I should define "need" - I literally have nothing at all to wear to {insert upcoming event here}.
Then there's "need" - I don't want to wear what I wore last year (or the past several years), because that's unthinkable!
I suppose I technically have *something* that will work for every event I want to go to this year, but that defeats the purpose of being a hobby sewist! So...here's what's on the books for 2013:
April - Titanic Tea
I'm thinking something along the lines of the frock on the right. I have a blue/white striped cotton that says "1912" to me:
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Summer day dresses for girls ages 14-18, 1912 US, The Housekeeper |
May - "The Great Gatsby" opens in theaters. I have some snazzy floral fabric that is asking to be a floaty, frilly '20s dress. If we go to a daytime showing, perhaps something like this:
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| Henry Ford Costume College - via - this is more late 20s, 30s |
June - Valhalla Renaissance Faire. I have my old standby jacket+kirtle, but I've worn it for nigh 3 years prior, and it's time for something new! I don't want to go fully on with the Elizabethan stuff (as much as I love it), so I'm thinking perhaps a middle-class-ish doublet or loose gown (if I have enough fabric) to wear with the kirtle I already have, something like this:
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| English loose gown from "The Tudor Tailor" |
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| Janet Arnold "Patterns of Fashion" ladies' doublet. |
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| LACMA - robe a la francaise 1765 |
October - Maggie's Regency Wedding in Tennessee. I have the task of not only clothing myself, but Mr. C as well. I haven't a clue what he will want to wear yet (but it'll be no less than 4 pieces to make!), but for me I'm thinking along the lines of this gown:
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| KCI c. 1800 via |