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newmoonstarAnd here we have the grand finale of my Costume Con wardrobe: the pink 1870 ballgown!
This is another one of my dream dresses, and I'm so happy with how it turned out! I've always wanted a floofy Victorian bustle ballgown, and I knew it had to be pink and have lace and a train, and the early 1870s is one of my favorite eras because it's just so frilly and feminine and pretty. I didn't have a particular dress or fashion plate I based it on, just sort of a combination of the many frilly pink ballgowns seen in fashion plates from the early 70s, and it looks exactly as I imagined it.
Unfortunately I lined the bodice in the same horrible stretchy sateen that I lined the bodice of my other dress in, and the neckline stretched out like crazy! It kept slipping down all night and I had to keep pulling it up so that my chemise didn't show. Also I forgot my gloves, so my hands and arms look a little bare, but aside from those quibbles, I'm just relieved it got done in time to wear it Sunday night. I was literally sewing the lace onto the bodice at the hotel just a half hour before the Masquerade started (which is one of the various reasons I decided against competing in the Masquerade lol). It's a shame you can't really see my jewelry in the pics, because it was the real stuff that I'd been too afraid to wear before this- pearls and 14k gold! Sooo pretty!
I really felt like Cinderella in this outfit, so life goal accomplished!!!
This is another one of my dream dresses, and I'm so happy with how it turned out! I've always wanted a floofy Victorian bustle ballgown, and I knew it had to be pink and have lace and a train, and the early 1870s is one of my favorite eras because it's just so frilly and feminine and pretty. I didn't have a particular dress or fashion plate I based it on, just sort of a combination of the many frilly pink ballgowns seen in fashion plates from the early 70s, and it looks exactly as I imagined it.
Unfortunately I lined the bodice in the same horrible stretchy sateen that I lined the bodice of my other dress in, and the neckline stretched out like crazy! It kept slipping down all night and I had to keep pulling it up so that my chemise didn't show. Also I forgot my gloves, so my hands and arms look a little bare, but aside from those quibbles, I'm just relieved it got done in time to wear it Sunday night. I was literally sewing the lace onto the bodice at the hotel just a half hour before the Masquerade started (which is one of the various reasons I decided against competing in the Masquerade lol). It's a shame you can't really see my jewelry in the pics, because it was the real stuff that I'd been too afraid to wear before this- pearls and 14k gold! Sooo pretty!
I really felt like Cinderella in this outfit, so life goal accomplished!!!
