Some inspiration pics for my wedding gown

[green_martha]

... since I'm not home and thus can't bookmark them right away :
Trim going down the front, and train
Color insert down the front. Do I want a train ?
When I see this, I think I do...

Comments

[sbuchler.livejournal.com]

Pretty!!!

[green-martha.livejournal.com]

I particularly love the 3. one... I think I DO need a train. Which means I'd need a second dress for dancing purposes ^^

[sbuchler.livejournal.com]

Not necessarily - there are lots of options:

1) have the bottom part of the train be "button on" (with the attachment beneath a ruffle/pleat thing. Sorta like the Truely Victorian pattern TV 121

2) Use skirt hooks or a wrist loop to raise the train off the floor.

3) (depends on the type of dancing you're doing) but my 1874 dress has a train, but I can waltz and polka in it without any problem - the sheer weight of all the pleats and stiffening I added at the bottom means that it swirls out beautifully when I'm dancing and isn't a problem at all.

4) Make a second underskirt for dancing that doesn't have a train - I think all 3 of your inspiration images have a seperate underskirt for the bottom part of the train (at least that's how I interpret them - it's fairly common for the "natural form" look - one of my vintage pices from this era has a seperate underskirt which is only seen for the bottom pleat in the front and is most of the train in the back). At least a second underskirt is less work then a full seperate dress...

[green-martha.livejournal.com]

#1 and #2 are options I consider.
#3 reminds me we still need to take some waltz and polka lessons, because we don't know how to dance those, and I want to waltz at my wedding, dammit ! I don't picture myself dancing some rock'n roll (which we CAN dance) with a train, though.
#4 right now there's a fat chance that the second dress would be a dancing flapper. Another reason for it is I don't want to sweat to death in the silk, and, knowing myself, carrying around all the petticoats and dress and possible underdress weight (wihtout a corset) will probably be a little much by the end of the day.

[sbuchler.livejournal.com]

I made a flapper dress for a friend of mine's reception dress at her wedding - that's a fun way to go too! :-)

[green-martha.livejournal.com]

I might have changed my mind over tha tlast bit over the week-end... I think I'll start with the big poufy dress and see what happens next.

[fiofiorina.livejournal.com]

Really nice. All of them - tough choice :-)

[green-martha.livejournal.com]

I'm not going to reproduce one precise dress, I'm aiming at a mix of various features I love.

[saraic.livejournal.com]

You just made me realise that I AM so lucky to have got into costuming AFTER I got married.....
(hope I die before my daughter ties the knot - I am suddenly finding myself planning for hers now.....OMG!)

[green-martha.livejournal.com]

I'm actually happy I got into seriosu costuming BEFORE getting married, otherwise I'd be trying to make a wedding gown with floor-level sewing skills. Because I HA-TE the white plastic cones-and-strapless-top they put EVERYONE into, and I positively look like a corpse in anything between white and cream. And the price they're claiming for a non-whitish (aka "designer's") wedding dress, also described as a variation of the aboce in medium quality dupioni, is just outrageous. I can have three dresses + underwear set, all in luscious fabrics, for the price. Tsssss...