All posts tagged: Juno dress

Train + bodice = thrift/versatility. But is it accurate?

While making the Juno dress, I had a bit of a conundrum with the bodice and train. There was no way to make my original bodice look just like the inspiration bodice. So, making a virtue of necessity, I had the idea that I could make a second bodice that fit me perfectly, and looked just like the inspiration bodice. Then I could add additional hooks to make the skirt waist smaller, and the Juno dress would fit a wider variety of models. But then I encountered a problem. I’ve been studying similar late 1880s gowns for a while, and wondering if the trains actually attached to the bodices rather than the skirts. Doesn’t the train look as if it might extend from the bodice rather than being part of the skirt? The theory is sound: it would be much more comfortable to have the weight of the skirt coming from the bodice and hanging off the shoulders rather than hanging from the waist. Additionally, attaching the train to the bodice opens up the possibility …

Juno: a goddess in the garden

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This is the individual photoshoot I did of Vanessa looking simply stunning in the Juno dress after last Saturday’s talk. She looked fabulous, it was so fun to have the time to hang out with her, and, for just that final bit of awesomeness, she brought along the amazing Shona of In the Heyday, giving me the opportunity to get to know one of my vintage idols. So exciting! That train! And I love that a few leaves ended up on it! What a fabulous profile I actually love the contrast of the gloves, and wonder if the garland would look good with white roses, instead of blue, for another pop of colour. One of the ‘tweaks’ I want to do is adding the bertha that is on the inspiration dress. I think it will add just the right bit of interest to the upper bodice back. For now, a corsage helps. Possibly my favourite image from the session She looks so cool and composed, despite the heat in the greenhouse Beauty and the (absolutely …

A little bit of loveliness

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I did a talk for a conference on Saturday and it was AMAZING. Afterwards, the models and I went out into the park next to the venue and had a photoshoot, which was soooo much fun. And then I went home, had some time with Mr D, had a nap, got up, and went dancing. Perfect day. Anyway, here is a sneak peek of images from the photoshoot. I’ll be sharing more throughout the week, including individual model photoshoots, and as they come in from the various photographers cameras. The raspberry swirl gown got its first showing ever at this event, though I need to finish the bertha. There were four different cameras in use, so a great deal of interactions and formal and informal posing was captured. I mainly got formal, posed, images of single models, but I love the shots that other photographers got of groupings. In addition to the dresses I made, Madame O wore her sapphire dress, and we paired a vintage 1940s nightie from her collection with a vintage 30s …