What Do You Wear with Historical Skirts? | making an 1890s shirtwaist

Hello everyone and welcome to a new video! After keeping this fabric and project in the back of my mind for over a year, it is finally time to make a more historical option to wear with my shirtwaists! This project required 1.5 meters of fabric (it was a tight squeeze!), some interfacing, thread, and snaps. To draft the pattern, I altered a late 1890s bodice block I already have. You can look at drafting one in Victorian manuals such as 'The "Keystone" jacket and dress cutter, A treatise on jackets, dresses and other garments for women' by Charles Hecklinger (1895, freely available online: https://archive.org/details/keystonejacketdr00heck - I used his advice on the sleeves!). There are many drafting manuals available online, however I do forewarn, they are not for the faint of heart (or maths lol). The bodice block was cut exactly as it was, without any of the shaping or fitting at the waist (darts), and it was extended in the front and back to make sure it could tuck neatly into skirts. I also then slashed and spread the pattern to add a gathered portion. Overall, I am pretty happy with this! It's just historical enough that a modern person might not think twice seeing me in the street. I love the fabric and the drape, and it's a very comfortable and versatile shirtwaist - I can wear it with cardigans or vests for a more modern look too. Images: C.I.56.16.19a–d MET cotton ca 1890s https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/86717 C.I.57.22.15 MET cotton ca 1900s htt