Redingote inspirations

[wataya]

Here are the different pictures I use as an inspiration for my redingote.

Comments

[green-martha.livejournal.com]

Aaaha stop evil woman ! You're tempting me ! I have a 1880s wedding dress and a teens suit to sew before even thinkign about anythign else !!! *drools on the pink and grey*

[wataya]

O but I want to start a redingote madness. Is that bad ? *innocent eyes*

[pemberleyserena.livejournal.com]

They are gorgeous...and I love how yours turned out. I'm really tempted.

Which, considering the amount of work I have at the moment, is not good. Not good at all.

[saraic.livejournal.com]

oh - those are sooo inspirational, but I need proper stays first .....oh, the list gets longer.....
and your collar detail is just fantastic!

[cigarettes214.livejournal.com]

I've been wanting a redingote forever. So much beautiful inspiration! :D

[bauhausfrau.livejournal.com]

Just gorgeous, I wants one!

[justawench.livejournal.com]

Great pics! I've never seen that extant gown before. What's going on at the bottom of the front of the bodice? Is it overlapping too much? It looks unsymmetrical. (I guess these are kind of like zone gowns in their construction?)

[wataya]

I don't know : I found the pictures of that dress on internet a long time ago and I didn't note where. I thought it was on the website marquise.de (which led me to believe it was a german gown), but I couldn't find it when I research it yesterday. All I know is that the dress is dated 1789.

I think it shouldn't overlapp, but the museum, or wherever it was exposed at, use a premade mannequin and didn't make one adapted to the dress. I think it should work like a zone-front.