Marie Antoinette (2020)
I'd always wanted to do one of those headless costumes, where your real head pokes through the front as if you're holding it. And when I think "headless," there's really only one place my mind goes. (Hey, maybe that's just me?)
I took this lady's costume as my inspiration, and started with a plastic hanging mannequin--light, not too expensive, and saved me the hassle of doing that whole thing with the duct tape. She made her dress by draping a couple of thrift store curtains until they made more or less the shape she wanted. I, in a fit of madness, decided I wanted to do the research and make a period accurate gown. Because if it's worth doing, of course it's worth doing in the most complicated way possible. (I also figured, if the Queen of France goes a-haunting, it won't be in her casual clothes.)
So now I know my way around 18th century fashion, and can tell my robes francaises from my robes polonaise... and still managed to make a gown that is only slightly period accurate. But hey, all knowledge is worthy.
I took this lady's costume as my inspiration, and started with a plastic hanging mannequin--light, not too expensive, and saved me the hassle of doing that whole thing with the duct tape. She made her dress by draping a couple of thrift store curtains until they made more or less the shape she wanted. I, in a fit of madness, decided I wanted to do the research and make a period accurate gown. Because if it's worth doing, of course it's worth doing in the most complicated way possible. (I also figured, if the Queen of France goes a-haunting, it won't be in her casual clothes.)
So now I know my way around 18th century fashion, and can tell my robes francaises from my robes polonaise... and still managed to make a gown that is only slightly period accurate. But hey, all knowledge is worthy.