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Title: Elizabethan costume - Uni Project
Post by: Twan on January 10, 2018, 21:41:12 PM
Another costume.
I finished this one yesterday (might have to add a few more pearls on the partlet if the spots where they should be won't be covered by the bodice once the model wears it). We got given a design which is meant to be dress worn at a masquerade ball during the Shakespearian era.
A few details: I designed and screen printed the cotton voile for the partlet and the inside of the sleeve epaulettes, sewed the metallic braid onto the velvet (nightmare!) and also laser engraved the busk for the corset. The jewellery is made from all different elements, which I glued cabochons and pearls on and linked together.

There is a corset, farthingale, bum roll and petticoat under the outside layers. It is meant to be a theatre costume, therefore not fully period accurate.

Just need to finish a porcupine mask to go with it.
Title: Re: Elizabethan costume - Uni Project
Post by: Efemera on January 10, 2018, 21:52:44 PM
Beautiful!...lovely workmanship.
Title: Re: Elizabethan costume - Uni Project
Post by: Ploshkin on January 10, 2018, 22:28:23 PM
That is fabulous - you must be having a ball.
Title: Re: Elizabethan costume - Uni Project
Post by: DementedFairy on January 10, 2018, 22:41:08 PM
So jealous!  I made  a wonderful [ish] QE1 cos for a school play years ago, farthingale and all...and my moronic ex hyusband threw it away [because it got brought home in a binbag]  I was distraught
Title: Re: Elizabethan costume - Uni Project
Post by: SkoutSews on January 10, 2018, 22:51:20 PM
These are gorgeous! Thank you for posting the photos.
Title: Re: Elizabethan costume - Uni Project
Post by: Twan on January 10, 2018, 23:25:15 PM
So jealous!  I made  a wonderful [ish] QE1 cos for a school play years ago, farthingale and all...and my moronic ex hyusband threw it away [because it got brought home in a binbag]  I was distraught

Noooo that's terrible! I'm so sorry to hear that :(
Title: Re: Elizabethan costume - Uni Project
Post by: Sandra on January 11, 2018, 08:12:17 AM
Absolutely beautiful...there's so much work gone into it  <3

Sandra.
xxx
Title: Re: Elizabethan costume - Uni Project
Post by: Nevis5 on January 11, 2018, 08:19:26 AM
Wow, just wow!  That is so beautiful.
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Post by: Surest1tch on January 11, 2018, 08:22:27 AM
You are extremely talented, well done
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Post by: Sewbee on January 11, 2018, 09:10:15 AM
What workmanship and talent!!

Just thinking how much fun it would be to take some features from a historical costume like these and build them into a current-day dress.
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Post by: CarolC on January 11, 2018, 10:55:02 AM
Wow, that is just amazing!! Thanks for sharing!  :toast: :flower: :flower:
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Post by: Samantha on January 11, 2018, 11:09:58 AM
Wow! That's beautiful.
Title: Re: Elizabethan costume - Uni Project
Post by: Sewingsue on January 11, 2018, 11:48:33 AM
Wow!
Serious skills and talent.
Title: Re: Elizabethan costume - Uni Project
Post by: maliw on January 11, 2018, 16:38:14 PM
Absolutely FAB-U-LOUS. I love the Elizabethan fashions and really well made too.
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Post by: Yellowfeather on January 12, 2018, 07:53:44 AM
Fabulous!  You are very clever.
Title: Re: Elizabethan costume - Uni Project
Post by: Twan on January 27, 2018, 14:50:58 PM
Yesterday we had our Costume Show and we took some pics in between. Sorry, yes I am wearing a brown belt with all black as I don't own a black belt and I needed to dress all black for backstage... Shame on me! :P

Photos on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/twanlentjescreations/posts/1406632066132621)
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Post by: maliw on January 27, 2018, 15:05:26 PM
Looks really good and moves beautifully. A big "Well done".
Title: Re: Elizabethan costume - Uni Project
Post by: Ploshkin on January 27, 2018, 15:32:34 PM
That is just fabulous and she wears it well.  Well done, I hope you're pleased with it.
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Post by: Lachica on January 27, 2018, 21:22:39 PM
That's fabulous.
Title: Re: Elizabethan costume - Uni Project
Post by: HenriettaMaria on February 23, 2018, 20:39:26 PM
So jealous!  I made  a wonderful [ish] QE1 cos for a school play years ago, farthingale and all...and my moronic ex hyusband threw it away [because it got brought home in a binbag]  I was distraught

I once worked in office relocations and refurbishments and our absolute rule during office moves was that staff must *never* put anything they wanted to keep in a black bag because it *would* be seen as rubbish.  Didn't stop the chairman's secretary doing exactly that with some "very important files".  She never saw them again!
Title: Re: Elizabethan costume - Uni Project
Post by: Tamnymore on February 23, 2018, 20:48:34 PM
Not quite the same thing but a colleague in an illustrious uni told me once that she had a box of student essays to mark on the floor of her office and a cleaner binned it  Couldn't (or maybe that should be 'shouldn't) happen nowadays as we have to lock away such things.
Title: Re: Elizabethan costume - Uni Project
Post by: Lollipop on February 28, 2018, 22:29:18 PM
Twan, that is amazing!! You are a very talented young man  ;)