#historic costume

[gentlyepigrams]

Grecian pageant costume, 1900. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

[comicalfellow]

Bonnet alert !

('Ammonite')

[historicalcataloguesandplates]

1869

[global-musings]

A folk dancer in a traditional costume of the people’s militia from the Izmir - Aydin area in Turkey. Clothing style: ca. 1900-1925. - Halil Gökçen

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source

[nuri148]

18th century French dresses and fabrics.

Arts and History Museum, Orange.

[wellpresseddaisy]

I'm working on what I call my Citizen Bibliographer Project, which is currently an Airtable database of publicly available vintage and historic sewing books (and which will, with more free time, be a website at some point). I'd like to include a field so people can see at a glance if they're going to find drafting/tailoring/sewing instruction for what was then considered women's or men's clothing, but I also think the gendering of clothing is unhelpful in our more modern age.

Would 'Clothing Type' be a good solution? The fields would be things like trouser suits, skirt suits, dresses, petticoats, shirts, shirtwaist, etc.?

And is there any information people would like to see at a glance beyond:

date

title

author

subject

publisher

pub location

clothing types

target age

holding library

the current hosting website

link

[shelikescloth]

Currently thinking about a Jedi cosplay because my partner and I bought ultrasabers and well, one follows the other. He wants Ob-Wan’s lil blue outfit from the show. I, on the other hand, have to be extra, so I was thinking about what historical eras could translate well into a Jedi costume. 

Now of course the Jedi have a variety of outfits, but they generally are all sort of loose with simple construction, often involve several layers, have some kind of belt, and a cloak or robe. 

Here’s my girl Jocasta Nu, Jedi librarian (thus close to my heart)

Depa Billaba has a short tunic and tabard, with leggings

Shaak Ti has a really cool outfit, with more embellishment

Luminara also has a more intricate outfit. Her live-action version looks like a skirt, but in TCW it seems to be split up the front and she has leggings under. I think for some of the Jedi, their outfits relate to their cultural background or have other significant meanings. 

The art for High Republic outfits includes their white and gold formal wear, as well as “leathers” that they wear in regular life

So anyway, these are my basic elements to work with. Up next, some historical periods that I’m looking at!

[lho-archive]

Ram in the clothes from his youth. (He should probably be playing the harp, though).

Drawn 07/11/21

[gentlyepigrams]

This frocking fabulous Lanvin stage costume from 1923 is designed in a Turkish style. Fashion history via Christie's.

[calendae-creations]

A couple of my current works in progress!

The first is a pair of early 18th c stays (only the left half is shown). The boning channels and eyelets are done on both halves now, but this is as far as I've gotten so far with the binding.

The second is a needle felted butterfly, around 9 inches across, in bi pride colours. I'm not entirely sure what I'll be doing with it, since it turned out too large for a hair clip.

Like my art? Want to see more? Check out my shop!

[comicalfellow]

The Importance of Being Earnest, with Sharon D. Clarke and Ncuti Gatwa

[historicalcataloguesandplates]

1810

[nuri148]

Some old bras for your historical fiction, from the textile collection of Barcelona Design Hub!

These two from the 1940s

This one from the 1930s

And this one from the 1920s

[sidecast]

i looove the miku trend. nomadic horselord hungarian miku be upon you

[fitzgeraldsflapper]

Costume Concept Art for Nosferatu (2024) by Linda Muir