous about the dress forms for the Great, Strange, and Rarely Seen exhibition ever since I worked on the pattern for the ca. 1837 dress, which was quite small, and I got even more nervous after working on the ca. 1867 pattern (the last one I took). The dress forms are … Continue reading Sad Story with a Happy Ending
Category: internships
Sacque and Petticoat, ca. 1765 – Preview
Today I spent about six hours taking the pattern of the sacque and petticoat that will be displayed in Great, Strange, and Rarely Seen - so I thought I might post the rough draft up here for comments, critiques, &c. I'm going to redraw it in ink for the final version, move pieces around (rotate … Continue reading Sacque and Petticoat, ca. 1765 – Preview
Good News!
It looks like I will be taking the patterns of ten dresses* for the exhibition! And the very good news is that the patterns will be available as PDFs on the museum's webpage. Of course I would love to have ~my own published book~, but the expense and the timing (the exhibition opens in April) … Continue reading Good News!
I'd Like to Gauge Your Interest
This is probably a little premature, but. This week at my internship, I looked at dresses. I looked at all the dresses. I've got a shortlist of cool garments for the upcoming exhibition, although it's a bit of a joke to call it a shortlist since it's far too long and I'm going to have … Continue reading I'd Like to Gauge Your Interest
Miscellany
I'm not posting any pictures of my corset mockup, because it is disgraceful. But I've taken it in quite a lot around the hips, evened out the bottom edge, and taken an inch off the CB edges. I think the sizing issue might be that the line I made to indicate the hips on the … Continue reading Miscellany
Mimic of Modes 