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I’ve been interested in working class dress lately. And more specifically 18th century maids costumes. searching the net I’ve found lots of pics of pretty outfits and great pattern mixi…
Needless to say in the 18th century women were regarded as being of lower status than their male counterparts, this was especially noticeable in music. How many well-known female composers of the 1…
The 1911 edition of Richard Brinsley Sheridan’s A School for Scandal was one of the first of a series of classics illustrated by Hugh Thomson in a larger format. Preceded by the Merry Wives…
Fasion of 1780's
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I've been procrastinating on, well, everything costume-related, and with Costume College a mere month away, it's time to get down to business with this striped gown. My material - I have enough for both a gown and a matching petticoat The gown is really for our trip
Pieter Angillis (Flemish, 1685-1734) At the Marketplace Pieter Angillis (Flemish, 1685-1734) Eine elegante Gesellschaft bei einem Gemüseverkäufer 1734 Pieter Angillis (Flemish, 1685-1734) The Vegetabl
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Coronation suit of Peter II, 1727, Museum no.TK-1935 © The Moscow Kremlin Museums Red wool suit worn by Peter II, 1727-1730, Museum no.TK-2911 © The Moscow Kremlin Museums Coat and waistcoat worn by Peter II, 1727–1730. Coat and waistcoat, France,...
As promised, a post outlining the construction of the 1780s mint wool redingote I made at the end of last year.
I decided to have a bit of fun and create PNGs of some of the previously posted Men's French fashions from the late 18th century. (These are from the time of Marie Antoinette c 1780's) aka Georgian England & Colonial American Period. If you are like me you never know what color combination you might need for a project and since I know some of you do not have an editing program that allows you to alter colors; I've created an assortment of options for your crafting pleasure. Enjoy! A fun little digital artscene I created using one of the fashion plates and an EKD created background. PNGs are a quick and easy way to create digital scenes like the one above. I find it useful to create an assortment of colors at the time I turn an image into a png so I have a variety to choose from later on. The background was created using photographs of a cobblestone street and an old stone staircase. Via the magic of Photoshop - several filters and texture layers were used to create a ghost like background for my dapper gent. This is the original Fashion plate for the above gentleman The original 1779 fashion plate I started with Here are the PNGs of the above image. I created in a variety of color combinations for the giggles of it. EKD PNG in the original colors EKD Mauve and Black Version EKD Brown Version EKD Green and Brown Version EKD Sable and Plum Version EKD Teal and Midnight Version EKD Grey and Midnight Version EKD Blue Version I used this blue version to create the scene at the top of the post ***** Next up is this dashing gent from the back view. I like to have images in a variety poses and love the fact that some of these old fashion plates give us side or back views. This is the original 1779 fashion plate I started with I wonder if this gent had these great calves or if this was a case of fashionable padding at work? (It was not uncommon during this time period and into the Regency for men to use inserts in their stocking to give the appearance of shapely calves.) EKD PNG of the original image EKD Brown Version EKD Plum Version EKD Olive and Blue Version EKD Slate and Wine Version ***** This Next one reminds me of Paul Revere and has that Colonial American look, even though it is a French Fashion Plate. The Original Fashion plate I started with EKD PNG of the original image EKD Brown Version EKD Onyx Version EKD Blue Version You can see a few more men's fashion PNGs from this series on previous posts HERE and HERE I enjoy seeing what color combos I can create in Photoshop and how it changes the look of a character; so I hope you do too. Next time I'll bring you more ladies fashions from the time of Marie Antoinette. I still have several batches to go and then I'll wrap it up with a fun new project with a very practical 21st century application. till next time...
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I’ve been interested in working class dress lately. And more specifically 18th century maids costumes. searching the net I’ve found lots of pics of pretty outfits and great pattern mixi…
Jean-Baptiste Mallet (1759, Grasse - 16 August 1835 , Paris), French genre painter. First a student of Julian Simon in Toulon, then Pi...
