…A new project!
(Ooooooh…)
I was trying to be good and not get involved in another big sewing marathon, but I think we all knew that wasn’t going to last long.
Lauren and Maggie are having a costuming challenge and I have been invited to join.
The brief: Make a historical gown that is a masquerade representation of an animal. Any period, any animal. The garment should stretch your costuming abilities and really focus on construction and detail. The deadline for a complete project is Halloween ’09
Lauren is making a late 18th century barn owl, and Maggie has yet to publicly announce her project.
And me?
I’m going to make a Belle Époque representation of a luna moth.* I’m thinking something circa 1910…layers of silk gorgette, beading, double trains, S-curves with sequined directorie line bodices. Mmmmmm…
The inspiration animal:
Are those not the most gorgeous thing ever? Some of you may know that I love green, so this is perfect for me.
I’m still coming up with a preliminary design for my dress, but I basically I am working towards something along these lines:
Look out for updates on this as I find the perfect fabrics and trims for this outfit and make a nifty early 20th century longline corset with suspenders and elastic panels.
Unfortunately for me I will not be able to attend the Gaskell’s Halloween Ball and the Le Bal des Vampires where Lauren and Maggie will be showing off their creations. Blast!
I will just have to find another excuse to wear a completely fabulous and completely over the top gown.
* Yes, shades of Gene Stratton-Porter. For the record, I did think of this idea years ago when I first saw a picture of a Luna Moth, long before I read A Girl of the Limberlost (and Edith wears a Yellow Imperialis moth gown anyway).
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