1893 thoughts
Jan. 20th, 2009 09:07 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
anielmomNo sewing tonight, I've been fighting a headache all day. Instead, I turn my thoughts to the 1893 Empire gown.
I've been kicking around ideas for the fabric. I'd really like to do a stripe. I think it would accentuate the lines, and make me look thinner to boot! Of course, silk would be the preferred fabric, but in this economy, I'm not sure I can justify the expense.
I found this fabric, but I'm not sure the colors, which I love, are appropriate for the period.
There is this 1891 fashion plate. The pink fabric w/white polka dots is very whimsical, so perhaps the pink an brown stripe isn't to far fetched? Or perhaps that' just wishful thinking?
Any thoughts?
I've been kicking around ideas for the fabric. I'd really like to do a stripe. I think it would accentuate the lines, and make me look thinner to boot! Of course, silk would be the preferred fabric, but in this economy, I'm not sure I can justify the expense.
I found this fabric, but I'm not sure the colors, which I love, are appropriate for the period.
There is this 1891 fashion plate. The pink fabric w/white polka dots is very whimsical, so perhaps the pink an brown stripe isn't to far fetched? Or perhaps that' just wishful thinking?
Any thoughts?
