Uploaded August 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
The Gibson Girl look totally works with a sharp, Edwardian style tailored jacket made using historical tailoring techniques! The first 1,000 people to use the link or my code SNAPPYDRAGON will get a 1 month free trial of Skillshare: https://skl.sh/snappydragon05221
Edwardian fashion gave us the iconic Gibson Girl style : Fluffy hair and the curved S-bend silhouette, a part of Edwardian dress history that many assume was all from tightly laced corsets. But tailoring can be a big part of Gibson Girl fashion, because of how much shape it adds to a piece of clothing. This tailored jacket construction has several layers to help me look wasp waisted even though my corset isn't laced tightly at all! Gibson girl dress is all about the optical illusions, and tailoring in Edwardian era fashion was an important way to shape the silhouette without altering the human body.
I love Edwardian fashion for this very reason! Pieces like this tailored jacket or a Gibson Girl blouse work well in historybounding everyday looks, but getting dressed in full Gibson Girl style can be so much fun. The joy of fashion history and historical dress is getting to look like you stepped out of a portrait as well as making pieces for every day wear. Tailoring may seem like an intimidating skill, but I hope this tailored jacket tutorial makes you feel a little less daunted if you've been thinking of trying it.
Join my Patreon for behind-the-scenes updates, pattern diagrams, research lists, monthly video chats, and more! patreon.com/snappydragonstudios
Or, you can buy me some Ko-Fi : ko-fi.com/snappydragon
Follow me on IG for more stitchy business : @missSnappyDragon
For business inquiries, send an e-mail to : SnappyDragon at TBHonestSocial dot Com
I do not take personal costume/sewing or research commissions.
Want to send me letters? Send mail to PO Box 3884, Berkeley CA, 94703! Letters and cards only please 💚
Find @Ora_Lin on their channel, @ora_lin on Instagram, and check our their patterns at ko-fi.com/oralin
Chapters :
0:00 Ora Lin is teaching me tailoring!
0:50 Planning the jacket layers
2:16 Cutting the chest canvas
4:02 Adding cotton felt
4:30 A break + some flowers
5:21 Pad-stitching and basting
6:37 Tailor's tape
7:25 Smoothing the darts
8:30 DISASTER! (Reinforcing flimsy fabric)
8:54 Constructing the jacket
10:21 Drafting sleeves
12:19 Constructing the lining
12:36 Adding the sleeves
13:15 Hand finishing
13:41 A Gibson Girl in the rose gardens!
The Gibson Girl look totally works with a sharp, Edwardian style tailored jacket made using historical tailoring techniques! The first 1,000 people to use the link or my code SNAPPYDRAGON will get a 1 month free trial of Skillshare: https://skl.sh/snappydragon05221
Edwardian fashion gave us the iconic Gibson Girl style : Fluffy hair and the curved S-bend silhouette, a part of Edwardian dress history that many assume was all from tightly laced corsets. But tailoring can be a big part of Gibson Girl fashion, because of how much shape it adds to a piece of clothing. This tailored jacket construction has several layers to help me look wasp waisted even though my corset isn't laced tightly at all! Gibson girl dress is all about the optical illusions, and tailoring in Edwardian era fashion was an important way to shape the silhouette without altering the human body.
I love Edwardian fashion for this very reason! Pieces like this tailored jacket or a Gibson Girl blouse work well in historybounding everyday looks, but getting dressed in full Gibson Girl style can be so much fun. The joy of fashion history and historical dress is getting to look like you stepped out of a portrait as well as making pieces for every day wear. Tailoring may seem like an intimidating skill, but I hope this tailored jacket tutorial makes you feel a little less daunted if you've been thinking of trying it.
Join my Patreon for behind-the-scenes updates, pattern diagrams, research lists, monthly video chats, and more! patreon.com/snappydragonstudios
Or, you can buy me some Ko-Fi : ko-fi.com/snappydragon
Follow me on IG for more stitchy business : @missSnappyDragon
For business inquiries, send an e-mail to : SnappyDragon at TBHonestSocial dot Com
I do not take personal costume/sewing or research commissions.
Want to send me letters? Send mail to PO Box 3884, Berkeley CA, 94703! Letters and cards only please 💚
Find @Ora_Lin on their channel, @ora_lin on Instagram, and check our their patterns at ko-fi.com/oralin
Chapters :
0:00 Ora Lin is teaching me tailoring!
0:50 Planning the jacket layers
2:16 Cutting the chest canvas
4:02 Adding cotton felt
4:30 A break + some flowers
5:21 Pad-stitching and basting
6:37 Tailor's tape
7:25 Smoothing the darts
8:30 DISASTER! (Reinforcing flimsy fabric)
8:54 Constructing the jacket
10:21 Drafting sleeves
12:19 Constructing the lining
12:36 Adding the sleeves
13:15 Hand finishing
13:41 A Gibson Girl in the rose gardens!
