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| This Gown was designed as a sort of last minute ditch for Dragon Con 2005. I had originally planned a full walking costume but for various personal reasons was unable to get the project going in full steam. The corset was to go under walking dress. Thus to have something to wear I created this ensemble to instead and showcase the corset. The Corset is a gold floral brocade silk, with chocolate brown, gold and cream embroidery and bead work. The top is a gold metallic sheer with pale gold embroidery. The skirt is a coffee colored silk dupioni trimmed with silk flowers and ribbon, same as the shoulder corsage. The inspiration was a great deal of evening wear for around 1880, as pictured below. |
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Evening wear of the early 1880s.
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| Designs for needlework images can be found here. |
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| This was my mock up image that I used to cement my idea of what I wanted. |
| This corset image can be found in Valarie Steels Corset's book |
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| You can find this pattern along with other corset patents by clicking the image. This pattern is the yellow pattern in the ten waist seams section. |
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| You can find this pattern along with others by clicking the image. This pattern is the Skirt with Train Balayeuse, 1877 near the bottom. |
| This is the garland of silk flowers that are set at the gathering in the back of the skirt. |
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| This picture is of the top under shirt with it's corsage of silk flowers. The design is of that from a traditional chemise of the time. |
