Corset vs. Caraco jacket

[green_martha]

I ditched the 50s dress plan. I can't face the idea of making an everyday dress out of silk. So I have two ideas :
- 1844 corset from Corsets and Crinolines. With embroidered gussets, cause I bought cream embroidery thread. Should look *awesome*
- then this morning while looking through "Fashion", I noticed once again the pink 1790-something jacket next to the famous green-blue embroidered vest jacket (sorry, can't remember the page). I've always loved this one, but there's only a side view, which is pretty little to start reproducing something. Then, I open "The cut of women"s clothes", and 'lo, there's a pretty similar jacket on diagramm XXXII ! And it doesn't llok that hard to reproduce either. So I'm hesitating about which one to enlarge...

Oh darn, I think my mind is all set for the jacket, esp. since the cotton looks so good witht hte silk, and would look quite nice as a 1790s skirt.
Someday I'll stop changing my mind about my rococo things ^^

Comments

[wataya]

I love that bodice too. There are two women from the Gustave Skul society who have reproduce it, if you want to have an idea (http://www.gustafsskal.nu/fotoalbum/kalender/06.htm), and it's also reproduced in the movie L'Anglaise et le Duc.

but i can't remember which pattern you are talking about in NW...


As for the museum, it's closed today : it only opens starting tomorrow. So we're going tomorrow. Can you have your BF driving you in ? :)))

[green-martha.livejournal.com]

Tomorrow we're supposed to have a RPG afternoon... And honestly, I don't thnk the awesome BF will agree to drive 2h30 and back to see clothes... :( (and I really need to train on sewing)

Thank you for the piccies ! Yeah, I'm really going for it ! *goes back to finishing the stays*

[wataya]

Dommage :( Si tu veux aller au musée un jour, ils seront ouverts jusqu'au 1er mai.

[green-martha.livejournal.com]

Mercim je note, et bonne visite !