Costume Portfolio

~ 15th Century ~

Gothic Fitted/Pre-Raphaelite Dress

~ 16th Century ~

1540s Florentine Gown	1560s Venetian Courtesan Gown & Corset	1560s Venetian Courtesan Gown
16th Century Corset	Michelangelo’s 1560s Ensemble	1575 Florentine Veste & Petticoat

~ 17th Century ~

1660s Nell Gwyn

~ 18th Century ~

18th C. Skirt Supports	18th C. Tart	1760s Mourning Robe à la Française
1760s Brunswick	1770s Robe à la Française	1770s Robe à la Turque
1775 Maja Fancy Dress Costume	1778-9 Riding Habit	1780s Robe à l’Anglaise
1780s Robe à la Parisienne	1780s Capote	Gaulle à la Polignac
1780s stays	1787 Tall Crown Hat	A Proper Polonaise, c. 1780
1787ish Round Gown	1787ish Silly Bonnet

~ 19th Century ~

1830s Indienne Print Day Dress & Pelerine	1836-7 Evening Dress	Meg March’s 1864 Summer Dress & Bonnet
The Eugenie Project		1870-1 Evening Dress
Gwendolen’s Early 1870s Day Bodice & Bonnet	1874-7 Reception Dress	1875 Afternoon & Evening Dress

~ 20th Century~

1909 Afternoon Dress	1910 Wings of the Dove Afternoon Dress	1910 Lady Maud Evening Dress
1909 Suit (on hold)

~ Fantasy ~

Lord of the Rings Dress

~ Learning Projects ~

Older projects that demonstrate my progression of skill in terms of research, design, and execution (in other words, projects made when I didn’t know quite so much, preserved here for the sake of posterity, to show that we all start somewhere, and I’m always learning).

• 1560s Nuremberg Gown & Corset
• 18th Century Stays, versions 1 & 2
• 1740s Jacket
• 1760s Robe a la Francaise & Pocket Hoops
• 1805 Evening Dress
• 1809 Spencer
• 1810 Pride & Prejudice Evening Dress
• 1823 Evening Dress
• 1839 Le Follett Day Dress
• 1840s Crinoline
• 1858 Day Dress
• Early 1860s Evening Dress, versions 1 & 2
• Mid-1880s Evening Dress
• Mid-1890s Evening Dress
• 1890s Bead Embroidered Evening Dress
• 1890s Can Can Skirt
• 1923 Dress
• 1930s Dress
• 1930s Blouse
• 1934 Knickers
• 1942 Dress
• 1942 Dress
• 1943 Dress
• 1955 Skirt