The Idea and Inspiration:
A collaboration with the divine Mrs C to create Lady Maude Warrender’s 1909-1910 laurel themed evening gown from Janet Arnold’s Patterns of Fashion 1860-1940. The gown fit perfectly into my Pompeii to Paris project, and with Mrs C doing the detailed embellishment, tackling the gown was feasible.
Fabric and Materials:
Ivory silk charmeuse lined with cream cotton voile, with linen bodice lining for the underdress. Bodice boned with featherweight boning. Overdress of cotton/rayon net in gold and dyed black. Laurel embellishments of gold organza and embroidery floss. Sash and trim of silk and rayon blend velvet.
Research and Resources:
Janet Arnold’s Patterns of Fashion 1860-1940
Jordan Bently’s research on the original dress
The Dress Diary:
The under-bodice and sleeve toile
A photoshoot at the old Museum building
The full photoshoot:
Hi! My sister told me about your site. It’s gorgeous!
I love this era! How beautiful!
Genevieve
Awww, thank you Genevive!
The link to the original research is broken. 🙁 It links to MrsC’s old blog and the page is empty. As she shared this recently, I became curious again. 🙂
Hi there!
I bought this book ages ago and I’m trying to adapt this exact dress for my current project, but I’m having some issues trying to assemble the pieces – especially with the shoulders and bodice! Do you have any advice??
Cheers,
Ella
Unfortunately I can’t really help. I made this dress a decade ago, and no longer remember the exact details of how I put the pattern together. Best of luck.