1890s Ball Bodice: From Fashion Plate to Reality!

Want to design your DREAM 1890's ball bodice but don't know how to take that fashion plate (or Worth gown!) and turn it into a real garment? Let's take that period-correct image and turn it into the most fabulous ball bodice ever! This is a fun little video where we go behind the scenes and dig into the design process. We'll talk about how to come up with a design if you want something original, and then discuss how to take a basic bodice pattern and modify it for your vision--including all of the frou-frou that the 1890's loved so well! Resources: -Basic 1880's-90's ball bodice pattern: https://blacksnailpatterns.com/en/products/viktorianische-damen-balltaillen-von-1880-bis-1900-schnittmuster-0320-grosse-eu-34-56-pdf-download -Fashion Plates: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/libraries-and-research-centers/watson-digital-collections/costume-institute-collections/costume-institute-fashion-plates -Extants: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search?material=Costume&offset=0&yearFrom=1890&yearTo=1910&geolocation=Europe&department=The+Costume+Institute&q=ball+gown Other pattern companies I recommend for basic ball bodice blocks: -Laughing Moon (Regency, Mid-Vic) https://www.laughingmoonmercantile.com/ -Scroop (17th [!!!], 18th, 1910s) https://www.scrooppatterns.com/ And I forgot to mention, but should-- Margo Anderson for Tudor, Renaissance, Elizabethan: https://margospatterns.com/ Other videos I mention! 📽 Making a fabulous 1890's Cape inspired by Worth! https://youtu.b