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A Dazzling Creation
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Movie Costumes | Sarah's ballgown, Labyrinth (1986)
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Ball gown, Au Bon Marché (1905-1906)
via Museum für Kunst & Gewerbe Hamburg
I present to you: The Pumpkin Ball Gown.
Ok, more like The Mostly Finished Pumpkin Ball Gown.
Unfortunately, I remain consistent at one thing and one thing only: missing deadlines.
At least this is done enough that I can pin it into something resembling the final product. It just isn't wearable yet (that is a minor detail when making clothing, right?)
This took a lot longer than it should have for a bunch of reasons, mainly the fact I had a very strong vision of what it should look like and was pretty uncompromising in my efforts to achieve that.
The good news is that I resolved the various issues I had with bringing the design to life and I'm really happy with it! I just, you know, failed to finish bringing it to life prior to the holiday most closely associated with pumpkins.
Hopefully in the next week I'll finish the binding/collar/waistband/etc...and maybe a video about it too, stranger things have happened!
• Celestial Blue Ball Gown.
Date: 1867
Maker: Marie and Josephine Virfolet (New York City)
Medium: Silk satin (tulle was replaced ca. 1980)
Ball gown, c. 1865 by unknown designer
This dress is made of silk and cotton gauze, decorated with straw
This dress can be found in: Wien Museum
