Cats Costumery | Making an Edwardian Mourning Dress | inspired by a dress at the MET @CatsCostumery | Uploaded October 2020 | Updated October 2024, 57 minutes ago.
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I've been swooning after this dress for a while now and had the impulse to make it this month! As I mentioned in the video, I didn't have the quality of materials I wanted to really pull this off, and I learned a lot about the shape of these patterns, so I'm considering this a 'wearable mock-up' and I will try again whenever I am able to find an appropriate (AND AFFORDABLE) silk. There is footage of the final dress at the end of the video!

Things mentioned:
Truly Victorian E41 trulyvictorian.info/index.php/product/tve41-1903-plain-blousewaist
Mourning Wear video youtube.com/watch?v=TBh2KvfJuUs
Mourning Wear blog post happilyevertaffeta.wordpress.com/2020/07/31/regulating-grief-the-rules-of-mourning-and-their-decay-in-the-victorian-and-edwardian-period
Dress at the MET: metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/157593?searchField=All&sortBy=Relevance&ft=mourning+dress&offset=0&rpp=20&pos=12

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