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Started by gem, October 02, 2011, 01:25:21 PM

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gem

Wow--how did I forget? The jacket in Tudor Tailor (they call it a waistcoat) is actually on my to-do list! I've set aside a couple yards of the blackwork linen for it. Totally slipped my mind. So maybe the blackwork jacket and a nice full petticoat like she's wearing in Silverstah's link, from that heathered purply wool?

gem

So an update, of sorts.

I took the pink linen to JA today and introduced it to some yummy chocolate brown wool... and it looked like Neopolitan ice cream. :P Not quite what I was going for! LOL 

And I've been looking at Elizabethan/Jacobean jackets/waistcoats, and it seems like they're pretty much always worn closed up to the neck. I still like the idea, but was intending to have the corset *visible.*

Still pondering...

isabelladangelo

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Quote from: gem on October 11, 2011, 02:30:09 PM
So an update, of sorts.

I took the pink linen to JA today and introduced it to some yummy chocolate brown wool... and it looked like Neopolitan ice cream. :P Not quite what I was going for! LOL  

And I've been looking at Elizabethan/Jacobean jackets/waistcoats, and it seems like they're pretty much always worn closed up to the neck. I still like the idea, but was intending to have the corset *visible.*

Still pondering...

Nope, not always.

http://pintura.aut.org/SearchProducto?Produnum=15640
http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/joachim-beuckelaer-the-four-elements-earth
http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/joachim-beuckelaer-the-four-elements-air
http://webart.nationalmuseum.se/work/work_image.aspx?id=17277
=23]http://residenzgalerie.at/Flaemischer-Barock.18.0.html?&cHash=0ff8516538&tx_csimageexplorer_pi1[image]=23   Hehehe, short sleeves!

Although it's common to see the formal embroidered jackets, worn by ladies of the court fully closed, there are many paintings of peasants and the middle class with the jacket open.   My guess is it's the difference between a quick snapshot and the formal family paintings.  

There is an extant black wool jacket; a replica of it might be nice but with a pink collar?  http://www.drakt.org/Renaissance/J2.html


Lady Renee Buchanan

The tall hat I am wearing in my picture (avatar, or whatever it's called).

It is an emerald green pintuck taffeta.  I tired on every color of this hat they had, and everyone I was with said the green looked best.  However, I really have nothing to wear it with.

I've been wearing it with my red Irish dress (you can see my shoulder in the picture), with an underskirt of the Buchanan tartan.  However, I feel like a walking Christmas ornament with the bright red & the green.

I really don't have anything else to wear it with, and of course with my luck, they no longer make this shade of pintuck taffeta.  I've looked everywhere, online too, and even in wedding and conference linen rentals to look at tablecloths to see if I can still get the emerald green color.  No luck.

So, since I am learning to sew, and have some very experienced seamstresses who are able to help me (read:  take over when it's way above my head),  I don't want another solid green.  I've got it into my head that I'd look like a walking tree if I was green from top to bottom without another color or colors to break it up.  I would like some opinions on what other colors I could use with this so I don't look like a Christmas ornament, a Green Bay Packer fan, or someone going to the Mardi Gras in New Orleans.

Thanks!    ;D
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isabelladangelo

Gold, watermelon pink, mint green, and even some shades of blue might go.  My suggestion is not to worry about the pinktucks -go to your local fabric store and take the hat with you. See what works well and forget about modern color schemes (Christmas tree, Green bay Packers) -if the dress looks good, no one will even consider the color scheme

gem

Green looks great with almost any shade of brown--chocolate or a cognac/suede color (like you probably have in your Pendragon bodice). Do you have any orange in your wardrobe? I also love the watermelon pink idea. Are you mainly looking for colors to wear it with, or garment types? It's sort of a more middle-class style of hat, and the fabric makes it even fancier. Does it have any embellishments on it? Do you have a snood/caul to wear under it?  Hobby Lobby regularly carries a nice gold and black diamond-pattern upholstery fabric that would look smashing with it (I used it for a pair of paned sleeves and a hat this season). It really seems to go with everything. You could do a bodice and split skirt, find some trim with a little green (any shade) in it, or find a similar green in another fabric (velvet, sateen) for sleeves or tabs or a forepart.

Lady Renee Buchanan

Quote from: isabelladangelo on October 15, 2011, 08:20:52 PM
See what works well and forget about modern color schemes (Christmas tree, Green bay Packers) -if the dress looks good, no one will even consider the color scheme

I have to laugh about this!  Last year at Bristol, I had put on my yellow chemise to wear with a blue/yellow plaid skirt.  To my dismay, it didn't close around the middle, since I had gained some weight.  So I threw on my emerald green skirt and then my black bodice.

I was walking in the parade, when I heard someone yell out, "Look at that lady, she's a Renaissance Green Bay Packer fan."

I was mortified, but of course, Kenosha, WI is right in the heart of Green Bay Packer country, so while people from elsewhere  may not think of anything when they see green and yellow, in Wisconsin and Illinois, the first thought is "Green Bay Packers"!
A real Surf Diva
Landshark who loves water
Chieftesse Surf'n Penny of Clan O'Siodhachain,
Irish Penny Brigade
Giver of Big Hugs 
Member since the beginning of RF
All will be well. St. Julian of Norwich

stonebiscuit

Lady Renee, green also goes well with purple. You might even consider a goldish orange, depending on what you find.

Adriana Rose

Differnt shades of green could look nice with the emerald color. Navy blue is good too, Id say the navy that is darn near indigo would look good too, it would pick up the blues in the emerald.

Drudonn

blue, purple, teal, and a fan of peacock feathers would create a very pretty look.

operafantomet

Quote from: gem on October 11, 2011, 02:30:09 PM

And I've been looking at Elizabethan/Jacobean jackets/waistcoats, and it seems like they're pretty much always worn closed up to the neck. I still like the idea, but was intending to have the corset *visible.*

I just wrote a blog entry about the 16th century Italian equivalent of Jacobean jackets. They're often sleeveless, open in front, and with a defined waist. Might be worth a look?

http://operafantomet.livejournal.com/246447.html

Only three different examples of them so far, but it shows they did exist at least.