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Research: Christine's Wishing GownNOTE: This page is going under construction, meaning that I'm rewriting my research in a language everyone will understand. (I was too excited when I wrote this page up. :) So, I'll leave this up to entertain you, and so you can get a good laugh. Ever since I got addicted to Phantom of the Opera in January 2005, I couldn't stop. The movie came out, and I became interested in the play. Already thinking of halloween, I decided I wanted to do one of Christine's costumes. I researched the movie costumes, but none of them really stood out. So, I researched the costume's from the actual play. And that is when my eyes fell upon Christine's famous blue wishing gown. I've already fallen in love with it. After my past costume experiences, I am determined to make this work. Click here to see where I obtained most of my research.August 1, 2005 Materials for the costume:
I'm buying my spiral steel boning from Denver Fabrics. The 12" busk, corset laces, and boning tape are from Corset Making.com. I'm going to scrounge for the grommets and the buttons at A.C. moore since I have a gift card. I found a good source of 58" wide muslin at Fabric.com. It's pretty good price, considering I've only seen 48" at $1.80 per yard. The patterns took me quite a bit longer to figure out. I've decided to use Truly Victorian's TV-121 petticoat, (as it falls into natural form) the TV-422 Dinner Bodice, and the TV-221 underskirt. The panniers, I know I'm on my own. The apron? I have a possible lead with Simplicty 5457 I don't know about it yet, I have to make a mock-up first. My original plan was to use the entire pattern minus the bustle pad, and the bustle. The skirt? well, my mock-up didn't exactly turn out as I wanted it too...It was meant for a bustle era, more than natural form. The bodice? Screwed. I wouldn't advice using it. I used the biggest size, and even with adjustments, the bottom edge only came to my waistline! I don't know if i'm just strangely formed or not, but I didn't like the bodice pattern at all... When I first looked at this costume, I though I would need a small bustle. However, the back of the skirt isn't flat. I comes out full quite a bit. (not sure how to exactly explain it.) I'm praying, like, seriously praying, that the TV-121 petticoat will give me this effect...I experimented with my simplicity pattern mock up, and it didn't turn out too bad, I guess.... August 2, 2005 I did more research on the costume while looking around for muslin/buttons/and trim. You know what I have discovered? The midsection of the bodice "velvet part" and the velvet collar are lined with a blueish braid, I think. Either that, or zigzags. So now that I have "discovered" this little factor, I have to add to my list of stuff to buy... This really sucks, considering how I only have 205 dollars to spend, and my total so far is around...220? *sigh*... Well, more bargain hunting to do. I'm going to visit A.C. Moore and have a look at their trim. I need something for the collar and the sleeves. I need to find buttons too. I found this website, which is pretty good. The Sewing Place. I asked the people (super nice) on Truly Victorian Forum about waistbands. They said petersham is good. The sewing place also sells petersham. I still have to do more research on petersham because i don't fully understand what it is yet... For this mysterious "trim," I think I'm going to braid the cord myself. |
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