Sewing a “Historically Accurate” Ever After Costume

Описание: Hello I’m Sophie. Welcome to the beginning of my sewing journey, come along with me through all the mistakes and seam ripping! And hopefully feel some solidarity that there are others bumbling their way through this hobby.

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This video is the finale of a series constructing my favorite gown from Ever After (1998) starring Drew Barrymore. This movie has been a favorite of mine since childhood. In this video I will revealing the final outfit all put together. If you are reading this and have watched all the videos in this series thank you so much! It has been a dream creating this whole look, and it came together better than I could have imagined

This costume in the film closely resemble 1490’s/1500’s Italian Renaissance gowns, and I’m using portraits from the period to try to make this look more “historical”. What I want to do with the project is create a gown that replicates this costume as much as possible, while trying to stay with a more historically accurate approach. But of course there really is no such thing as “Historical Accuracy”, especially for this period, as much of the fashion history is conjecture without extant garments surviving. And you know I’m machine sewing parts of this, and not using period appropriate techniques.

Disclaimer I am very much an amateur sewist and make many mistakes and use questionable at best techniques


Costume and Patterning Resources:
https://fashionthroughherstory.com
http://www.modaruniversity.org/briana...
http://northshield.org/resources/pdf/...
http://www.everaftercostumes.com/gold...
Etsy shop where I got the Period Pattern No.41 https://www.etsy.com/listing/26987889...


Materials Used:
Gold and pearl hair covering https://www.etsy.com/listing/88213481...
Green cotton brocade (not available in this color currently) https://www.renaissancefabrics.net/pr...
100% silk brocade from PureSilks.us
Silk rayon velvet https://fancystylesfabric.com/product...
9mm gold trim from Etsy https://www.etsy.com/listing/17310920...
4mm gold trim from Etsy https://www.etsy.com/listing/18874552...
Piping https://www.etsy.com/listing/62025508...
Sewing Machine- Husqvarna Viking 100 that I bought used
Cutting Mat and Ruler- https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B000B7...


YouTube Studio Library Music:
When we Found the Horizon- Late Night Feeler
Borderless- Aakash Gahndi
Hall of the Mountain King- Kevin MacLeod