#costume & underwear

[antiqueartist]

This thing is hard to photograph, but here she is! My corset cover, made from patterns from the 1910s, but made to work with my 1890s wardrobe.

I jumped head first into lacemaking one evening in February(!) and ended up in this project that took Four (4) months, with healthy breaks in between of course. I'm happy with the outcome and very pleased to be learning new skills, this time with Irish crochet.

Now I have to make a corset to cover!

[badassindistress]

It is done and it is glorious!

This is a 1901 skirt for a promenade dress with added lace. I still have lace left over, so I may go back and add even more...

[oprahwinfreyjrjr]

What I’m manifesting for Frenchie and Kimiko in season 5 of The Boys

Frenchie and Kimiko casually sharing clothes. His sweatshirts are huge on her but she loves them.

A scene where Kimiko paints his nails at the office while all sorts of serious discussions are happening around them

M.M. teasing Frenchie for being a wife guy but not-so-secretly really happy for his friend

Only one episode at most where they are separated because a little yearning hurts so good

A tearful reunion. He cups her face in his hands as he kisses her.

The knowing smiles on the rest of The Boys’ faces because they’ve all been shipping them too

Kimiko rips off Cate’s face. Bye bitch.

And Little Nina too. This is a side quest that she never tells Frenchie about. She comes home with Kirkland Signature whiskey to celebrate.

Frenchie’s shock and delight when he discovers that Kimiko can speak

But they still sign sometimes

And they think they’re being slick when they sign the filthiest things to each other around The Boys but literally everyone can tell

The first time they make love it will be the most romantic, tender, emotional shit you ever saw

That awed, slightly open-mouth thing he does when he sees her naked for the first time

She runs her hands all over his scars

A forehead kiss the morning after

The next time the fuck they are absolutely feral for each other

When he undresses, she’s surprised to find he has so many weapons stashed all over his body, including a knife in his underwear

Full frontal Frenchie! (As an actor, I think it would be an incredibly brave choice for Tomer Capone, don’t you agree?)

And the 🍑 too

More scenes of their domestic life

Kimiko asking Annie for advice about how not to break their fragile human boyfriends during sex

Frenchie continuing to have hair because it’s really working for him and he has gorgeous curls

And it’s something for Kimiko to hold on to

The two of them on a beach in Marseille

[tellius-to-fodlan]

Fódlan dress theories:

Underwear

They must wear underwear, but the silhouettes and exposed skin show that it's not the underwear of an equivalent period of earth history, but I doubt they have the materials for modern underwear, with its rubber elastic and foam. So, what would they wear?

We can see on Raphael that the closest garment to the skin for men (at least in the officers academy) is a shirt fastened with buttons:

Shirts of an equivalent time in Europe wouldn't open in the front, but that's not really relevant. I imagine the shirt is made of linen for easy laundering.

As for the bottom, I assume that men and women alike wear linen braies. They can probably be omitted by people wearing long skirts and not riding horses in favor of bare pussy for ease of toilet access when wearing an outfit that makes taking off underpants difficult/time consuming. They're probably short and close fitting, making tight pants easier to wear without obvious panty lines. My evidence besides history:

Look at those little shorts.

As for the apparent leggings some of the girls wear

I bet those are woolen hose, which fasten to the braies.

What about bust support, though? Well, the lifted silhouette is more like a modern push-up bra than anything else, but since I'm assuming they don't have the elastic and foam those are made of, my next guess is regency style short stays

They give considerable lift to the bust without giving a particularly distinctive silhouette like a longer support garment would.

Now, we get one mention of underwear in the game, and that's Dorothea's lost piece of cloth, which was unrecognizable as clothing to Caspar, so I'm assuming it's an unshaped rectangle. My hypothesis on the purpose of this cloth, which I have no historical evidence for, is that it wraps around the torso under the stays to serve at a buffer between the tough, but difficult to launder stays, and the sweaty, sensitive skin. We see no evidence of a chemise or shirt over Dorothea's ample bust, while a wrapped rectangle could be positioned directly at the stay line for total concealment, held on solely by the stays, would have a plenty of wiggle room for weight gain, and only requires hemming, making it a solid skin layer option for a lady on a tight budget who wants to show off her assets. Although given the lack of obvious voluminous chemises on any of the ladies, this could be a common choice across social classes.

Then..... There are the people who don't seem to have underwear on their torsos at all.

I'd guess that Judith is relying on clever tailoring for support, Dorothea's armored girdle does the job for her, and Manuela actually has something really interesting going on, with her bodice being laced close under the bust, and then the breast cups suspended from her neckband for lift. I want to try making that dress.

However, the pre-automatic washing machine laundress in me is screaming at the good fabric right next to the skin. I want to believe that these garments have removable linen linings where they touch skin. Maybe that's what's tied across the back of Dorothea's shoulders.

[wankohouse]

栗浜陽三　『空と錨』より　雑誌MLMW(ムルム) No.8(1978年11月号) グラビア

栗浜陽三　空と錨

栗浜陽三　空と錨

栗浜陽三　空と錨

栗浜陽三　空と錨

栗浜陽三　空と錨

    以上の写真は雑誌MLMW (ムルム) No.8 (1978年11月号) グラビア 『空と錨』より

モデルさんがもうちょっと太めだとか、汚めとかだったらと思うけど、多分本当に働いているシーンとポーズとの差が大きいのだろうね。それに、ふんどしがきれいすぎてリアルじゃないよ！ オリンピック代表の女子レスリングの選手の戦っている写真を見て惚れてしまったが、ユニフォーム発表会でポーズをとっている写真を見て恋から覚めてしまったよ！　相手をやっつけようとしているときの顔が良かったんだ！　なお、性別は問いません(笑)なのだけど、女っぽい女は好きじゃないんだよ！

[frownyalfred]

I am trying so hard to just trust the process but I’m starting to worry I’m not going to like the new Superman suit, even post sfx.

[heartyearning]

sick and tired of seeing people use zip ties for boning. listen to me i am a costume designer stop using plastic which does not hold your shape (the whole point of boning) you do not need to buy proper coiled boning or anything: go to a hardware store and find flat metal tension spring (google tells me that's what it's called, unfortunately i also don't know what its used for in hardware store related things so i cant describe it if that isnt the correct translation, soz) you can get a roll of 15m x 4mm tension spring for about 15 euros where i live and then you just have to cut it with metal shears (you can use a regular cutting pliers probably but if you have metal shears you will be happier) then either file down the edges a bit if you're genuinely gonna wear it a lot, or you just wind some tape around the edges to make sure putting them in the channels isn't gonna rip your fabric and anyway now you have an actually functional boned garment. go to a hardware store and show them this pic btw:

^ this is what you want. also bc this is 4mm wide around stress points like closures you want to make 2 channels right alongside each other and put in 2 pieces of tension spring for stability

[ghw-archive]

Stays for Tuck Everlasting the musical

[antiqueartist]

I saw this late 19th century corset in the collections of the Castle of Turku, Finland, and wanted to share it with all of you! I paid specific attention to the corsets as my goal is to finally make one this year.

This one specifically caught my attention because of those laces at the top. Not much information was available in the plaque, but looking at the placement of the laces, it's probably a maternity corset! Very cool and interesting if that is the case.

[badassindistress]

My dress is done, just in time for my birthday ✨

I think all considered this whole dress took me a little over 8 hours, or a day an a half of intermittent sewing.

[lizasweetling]

Theoretically I understand that the time suits are hard to don and shed, but comparing the modesty standard here to the start of the comic is at once strange and amusing

[wankohouse]

栗浜陽三　写真集『渾遊』より

栗浜陽三　「渾遊」

[steelthroat]

Tomorrow's outfit was literally a group project lol.

[sewlastcentury]

Free pattern!

I took this pattern from an antique 1920s camisole with a 47.5" bust. It's super simple and should be a quick project (and of course, it's easy to alter for size).

(If used as a camisole or corset-cover, it's probably best for a bust of less than 47”. If used as a bust reducer/binder, best for someone with approximately a 48” underbust and a bust larger than 50”.)

You can download it as a single file with cm or inch grids OR as printable tiled versions for letter or A4 paper - they're all on my blog here:

I'm putting this one up for free not because it didn't take effort to make, but because the actual garment is simple enough that it just doesn't compare in complexity to my other patterns. So enjoy the freebie :)

[alina-shop]

Catwoman Costume

[toadallytickles]

Happy Holidays~! 🎄🦌 I went as sexy Rudolph for a few Christmas-themed play parties! Of course I took the opportunity to wear nylons paired with black knee high socks~