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18th C. Me V1.0 by ~Goldenspring:iconGoldenspring:

Categories Artisan Crafts > Textiles > Costumes

©2006-2008 ~Goldenspring
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Submitted: November 18, 2006
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Aproximatly 1770's American Revolutionary War period. Lower class camp follower costume. Entirely hand sewn.

Edit: this costume has many in-authenticities and flaws. It is well made, but not accurate enough to stand up to my current standards
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~lil-miss-mousey:iconlil-miss-mousey: Nov 20, 2006, 5:51:30 AM
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(i really like it)
~Weinglasarien:iconWeinglasarien: Nov 22, 2006, 7:57:56 AM
I love its simplicity! You look really cute in it!

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The girls of today wear trousers to look like boys and transparent blouses to prove that they aren't
~ladyrose04:iconladyrose04: Nov 22, 2006, 6:35:23 PM
It has very pretty lines and it looks like clothing rather than a costume. Good job. Kudos for hand sewing it. Is it linen?

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~Goldenspring:iconGoldenspring: Nov 28, 2006, 1:33:32 PM
Thank you. Yes, everything is linen, would I use anything but?
*Janes-Wardrobe:iconJanes-Wardrobe: Jan 21, 2007, 1:22:33 PM
Surely cotton would be equally acceptable in the 18th Century?
Correct me if I'm speaking out of my you know where, I'm only really familiar with English and European textile history and even then my knowledge is pretty limited!
I love the cut, it's elegant in it's simplicity and the hand sewing looks good.
~Goldenspring:iconGoldenspring: Jan 21, 2007, 2:59:07 PM
yes, cotton is acceptable to some degree, I don't remember the specific politics but there were lots of trade deals and boycots that detirmined the ussage of cotton in different places. Also, I am in New England, where you can grow flax but cannot grow cotton, I also believe that the weave of most cottons these days is not appropreate for my era.
Thank you, It is a very simple cut, all geometric. It is certainly a lower class outfit but it still manages to have a certain amout of elagance.
*Janes-Wardrobe:iconJanes-Wardrobe: Jan 22, 2007, 2:37:44 PM
Well that makes a lot of sense, what you can grow and politics! So nothing's changed :D
Geometric cuts are brilliant - they seem to go for all era's in some ay or another and is the least wasteful use of fabric.
~Goldenspring:iconGoldenspring: Jan 22, 2007, 4:01:33 PM
The graet things about the cut of the jacket in that picture is that it gets away with being a geometric cut because it's over a pair of stays. I think that my favorite thing about stays is they turn you into a cone and its really easy to fit things over a cone.
*Janes-Wardrobe:iconJanes-Wardrobe: Jan 22, 2007, 4:10:11 PM
I'm not sure I would end up cone shaped! (I have a 'fuller figure'.) I think I'd end up with a shelf. I have to be pretty careful with corsets or I get squished boobs or a big shelf - I've not actually tried 18th C stays - but I do have a pattern that I will be making up the minute is comes out of storage. :D
Though the idea of easy fitting is appealing. ;)
I'm thinking of re-padding my old mannequin to my size and shape again, I just couldn't bear to look at it last time I did that. :( Though if I left it corseted...
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