Marie dress... finished!

I finished this forever ago... but didn't get decent pictures until just recently. (Spent a night and a day in curlers, and then another hour styling my hair, and moving the mirror, desk, etc downstairs. Yup.)

I love the beading on this dress. In fact, I've decided I LOVE beading!!!! The Jump dress is so fun to be making at the moment. :)

Thanks to Amelia for pics, as always.

Celine

p.s. I'M GOING TO A BALL!!! And I'm wearing this dress :)

"Marie" stomacher beading..

half way through.... I really like it :)

I am going to fray check those edges though, since I'll be beading more....

"Marie" inspiration post...

I always do an inspiration post for my projects... this is for the previously mentioned silver-y taffeta...

The original, original  idea was my mom's. We wear at the summer clearance sale for a large fabric store, and she said, "This is nice... it would be a nice Marie Antoinette-style dress..." (not like I aim to be like MA... however I wrote an essay for school on her life which I'll be posting some day...) Anyways, then the wheels of my mind started turning...

This is my source of inspiration:

a publicity shot for "Marie-Antoinette" with Kirsten Dunst. (I haven't seen it, so I can't say I recommend it.)
Basically the only elements I'll be keeping are the beading, the black tulle mask, and the pouf hairstyle.

 My other inspiration:

Elisabeth Swan's Gold gown from Pirates of the Caribbean....

 And her wedding gown. The beading is awesome. (NOTE: I haven't seen PotC either...)

 Well, have a lovely day :)

Planning...

Mom bought me six yards of this silver taffeta last night! It's absolutely gorgeous. It'll be a 18th c. inspired ball gown, with pewter and white/silvery beads on the stomacher and sleeves. I'll have a black tulle mask and also have tulle and a black rose is my hair.
Thank you, Mum!!!! :)

This is some olive green cotton broadcloth-type fabric. I'm making a medieval gown (that I've dubbed the "Autumn" dress), and embroidering the sleeves, neckline and possibly the hem with the thread colors shown.

These are the materials for Arwens Mourning dress (check out my previous post).

A close up on the buttons. I took these pics myself.... I didn't want to bother Amelia..... however, my close ups are really bad! She's so much better at this than I am!