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 "Emilly Ladybird" (aka Jema) explores how to create and costume interesting characters by investigating Steampunk archetypes.  Athena explores how to integrate aspects of other cultures into your costumes to help make your Steampunk unique.  A closer look at fashions for Autumn 1812, gathered from the pages of Ackerman's Repository and presented here to aid DPP hopefuls!  Janyce Hill of the Vintage Pattern Lending Library gives us the fashion forecast for October, November and December 1912.  Janyce gives us the fashion forecast for summer 1912, including wedding fashions drawn from magazines of that year.  A closer look at fashions for Summer 1812, gathered from the pages of Ackerman's Repository and La Belle Assemblée.  A closer look at fashions for Spring 1812, gathered from the pages of Ackerman's Repository and La Belle Assemblée.  Janyce Hill gives us the fashion forecast for April, May and June 1912, drawn from fashion magazines from that year.  How to add more detail to your historic fashion illustration, how to use shadows and highlights, how to draw fabric, and how to add color.  Early medieval clothing: a potato sack with a girdle? Not necessarily: here lies an astonishing wealth of fabric, colour & detail.  The nuts and bolts of Regency: how to be original, innovative AND authentic when Regency costumes are so often reproduced. If you want to design your own historic fashions, you'll do well to learn how to make your own fashion sketches. Lisha shows how.  The Winterthur Collection has many fantastic historical clothing and accessory catalogs. Here's the best from 1850-1919  Diane shows us how to use "Match Points" to guarantee that your garment has perfectly matched plaids or stripes.  Plaids are Difficult, Stripes are Tricky, so we avoid them. But they can be tamed to impressive results: Diane shows how!  Jema Hewitt shows by example how to design fantastical Steampunk outfits without resorting to the same old clichés.  I have the honor to own my great-grandmother’s 1875 wedding dress. The more I look closely at this heirloom, the more fascinating it is! A close look at an authentic Victorian dress, with many photos, construction and sewing details, and fashion plates of the time.  How to design an original Victorian costume—something new, that would be right at home on the pages of La Mode Illustrée.  Pulling you a little bit closer to tackling your dream project - why it's worth trying such intimidating projects, and how to succeed. |
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