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1820s’ / early 1830s’ men’s suit
Everything was made myself based off of different historical fashion plates with some liberties. The majority of the fabrics and all the buttons were second hand.
Information on the materials and patterns below. (Long text)
The shirt:
The shirt:
The shirt:
The pattern is the Kannik's Corner Regency shirt pattern. I really recommend this as a beginning pattern, it was what I made first. It's made with only squares. Just be sure to resize it, and be warned they strongly push historic methods and hand sewing, but I think it's ok to use modern methods. Bernadette Banner also did a video on this type of shirt. I made it with cotton fabric.
The Tailcoat:
The lining is silk but after having the coat for several months, DON’T USE LOOSE BROCADED SILK (for frequently worn garments). It may be pretty at first, but the lining has just started making tons of loose hairs, but that’s what I get for rolling the dice with second hand fabric (and maybe not knowing better). The outside is crepe wool with a velvet collar. The buttons are faux shell. Again, all the material was second hand. The Laughing Moon pattern is great.
Accessories:
The fan and fob on my pants was from Sign of the Grey Horse, the top hat was second hand so I can't be sure of the brand, and the shoes were Miz Mooz but I believe the ones I got are sold out now. The white cravat is a silk from Fabric Mart that I just did a rolled hem around.
I finished making a linen ruffle shirt and silk vest! Plus a better view of my Cossack pants.
The shirt is linen from fabric mart using the same pattern as my other shirt, but this time I added ruffles and shirt-links.
The shirt is linen from fabric mart using the same pattern as my other shirt, but this time I added ruffles and shirt-links.
The pants are made out of bedsheets. I’m not ashamed of it. They’re more 1820s/1830s styled so I’m mixing it up a bit, but I think that’s ok because these clothes are not reenacting.
The cravat is from Burnley and Trowbridge and it’s one of my favorites I have now.
The shoes are American Duchess (yes, they’re Victorian style shoes and not regency period. I don’t care because they’re incredibly cool. Pretend they’re spats).
I’ve been very busy this month. Click on the pictures for full resolution.
I got the socks from American Duchess and my cravat is a rayon fabric I made into a cravat. Rayon is a really great substitute when silk is often too expensive, it also wrinkles less.
I got the socks from American Duchess and my cravat is a rayon fabric I made into a cravat. Rayon is a really great substitute when silk is often too expensive, it also wrinkles less.
I realized I didn’t show off my frog vest very well so here’s some better pictures of that. I haven’t really been able to make anything new for myself lately, but more stuff soon!
Happy Halloween!
Here’s some art I did of one of my characters a while ago. Click for better quality.
I think I’m going to try to do a series of different cravat knots!
This is probably my personal favorite, which is called the shell knot or the braided knot. It’s described as “consisting of a double or triple knot” and pinned to the back/side. I’ve interpreted it the best way I could and it seems correct by the results. The fabric for this must be enormous. This cravat is a 44” square and very thin.
The cravat is called the American or similar names such as Independence or Washington. It requires to be well starched and pinned in place. This cravat fabric is probably my favourite. It retains its crispness for hours while being light and extremely comfortable.
Le Blanc makes a joke about it when discussing it, “This style has many admirers here, and also among our friends, the fashionables of the New World, who pride themselves on its name, which they call “Independence;” this title may, to a certain point, be disputed, as the neck is fixed in a kind of vice, which entirely prohibits any very free movements.”
Carvat number 3!
This cravat is called a Cascade. It’s similar to the American but flared out. It was extremely popular in the early regency period but by the late 1820s it had fallen out of high fashion.
New outfit I started making in December! I’m super happy with how each piece came out since I’ve gotten a lot faster at hand sewing, thus significantly more of my garments are done by hand. I would like to do more in depth posts on each garment soon, but for now I’ll add the general info.
The shirt was a nice cotton that was gifted to me. The buttonholes a stud eyelets were done by hand as well as many other elements.
The vest is a linen and cotton blend I got from Fabric mart. The print is called Strawberry Thief. The buttonholes were done by hand, as well as the topstitching along the edge.
The stud set is from the 1930s.
The pantaloons are probably the piece I’m most proud of that I’ve made so far. They’re a wool that my mom had in her stash. The knots were done by hand through a process of ironing, basting, and sewing on. I used Burnley & Trowbridge’s wool braid/tape. I was extremely proud of how they came out and the wool tape pressed beautifully.
The cape is wool with a cotton velveteen lining. I used one of my old graduation cords as the roping. The tassels hang down the front but you can’t see it in the pictures.
Plus new cravat! Also From Burnley and Trowbridge. I starched my cravat, my shirt front, my vest, and my corset.
Self portrait/rendering of clothes I want to make! I’ve made several attempts to replicate the style of regency fashion plates and using an ink pen proved the most successful. I think they used the dryness of the pen to get the varying thicknesses of ink. I think I can perfect it a bit more, but I’m very proud of this.
Hello all,
I realize I haven’t made a post in a while. I’ve made some things in the meantime but haven’t gotten around to taking nice pictures, such as a 1910s shirt and breeches. It’s a bit harder in the summer since I tend to avoid going outside.
Until then here are some other pictures that were taken in the fall.
(I wonder if you can tell which one of these my friend took without me noticing)
Here are some more pictures of my cape plus the pad stitching I did. I learned that this type of pad stitching is actually more modern so I’ll try the historical method next time. I didn’t end up using these pictures initially because you can’t see the roping in the front, but you still couldn’t see it in the other pictures anyways.
Here’s some of the process pictures for the knot. I marked the measurements of the key positions of each part of the knot. I had a paper example to size that helped but I still changed that slightly to fit my design. I worked the tape into position while ironing it and pinning to my ironing board. Gathering is used at the inside of the tight corners to help get that even flat curve (the dark blue threads on the left picture). After it was the right shape I basted it to the pant leg. Then I back stitched each side of the knot into place. Each one took a little bit more than an hour all together, the second taking significantly less time since I knew the process this time.
Summer Ensemble
The jacket is linen with many hand done elements including the buttonholes and pockets. I based it heavily on the extant example at Colonial Williamsburg and another at the Kent museum. I was going to draft it myself But I lost my book so I just altered my tailcoat pattern. It was really cool to make a garment more specific to where I’m from. It can be worn with or without a vest.
The breeches are made with cotton with a slight sheen. I think it’s glazed cotton. The buckles I got from Burnley and Trowbridge and I like them a lot.
Both fabrics and the cravat fabric were acquired second hand.
The straw hat is vintage from roughly 1950s
I spent quite a long time on this tailcoat and have gotten very busy without time to work on other projects, so I will dedicate a post to it.
Firstly big thank you to @vinceaddams for his deaths head button video which I used to make mine as well as links for making buckram!
Deaths head buttons weren’t really as popular any more by the regency period, but they still had Thread wrapped buttons for coats as well as one vest example I found for.
I made the buckram from scratch using linen I got at a second hand store and glue.
Decorative interior stitching was based directly off an 1830s tailcoat at the MET.
I used silk thread for all of the visible stitches, and it was like butter to hand-sew with. 100m/110 yds was more than enough for that as well.
(You can see the mutton chops I did :] )
A happy new year to all!
New breeches and a new waistcoat I made. The waistcoat I’m particularly proud of as I drafted it from an original 1820s tailoring book. The fabric is a reproduction 1840-1860 print. I’m still tweaking how I construct breeches.
In the meantime of working on a big project, here's my cossack #2, which I'm very happy with. I used an original pattern as a base and then added extra fabric for pleats instead of gathers. The fabric is a wool-rayon blend from Fabricmart. With this outfit, I'm very happy with the fact it's essentially the first outfit I made but with much better practice and fit.
Preview for what I'm currently working on.
Leopard waistcoat I was able to make before getting busy again, fabric from Fabricmart and cravat from Burnely and Trowbridge. It was drafted from the same pattern as my pink waistcoat but closer to the actual draft.