MadAlice
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I'm still a costuming newbie (bought my first sewing machine last year), so this project made me a little nervous: It's Lady van Tassel from Tim Burton's "Sleepy Hollow". Katrina's stepmother and the villain of the movie - in a full-on rococo gown. :love
I started by constructing original 18th century underwear, namely corset and pocket hoops. The corset is stiffened by 26 spring steel wires which are sewn between two fabric layers. The pocket hoops were pretty simple to create in comparison, with spring steel as well. They are worn underneath the gown to make it stand out on the sides. The underwear was a whole project by itself, and it's kinda frustrating that it's not even seen in the end. :lol
Next up was the underskirt, which is needed because the robe is open in the front. I constructed the robe with a historic pattern from 1730-1760, but made some changes to make it look more like Lady van Tassel. The tough part was creating the foldings in the back and at the skirt. That resulted in a tantrums with flying needles from time to time.:cry Sleeves are generally not my favorite thing to do either, but I'm satisfied with the result...
The last part of the gown is the so-called "stomacher" - that's the piece of fabric (stiffened with spring steel again) that closes the robe in the front. I embroidered it with fabric ruffles to get a similar effect as the original, but I have no idea what the costume designer actually used - it's very hard to find close-ups of this, even on the DVD. In the end I also made a pin cushion and the necklace, and tried to make the best of a rather ugly Halloween wig.
This is the result:
Hope it's not too big. :$ I'll post work-in-progress pictures later, and a "proof" picture as well...
I started by constructing original 18th century underwear, namely corset and pocket hoops. The corset is stiffened by 26 spring steel wires which are sewn between two fabric layers. The pocket hoops were pretty simple to create in comparison, with spring steel as well. They are worn underneath the gown to make it stand out on the sides. The underwear was a whole project by itself, and it's kinda frustrating that it's not even seen in the end. :lol
Next up was the underskirt, which is needed because the robe is open in the front. I constructed the robe with a historic pattern from 1730-1760, but made some changes to make it look more like Lady van Tassel. The tough part was creating the foldings in the back and at the skirt. That resulted in a tantrums with flying needles from time to time.:cry Sleeves are generally not my favorite thing to do either, but I'm satisfied with the result...
The last part of the gown is the so-called "stomacher" - that's the piece of fabric (stiffened with spring steel again) that closes the robe in the front. I embroidered it with fabric ruffles to get a similar effect as the original, but I have no idea what the costume designer actually used - it's very hard to find close-ups of this, even on the DVD. In the end I also made a pin cushion and the necklace, and tried to make the best of a rather ugly Halloween wig.
This is the result:
Hope it's not too big. :$ I'll post work-in-progress pictures later, and a "proof" picture as well...
