Hey all you seamsters and seamstresses!
I fell upon this doublet the other day while perusing the internet
(http://www.stimpzillasumptuarylaw.com/orangeslopso.jpg)
I then realized how much I coveted and NEEDED to make this suit.
So I would like to make something like this for my fop character. He (as some of you know) wears mainly purple and green.
The description of the doublet says it is made of a shot terra cota silk base and orange silk cut into bias strips
Im looking at silk taffetas for my fabric of choice
Im thinking I want purple as my base and then green as my strips.
Here is the problem...I need places I can find silk taffeta and a good shot mix color for the base (i really like the idea of a shot base)
So far my favorite shot purple I have found is this:
(http://i.ebayimg.com/16/!BZp9Sjg!2k~$(KGrHgoH-DsEjlLl)w!eBKn)NCpVjw~~_35.JPG)
its violet shot with blue
now I just need to fin a good lime to mint green taffeta.
any ideas or guidance.
Also if I cut the taffeta on the bias will it stop it from fraying, or would I be smarter to try and find a silk ribbon that wont fray?
When I want good silks, I go to these folks:
http://www.pongees.co.uk/pongees-specialists-silk
http://www.henrybertrand.co.uk/
http://www.james-hare.com/index.php
I dont know beans about taffeta. But a nice green with more blue base would look FAB with that silk!
I don't know about taffeta, but I've had great experience with Silk Baron (http://www.silkbaron.com).
How lime do you want it?
(http://www.silkbaron.com/silk/images/lawn%20400.jpg)
Or mint:
(http://www.silkbaron.com/silk/images/morning%20mist.jpg)
(He carries more than 40 shades of green.)
And I know you've already picked out your purple, but just in case:
(http://www.silkbaron.com/silk/images/eggplant%203.jpg)
Thos look great! but I want to stay away from dupioni. Im not a fan of the "shlub"
I did find this shortly after i posted...
(http://www.bangkokthaisilk.com/catalog/GoldGreen2%20%5B500x400%5D.jpg)
and then matching that of course with the purple I chose:
(http://www.bangkokthaisilk.com/catalog/Cobalt_Violet%20%5B500x400%5D.jpg)
That is just shine-tastic.
ooooh! Shiny!
ooooohhh, lovely!!! trim in with gols, and you'll fit in at Mardi Gras! :D but, seriously, i LOVE that color combo!
Fantastic color combo. Love it.
I hope you don't mind me tossing my two cents in...particularly since I don't 'know' your fop character well. But I have a general idea of foppery... so let me suggest this:
Pairing the purple with white would be much crisper, and use the lime as a secondary color - perhaps just underlying the panes in the sleeves and the slops. In your sample picture, where you see terra cotta, use white, and purple for the orange, but the slops beneath the panes would be the green.
I think the white behind the purple strips would make the purple stand out, and the green would be punches of 'wow' here and there. A gold gimp where the white trim on this would be lovely - it wouldn't get 'lost' in the purple/lime.
If you're going for a distintly Mardi Gras look, that's great, but if you didn't necessarily want to give that immediate impression, this colour scheme might be a way to avoid it.
In any case, I can't wait to see pictures of the finished product!
How about some shocking Blue??
Blue, with the Purple, with a touch of a Green, soft gold trims and piping will look less "Mardi Gras" and more Fop!! Shocking Pink feathers, Blues, Greens, and Lavenders to accent a Tall Hat.
Otherwise, this Fop ensemble is going to look awesome!
My friend Stimpzilla made that outfit. She is a wonderful costumier.
www.stimpzillasumptuarylaw.com
I don't think that green and purple automatically conjures Mardi Gras for most people, and the lime green LP has selected is *much* different than the bright kelly green typically used in MG. This is a different craft altogether, but I just finished a book that was bound in lime green and violet, and it was just bright and fresh and delicious, and didn't make me think of Mardi Gras *once.*
I adore that color combination.
I don't know what it is but it totally popped out at me and made me smile. I love it I say go for it
I also don't think its mardi gras colors at all.
I've never associated green and purple with Mardi Gras. The colour combination in general really says "Joker" to me.
Then again, I've been playing Batman: Arkham Asylum all weekend, so that might have something to do with it...
Here's a cool Statue from the Mardi Gras Museum in New Orleans I would love to tour sometime for cool costume ideas. The same maker of this statue has many outside and inside Harrah's in Las Vegas
(http://www.horrorseek.com/home/halloween/witchypoo/images/HauntCruise036.jpg)
Either way, Lord Paulette, your new Fop ensemble is going to look dynamite.
Lord Paulet, those colors are just too fabulous!
You gals didn't get a Mardi Gras thing, eh? Hm.... :-[ Maybe it's a regional thing, then.
Like 'Pop' for 'Soda' or something.
I also thought of the 'Joker' outfit, like GilChris.
I do have to say I like the idea of the Shocking Lime with a bright Agean Blue, though. That would make a visual splash.... maybe that's a 'next project' kind of thing?
Merry Fop-I mean SHOPPING for silks! :D
Have you tried eBay? There are several really good priced Taffetas there, and Thai Silks is another one to check out
I love Purple so you had me at that! Really good Dupioni will have less slubs and a nice hand so look for that as well!
Cilean
Quote from: Lady Kathleen of Olmsted on April 05, 2010, 03:15:21 PM
Here's a cool Statue from the Mardi Gras Museum in New Orleans I would love to tour sometime for cool costume ideas. The same maker of this statue has many outside and inside Harrah's in Las Vegas
(http://www.horrorseek.com/home/halloween/witchypoo/images/HauntCruise036.jpg)
See, now that is just all kinds of awesome. Why can't we dress like that
every day?
Check out the legs on that statue. Dang!
Great colors..purple and green are fabulous together. I have to agree with Katie though on adding the white. I didn't come up with the Mardi Gras thing until it was mentioned. But I do love the idea of the purple just popping out ontop of the white.
As far as those biased strips go... are they lined? I guess I'd have to look at the picture better. But I know that the gown the Queen at Bristol has, has something similar. And I belive they are red on one side and purple on the other. Hers might twist instead of just pull together. Now I'm rambleing. But what if you made them with purple on one side and the green on the other. On top of white. With like a gold fillagree bead in the center instead of the pearl. Sorry, just had a mini brain dump of ideas. lol
The Bristol Queen's sleeves...Very cool by the way that would work well for a Fop ensemble.
(http://www.robynsroost.com/brf07/week3/brf083.jpg)
Ooh those sleeves are pretty!
If I ever get around to doing a motley costume, I'm totally doing the sleeves like that.
Quote from: Lady Kathleen of Olmsted on April 05, 2010, 03:15:21 PM
Here's a cool Statue from the Mardi Gras Museum in New Orleans I would love to tour sometime for cool costume ideas. The same maker of this statue has many outside and inside Harrah's in Las Vegas
(http://www.horrorseek.com/home/halloween/witchypoo/images/HauntCruise036.jpg)
Either way, Lord Paulette, your new Fop ensemble is going to look dynamite.
I was going through some things last evening and came across some harlequin lame, in multi colors and I just this past fall/winter acquired a jester hat. Guess what I'm going to make?!!
oh, lordy! i had no idea that would take such a turn, I was just joking!!! ;D :o :D ;)
i do love the combo, and i agree, perhaps it's a regional reference! Keep up the nice idea!
Oh, and I just ADORE those sleeves, i dont know if i would have the patience, perhaps a winter project??
With the Purple, White, and green idea you said green in the slops and on the sleeves. Did you mean the actual underlining on the slops green or the peekabo diamonds green?
The green would be the underlining of the slops - The purple pinched stripes, (with white behind) as the decorated strips, I think would set off the purple better -- and highlight the green as a 'pop' color.
The purple and green in more equal amounts may mean that neither color really gets noticed, just the very busy combo of the two colors together. It may make an excellent combo, but both of those silks are equisite -- they should both be noticed.
Let us all know what you decide to do -and don't forget the pictures!! - I'm sure it'll be suitably FABULOUS! ;D
Katie,
you mean FOP-ulous ;)
O my! :o You are quite right! How silly of me! :D
FOP-U-LOUS Indeed!!
Hehehe, I love you guys! ;D