Well, it's happened again. You will know what I speak of. I've bumped into a dress that I simply *must make.*
It's this one, from LACMA:
I've never been a fan of the Robe a la Francaise, but something about this one has me out fabric shopping and dreaming of silver passementarie. I found this similar silk brocade at puresilks.us :
The original dress is silk faille, with a woven dot, and embroidered or woven with large silver floral sprays. I'll have to compromise on the faille (wow, expensive) and the embroidered florals - my embroidery skills, particularly with bullion, aren't up to snuff, and it would take me, like, the rest of my life anyway.
The nice thing about sacques is that there are plenty of patterns and information available. I will most likely use the pattern in Janet Arnold's Patterns of Fashion 1: Englishwomen's Dresses & Their Construction C. 1660-1860
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I've dubbed this someday-soon project "The LACMA Sacque-ma." More to come, I promise you!
It's this one, from LACMA:
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| LACMA Collections Online - Robe a la Francaise, 1765, England |
I've never been a fan of the Robe a la Francaise, but something about this one has me out fabric shopping and dreaming of silver passementarie. I found this similar silk brocade at puresilks.us :
The original dress is silk faille, with a woven dot, and embroidered or woven with large silver floral sprays. I'll have to compromise on the faille (wow, expensive) and the embroidered florals - my embroidery skills, particularly with bullion, aren't up to snuff, and it would take me, like, the rest of my life anyway.
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| Janet Arnold, Patterns of Fashion 1 . Very very similar, even has the comperes button front. |
.I've dubbed this someday-soon project "The LACMA Sacque-ma." More to come, I promise you!
