An 1890's Skirt in Silk // The Mandragora Gown (pt. 1)

Not to be trendy or whatever, but I'm diving into the 1890's I guess...the hipster teen in me is annoyed at myself. But this silk just screamed out about wanting to be giant sleeves, and who am I to deny destiny? Today we begin with my mood boards and ideas, and finish the skirt, but it's gonna be a lot of bodice beading from here!

Truly Victorian Patterns: https://trulyvictorian.info/index.php...

Silk Baron: https://www.silkbaron.com/default.asp

General Bead: https://www.etsy.com/shop/GeneralBead

Images:
Fashion Plate 1896: https://czasemancypantek.pl/w-salonie...
Photograph 1893, BURGESS STUDIO PORTRAIT, 1890 (P0097) : https://collections.shsmo.org/manuscr...
Fashion Plate 1896, Plate 011 : https://libmma.contentdm.oclc.org/dig...

Met Fashion Plate Collections: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/librari...

Red Velvet Worth Gown, MET 1993-95 : https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collect...
Copper Jacquard Bodice, mid 1890's, John Bright Collection: https://www.thejohnbrightcollection.c...

Crimson Peak Set Design : http://www.tomsprojects.net/feature-f...

Images of Forest floor:
Forestwander.com via Wiki commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
Forest Floor, Justin Meissen from St Paul, United States : https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...

Moth Images:
Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues. Strawberry and Emperor Moth: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
Saturnia pavonia (Saturniidae) (Emperor Moth) - (female imago), Vivi des Bois, Belgium : https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
68.001 BF1643 Emperor Moth, Saturnia pavonia, male, Patrick Clement from West Midlands, England : https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...

Images in collage found on Pinterest here:   / 1890s-1910s  

Music and Sound Effects from Epidemic Sound.

Need to make a block pattern? There are many options, and I talk about several in this playlist! :    • Making a Bodice Block From a Fitting Shell...  

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