Draping II full semester Project(s): Period dress
corset, skirt structure, bodice and skirt (gown)
Half of these projects were worked on at home, in a studio space I made for myself after classes at CMU moved online due to COVID-19. The verdugado was finished by then and the corset was mid process.
Research and inspiration images
late 1500s-early 1600s Spanish Golden Age court gown
1598 Pair of Bodies, hand done reproduction
This project is a reproduction of the 1598 pair of bodies pattern out of Janet Arnold's Patterns of Fashion 5. Everything was done by hand. Ribbed silk fashion fabric, plain weave linen linning, reed boning, flattened metal jump rings for eyelet reinforcement, 2 ply silk thread, plain weave silk binging, satin weave silk ribbon for lacing, wooden busk
Channel and eyelet sample
whip stitched seams
detail of chanels and seams, front and back, before adding straps, boning and binding
Front with busk
side, depicts extreme angle typical of the period
Detail of back chanels, binding and ha
Detail of busk opening
VERDUGADO
Spanish conical farthingale
Draping the gown
Preliminary pieces sketch and plan for draped gown
Progress on bodice
canvas and poly boning added to front to strengthen nose shape
process on tabbed peplum. single unit draped first then individual tab patterns determined, reinforced with canvas.
underside of finished tabbed peplum
initial progress on jerkin and skirt before trim and additional pieces.
detail of tabbed peplum
detail of contrast lining, epaulettes and haning sleeve.
I set up the dress form out on my porch so my professor could examine it up close during pandemic social distancing.
Draping I Final project: Period menswear mock-up based off of found painting
