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SO.
I was browsing the web, and I came across this page that was talking about cosplay, hoopskirts, and other things that have to do with the fusion of historical and modern costuming.
This suddenly spurred me to look up the words "Marie Antoinette Cosplay" in the image search, and to much dismay, I have returned with unsatisfactory results.
The majority of what I saw was full, frilly skirts and hourglass silhouettes, rather more suited to the 19th century than the 18th. So, I'll write a rough "outline" for any people who plan on doing this cosplay in the future. PLEASE don't be offended, I just wanted to make it aware that people are probably going into a cosplay not knowing the background behind such a character.
Okay, so... LET'S BEGIN.
1. If you decide to do a Marie Antoinette Cosplay, please know that you are doing a representation of a historical figure, and therefore to do the best cosplay that you can, you ideally need to make a dress that is accurate (in style, at least) to the time period. This goes for ANY historical figure cosplay, as thesame principle applies.
2. So, there IS an exception. There is a manga (and anime?) series called "The Rose of Versailles"
Now, while I've not heard of it until recently, I understand if people are doing that as a cosplay. So, then you can have your hourgalss figure and full frilly skirts.
3. okay, so now to get to the actual cosplay info. Marie Antoinette was queen of France in the 1770s and 80s. Therefore, you should do some research in the fashions of the time period, and probably look at some of her portraits.
4. Now, she was also regarded as a leader in fashion at the time so, in my opinion, that gives a person leave to use information that is a bit ahead of the time. But that's a bit besides the point.
5. And IN REGARD TO THE CLOTHES. You should use proper stays and panniers, to get the right silhouette. So don't try to go around in a victorian corset and a hoopskirt. 'CAUSE THAT'S NOT FOR MARIE ANTOINETTE. >:(
And that's pretty much it. oh, and in regards to historical accuracy, I meant style wise, not everything wise. You don't ahve to use real silk and whalebone for the costume. If you want to though, don't let me stop you...
So yeah. there's my semi-rant.
Oh, and if you were wondering what progress I've made, I got another skirt panel done, and I sewed it to the first. It looks so cool! :) But now I'm at my dad's house all week, so any machine sewing is on hold. As for panels, though, I can gather the long pieces and pin them to the bases. So it's a start! And my corset stays came in, so I put those in the corset and laced it up! It's really comfy, compared to my makeshift corset with crap-tastic plastic that digs into my flesh! I haven't sewed the binding down or anything, though, so there *is* the possibility of them sliding out of their channels... at leas a *little* bit. But I'm so excited! :)

More pictures. :)

Hello again. It's time for more pictures.

So here's my hoop. You can see it's REALLY a-line, like, a lot. WAY smaller than I would have liked.
So I definitely need to add a nice, big, fluffy flounced petticoat that's starched and all that, to get it a bit bigger and more dome shaped than the A-line I have now.
And just for the sake of it, here's the picture of me tripping while trying to move back in time for the camera timer.

plaid skirt over hoop.

One of my finished skirt panels! Don't you just love that color? So the yellow taffeta is gathered, then mounted on a muslin base. I gathered it in quarters, at a very scant edge. Then, I sewed it to the muslin base just inside the gathering stitches. In this picture, the bottom curve isn't sewed or trimmed, but I did that this morning. (All the rest was last night.)

So, there you have it! All my picturtes/progress so far! I hope you'll forgive me for taking so long to get them up, and I'll try to be better about it from now on. :)

See you later!

Guess what, you guys!

I finally got pictures!!
So, I've made more progress. And it's real, honest-to-goodness progress on my Belle dress.
Because really, the chemise isn't quite progress on the dress, as I could totally use the on that I have now.
But anyways, onto the pictures! And info.

My new, almost-done hand-stitched chemise! I REALLY like the way the neckline turned out, I think it's a really nice shape for a neckline. And I look pretty good in a square neckline, if I do say so myself... ;P
The only other thing about it is that I'm not sure if I should add tucks at the hem, just because I don't know.
So, let me know what you think! Oh, and did I mention it's hand sewn?

Up next, my luverly wool/poly blend petti! As you can see, it's a seriously bright red color, and goes just past the hem of my new chemise. So it's all cool and stuff.

My plaid petti/skirt. It's not hemmed yet, so I've yet to do that. But otherwise, it's all finished.
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Detail of plaid!

So, yeah! It seems that blogger isn't letting me add more pictures, so another post will be up today!
See you in a bit!

Progress!!

So, link to my Youtube channel is below. And looking 'back' now, I feel like my voice is more nasally than I thought. And I sound more gay than I though too. Its the curse of hearing one's own voice on recording.
http://www.youtube.com/user/KiyoKenshin
I need to update my page, so that the background and stuff is less retarded looking, so that's also on my to-do list.

So anyways, on to sewing!
My dad took us on another road trip this past weekend, to the Grand Canyon. So for the car, I took some white cotton and stitched up a chemise. It's not totally finished, but I've got sleeves and the hem done. It has a really nice square neckline, too, when I put it on. :P
So I did that, and now I need to make a facing or some truck for the neckline. Other than that, I haven' done any sewing. :( I'mma bad procrastinator. Ah well. C'est la vie.
So, in other sewing news we finally ordered corset stays, so those'll be coming in soon-ish. (I hope)
And I'm getting an 'urge' to start sewing. So I'm going to start working on my Belle gown skirt soon. Yay!

Once again, I have no photos of anything. D:
I'm terrible! So if I make another post without pics, you can mentally punch me in the face. And call me a doof. and anything else that you think will motivate me to get these dang photos! So yeah.
I'll try to post by weeks end with those pics.