I certainly have a love affair with 18th c. jackets. They’re just so darned cute! Now I get to decide, yet again, what kind of jacket to make from 2 yards of lampas brocade I found online, that should be arriving today.
I only have two yards, so it has to be a fairly little jacket. I’m thinking something along the lines of a pierrot or suzanna style – a bodice with a flirty-skirty tail out the back, but then the casaquins and full-skirted jackets are earlier and fit with the “Prelude to Victory” 1780-81 event date better. Hrm…/ponder…
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| Meg Andrews |
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| Augusta Auctions |
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| Duchess of Devonshire Gossip Guide: http://www.museeducostumeetdeladentelle.be/ |
Although a casaquin with a short-ish skirt might work too.
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| Galliera musée de la Mode de la Ville de Paris |
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| Met |
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| Meg Andrews |
Or maybe a swallow-tailed type of style, over a matching stomacher?
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| Colonial Williamsburg |
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| Duran Textiles |
Decisions, decisions!
9 Comments
Rowenna
June 27, 2012 at 9:44 PMI love the bum-poofs on the second two. I mean, when else can you get away with a poofy bum like that?
Lauren R
June 28, 2012 at 8:11 PMThat's a good point – if ever there is a time for bum poofs…
Tricia
June 27, 2012 at 11:02 PMI love the Meg Andrews (#6) it would look beautiful in the "Felicite" fabric from your Fabric of Drool.
Lauren R
June 28, 2012 at 8:11 PMI adoooore that one too, although I might not have enough fabric for it. 🙁
Caroline
June 27, 2012 at 11:30 PMMy favorite is number 3. I really want to make a zone front pierrot but I just haven't had the chance and I'm nervous about adjusting my anglaise pattern to that silhouette.
Lauren R
June 28, 2012 at 8:12 PMZone fronts intrigue me too – they seem so stylish! I say jump right in and cut things up. Test first, of course 🙂
Anonymous
June 28, 2012 at 3:41 PMI LOVE the tail on the first one, but the ruffles on the third are also gorgeous. My advice for helping decide on a design is to make loads of sketches. Sometimes I can trick my brain into thinking it likes one design better than another one by making a crappy sketch of one and a good sketch of the others.
Lauren R
June 28, 2012 at 8:12 PMThat is good advice – I do this with illustration concepts for clients, haha! Don't tell anyone!!
KittyKatt
June 30, 2012 at 6:33 PM…you need to install a "Like" button for that one. Priceless!