I'm going next week. I just wrapped up and wore my ensemble for Titanish, and I don't have the energy to put something together on short notice, but if Alberich is going to be making a ring out of sparkly ruffles, maybe I can whip up something from my cheesy costume stock.
Will add photo of cheese later
We'll start here at Joann's. In September 2022.
And go here
https://artsandculture.google.com/story/the-birth-of-a-unique-gown-the-delphos-palazzo-fortuny/SgVhyD72_413Jw?hl=en
(oh my gosh, what a presentation! Well done Goggle!)
which leads to here
which is from here
https://www.fashionstudiesjournal.org/partnership-content-a/2022/4/22/mariano-and-henriette-fortuny-notes-on-co-creating-the-delphos-gown
And here I am. yardage and ideas.
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| Palazzo Fortuny image, from artsandcultureGoogle |
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| Palazzo Fortuny image, from artsandcultureGoogle |
This second image hits twice for me. One, I want the sleeveless dress and a sleeved 'jacket', and two, the model in front of a drapery and the view of the studio behind would work for photos in the sewing cave. two thought processes in one photo
But dress.
https://streisandstylefiles.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Screen-Shot-2019-05-23-at-12.31.36-AM.png
The top edge is going to be handwork, and I really don't enjoy handwork. But if you do
https://www.larva.eu/en/fortuny-delphos-or-how-to-pleat-by-hand/
and a lovely Delphos by Before The Automobile
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Many pretty photos and secretive process on IG under #fauxtuny, but I'm using that Joann's stuff, so as is my usual, to hell with the purity of process, let's go for results and perhaps some relatively quick ones at that.
Going from the Fortuny patent text in the FSJ article: my numbers are these
My head is 23 - so half of that is...12 for A. My arm got chubby, so that is 18, half that is 9 for C. For the drop between my head and the top of the armhole should be at least 9 (I arrived at that number mostly from the proportions in the patent sketch. B looks like it's about as long as C. So 9 for B.
9 + 9 + 12 + 9 + 9 = 48" wide (or 96" sewn into a tube)
I want it to be 47" from my neck to the hem (maybe 46").
So my fabric will be 97" by 48.25ish. I need rattail. Also interior cord that doesn't show. I need beads.
Front neck and back neck have separate cords for width adjustment so I don't choke
For a video of one
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8nxA8d3AcE
And a slip to fit and make me feel comfortable
I have made significant progress on this, but I realized I had not finished this and posted it because the project had stalled. It has stopped stalling.
