NICO
DUNCAN
Petty cash buyer & Art assistant
Here is a collection of images of projects I have undertaken at my own leisure for various events and around my home.
Halloween 2017- 18th Century Vampire
This is the first pattern I had ever used, and I am rather proud of the results.
The pattern for the bodice and sleeves were taken from Janet Arnolds "Patterns of Fashion" Book.
I had to scale the pattern up by hand, from the book and then expand it to my sizing through trial and error.
At that moment in time, I did not want to make a crinoline for the skirt so I just used rump pads to puff it out
Halloween 2016
Be-headed Marie Antoinette
Not historically accurate by any means for the era of Marie Antoinette's beheading; I decided to make a polonaise-Esque skirt with a blue brocade set of stays.
I wanted to make a costume that looked more like underwear than a gown, to imitate that the wearer may have been dragged from their home to the guillotine with no time to properly dress.
I did not use patterns, It was rather made up as I went along.
Pirate Wench Costume
The red Stays/corset is the first sewing project I ever undertook and I am very happy with the result.
As I had never used a pattern before I made one up, The stays are just two solid pieces of fabric, two layers between which the boning is sewn.
Of course, the red corset is not historically accurate to 18th-century styling but it gives the conical silhouette which I desired for the 18th-century stereotypical idea of a Pirate.
The skirt was a dyed table cloth that I constructed as I went along, testing different methods of pleating and types of waistband.
The blouse is purchased.
I wanted to copy this style of corset/stays from the Elizabethan period, which don't have tabs that skim over the hips.
For ease of sewing and binding the edges, I wanted the corset to be tab-less.
Looking at these stays you can see there aren't many panels of fabric, I realised I could make each side with just one piece cut to shape to copy the silhouette.
I added lacing to the front so I could dress myself.
Halloween 2018- Gold ball gown
Halloween 2019-
17th century witch
I thought I'd take a more traditional take on a witch outfit for this year's costume.
As witch-hunting was at its height in the 1600s I wanted to go as a proper witch.
During the 1600s large skirts were fashionable so I felt I could get away with adding a crinoline to my outfit.
I also took inspiration from this 17th-century style bell which has a large skirt.
I toyed with how to make the collar, I really wanted it to be pointy, this took the most effort in designing (but it didn't take long)
Pink Stays
Retro wall art
Disclaimer: I did not design these images.
They were found on google images and using a projector I drew out and painted them.
