Historical Belle | The Lady of Shalott Dress @HistoricalBelle | Uploaded August 2020 | Updated October 2024, 13 hours ago.
Here is a video spotlight on my Lady of Shalott Dress that I made for CoCo-Vid. To present this dress I did a dreamlike interpretation of Alfred Tennyson poem "The Lady of Shalott" that was published in 1833. The poem is based on the medieval La Damigella di Scalot and it tells the story of Elaine of Astolat, a young noblewoman imprisoned in a tower on an island near Camelot of Arthurian Legend. She suffers from a mysterious curse and must continually weave images on her loom without ever looking directly out at the world. Upon seeing Sir Lancelot she stops weaving and directly looks out of her window toward Camelot, bringing about the curse. She leaves her tower, finds a boat upon which she writes her name, and floats down the river to Camelot. She dies before arriving at the palace. Among the knights and ladies who see her when her boat arrives is Lancelot, and he thinks she is lovely.
This is a loose artistic interpretation the poem as I did not have access to a loom or a boat for props. But I really like how this video captures the dress in motion.
If you would like to see more about the making of this dress you can do so here: youtube.com/watch?v=EZdgIzDphrw&t
Support me on Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/historicalbelle
Here is a video spotlight on my Lady of Shalott Dress that I made for CoCo-Vid. To present this dress I did a dreamlike interpretation of Alfred Tennyson poem "The Lady of Shalott" that was published in 1833. The poem is based on the medieval La Damigella di Scalot and it tells the story of Elaine of Astolat, a young noblewoman imprisoned in a tower on an island near Camelot of Arthurian Legend. She suffers from a mysterious curse and must continually weave images on her loom without ever looking directly out at the world. Upon seeing Sir Lancelot she stops weaving and directly looks out of her window toward Camelot, bringing about the curse. She leaves her tower, finds a boat upon which she writes her name, and floats down the river to Camelot. She dies before arriving at the palace. Among the knights and ladies who see her when her boat arrives is Lancelot, and he thinks she is lovely.
This is a loose artistic interpretation the poem as I did not have access to a loom or a boat for props. But I really like how this video captures the dress in motion.
If you would like to see more about the making of this dress you can do so here: youtube.com/watch?v=EZdgIzDphrw&t
Support me on Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/historicalbelle
