I’ve been interested in working class dress lately. And more specifically 18th century maids costumes. searching the net I’ve found lots of pics of pretty outfits and great pattern mixi…
Front- and backlaced stays with tie-on sleeves, ca 1750, Italy Gustafs Skål's big jubilation party will take place May 9 (Do come, it will be fabulous!) and will be a full day event. I will need a ball gown for the day, but also something and would like to have something a bit simpler for the day. I recently stumbled on these brocade covered stays with tie-on sleeves. There are a few of them around, all, as far as I know, have been from the first half of the 18th century. It seems to me that it was an informal fashion, being a bit more dressed than just wallowing around din your stays. Most extant examples I have seen have been Italian or French, so it might have been a pretty local fashion as well. Stays, 1735-50 And the sleeves to go with it Stays with tie-on sleeves, 1760, possibly France I don't know anything about these, but they are beautiful! There are also a few paintings. Well, I admit that you can't see what it looks like underneath the neckerchief, but the sleeves are tied on. A Young Lady With Two Dogs by Giacomo Ceruti Watch the reading girl! Women Working on Pillow Lace by Giacomo Ceruti, 1720's Portrait of a Lady by Francesco Zuccarelli I have a pair of stays that I made a couple of years ago that fit well, are structurally sound, but have started to look pretty shabby. They are also strapless, which I don’t like. If I cover them with a nice shell fabric I can add straps and if I make a matching petticoat I think I will look quite presentable, if undressed. Also, for evening I could just lace myself in a bit better, loose the sleeves and don my evening garb without much fuss. For some reason I am stuck with thinking it should be pink. Why I do not know, as I’m not a pink sort of person. Though with a green ball gown accented with gold, a glimpse of a pink petticoat underneath would probably look quite nice. I have been drooling at Pure Silks and I’m now stuck with these three. I confess, my heart beats a bit harder for this pink/gold silk brocade. But would teh fabric work for the 18th century. I want to say yes, but perhaps it is just because I want it. Any takers? Pinkish lavendel shot with gold is pretty nifty too On the other hand, my skin tone is better with cool shades.
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Last weekend a dear friend, Jenny, gave me an incredible gift - a complete pattern catalog from 1880. I've been studying it with great interest and costume lust, careful to keep the drool from dripping on the fragile pages, and now, of course, I am
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Photo Source Beauty Marks: Back in the day in the year of 1700s Beauty Marks were made of black velvet, taffeta, or leather. They were known as "mouches", which is the French word for fly. Not so sexy, a fly... I found the above diagram on Pinterest and knew I had to do a post about it. Little did I know what I was going to find out when I followed the link and read about Les Mouches. I knew that Beauty Marks-Les Mouches had symbolic meaning depending on were they were placed, but I didn't know that Beauty Marks were made of fabric. I thought they were painted on with charcoal or liner. The biggest surprise was were the Beauty Marks were kept when not in use. The Beauty Marks meaning in English (by Quaintrellelife) middle of forehead = dignified corner of eye = passionate middle of cheek = gallant heart-shaped (left cheek) = engaged heart-shaped (right cheek) = married between mouth and chin = silent on lower lip = discreet beside the mouth = likes to kiss on nasolabial fold = playful on nose = saucy near lip = flirtatious "Une dame à sa toilette", by 18th-century artist François Boucher, shows a lady applying Beauty Marks-Les Mouches to her face. After watching this video clip I thought about all of those little boxes I have seen and sold, I thought they were to keep ones precious earrings or rings, instead of just putting them on the nightstand. Wow. Some Limoges boxes from my colletction... Some of them have Chelsea and Sacha's baby teeth. Some are empty. Some of them I have sold. None hold beauty marks. Dang. A small box I had a awhile ago. It could have been for Beauty Marks. It could have been for false eyelashes. It could have been for earrings... It could have been mine, but I sold it. Dang that Brocante Bug! But then if I didn't have the Brocante Bug I would have never known the purpose of these boxes with mirrors. Pietro LONGHI. Femme à sa toilette. (The word Toilette - 'Toilet' is a French word that in English we would say, "Getting Ready", or "Going to Get Dressed", or "Putting on my Makeup", or/and a combination of the three. Photo Source If you wore a Beauty Mark were would you put it? In the day Beauty Marks were worn...
Man's slip waistcoat of cotton, Great Britain, 1820-1830; satin standing collar
Jeune femme vêtue d'un caraco à la Polonoise de toile vermichelle, bordé d'une bande étroite: le juppon bordé d'une bande large d'etoffe fond blanc à guirlandes de fleurs.
Jolie Danseuse vêtue d'un Caraco plissé et à gorgerette décoltée de taffetas d'Italie mordoré, avec un tablier de linon à fleurs pareil à la garniture du Caraco; les noeuds rosettes etrubans couleur de rose.
