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Blue victorian bustle dress

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finally finished - blue victorian bustle dress for a cthulu event set in 1874 next year. Based on Simplicity pattern 5457. Blue patterned taffetta (artificial, I'm afraid - m budget doesn't run to silk taffetta) bodice and apron, plain blue taffetta bustle, black taffetta with vertical ribbons for the skirt. The hat is still a WIP - bought from a former Company of Crimson player, I'm hoping to add lots of decoration to make it match the dress.

It's designed to be dinner dress, although I'm still trying to work out whether lots of revealed cleavage was appropriate for dinner - the references to ettiquette I've found on this seem to be contradictory. So I may add a black lace chimisette to the front to make it a little more demure.

There are a few bits I need to finish off - covered buttons for the front, some finishing on the pleats around the bottom of the skirt, and some adjustments to the hook and eyes doing up the back. I'm also thinking of finding a more secure way to attach the bustle to the skirt, as currently its just hooks and eyes, which is fine for just wafting around but seems likely to fail in a big way when I'm running screaming from monsters. Although tripping up mosters with your bustle is one way to make a gettaway, I suppose...
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1387x3185px 636.62 KB
Make
FUJIFILM
Model
FinePix F480
Shutter Speed
1/17 second
Aperture
F/3.0
Focal Length
6 mm
ISO Speed
160
Date Taken
Nov 18, 2009, 7:47:10 AM
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lanniapple's avatar
beautiful, I would love a dress like this but I can't sew at all :)  you are very talented.