White Zombie dress construction
This is how I made a 1920s-does-medieval shift for the White Zombie inspired PorcelainToy music video. First, I watched White Zombie literally two dozen times, analyzing how Madge’s dress was constructed. This is what I noted: The dress is made of chiffon, almost certainly silk. It is worn over a satin shift/underdress cut straight across the chest, with thin straps over the shoulders. In some scenes Madge appears to be wearing a different underdress, one with a v-neckline. This one one of dozens of continuity problems with the outfit. The dress has wide rectangular sleeve panels attached at a drop shoulder. The sleeves are bound with wide satin edging (note arrow). The front of the dress is quite slim, but the back of the dress is extremely full, and must have gores set into it. The wide rectangular sleeves have little cut in points indicated in red above. This means the panels are long rectangles with a ) scoop cut out of the middle, and the middle of the scoop sits on the shoulders. This …