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Late Victorian Bodice

I based this bodice on the idea of a Debutante/heiress going to an evening ball. It is made using a coutil base with the satin fashion fabric flatlined on top. I used a combination of 1/2 flat steel and spiral steel bones at the seams to support the shape of the bodice without a corset. I was also tricky to get enough decoration on the bodice to make it look rich without being tacky.

 

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Late Victorian Frockcoat

This is a late 19th century frockcoat that I patterned and tailored from scratch. I based the pattern on a Victorian menswear book by R. I. Davis. The pattern actually started out as an 1860's frockcoat, but ass fittings went on, I slimmed down the silhouette to more of an 1880s or 1890s style. The frockcoat was made using a 100% wool plaid. It was a challenge to make sure the plaid matched across seams as well as at the armscye. The chest area was tailored using prefabricated HYMOs that were cut and altered to fit the style of frockcoat.

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1940s Blouse and Skirt

I created this outfit based off a Sears ad from the 1940s. I drafted the pattern based on a basic bodice sloper and then refined it to recreate the scalloped neckline and peplum. The hardest part of this build was making sure the pattern matched through all of the seams and vertically between the bodice and peplum pieces.

 

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Abby Brewster

This is a 1940s dress that I stitched for the Berkshire Theatre Festival's Arsenic and Old Lace. This dress was made using vintage rayon fabric, which was interesting because it tended to grow in unpredictable ways as I stitched. I like all of the details that were put into this dress such as the scallop hem on the sleeves and the pin tucks at the center back. I was also very proud of the smocking I got to do on the shoulders. This was the first time I got to experiment with smocking.

 

Design by: Hunter Kaczorowski, Draper: Muriel Mangual.

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Richard III Dress

This is a dress I stitched for Montana Shakespeare in the Park's Richard III. This Dress was made using a blue velvet for the overdress and a soft burlap for the underdress. The difficulty with this dress was that I had to be very careful stitching it as the velvet wanted to creep a lot and cause my seams to be off. The velvet also acted very different than the muslin mock-up which created additional struggles that were not present in the mock-up fitting

 

Design by: Claudia Boddy

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